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[Tracy McGrady] I could've won championships, I just never had the pieces around me.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by H. Christopher, Jan 21, 2022.

  1. Ramo$e

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    Right so he could have won one just like Vince.
     
  2. splendidchen

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    Fine. You win.
    Just telling you: We had another all-time great level team that just happened to be lost to injury.
     
  3. daywalker02

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    Vince won a Sportsmanship of the Year (2020) and a Teammate of the Year (2016)

    He showed he was a fair and good teammate.
     
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    Rockets were like 45-2 with CP3, Harden, and Capela in the lineup

    Rockets won 65 games, had a +8.5 point differential, and a +8.4 net rating…and that was with CP3 missing 24 games and Harden missing 10

    also had win streaks of 14, 17, and 11 games

    took 1 of the most stacked teams of all time to 7 games, and even without CP3, probably still could’ve beaten them in game 7 if not for 0-27 from 3 and 1 of the worst ref jobs/riggings ever

    Yao would get abused on defense with the Harden or CP3-Capela PnR like Jokic does…09 team is not scoring on the 17-18 squad, “if T-Mac was healthy” isn’t really a valid hypothetical because we know it doesn’t exist, and even if healthy, he was already washed anyways…if Yao was a top 10 player, Harden was the MVP and 17-18 CP3 is better than Yao too

    it’s an insult to the 17-18 squad to act like the 09 team is close to their level…it would be abuse if those 2 teams matched up

    09 team vs 18-19 Rockets would be a fairer matchup…17-18 vs 09 would be too graphic to be televised to anyone under the age of 18
     
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    Get last 15 championship teams. Switch prime Orlando/first year Houston McGrady with best player. You really think he wouldnt win most of those championships? You either didnt watch him then or you are an idiot. And dont base your opinion on 2008+ Tmac because it wasnt Tmac anymore due to injuries


    I see most of you talk about Tmac comparing his Houston years. In his mind he does not… he was past back, knee and shoulders injuries already most of the time here. When he says he didnt have pieces he talks about time when he was fit. And he is right about it
     
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  6. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    All failed old players say this......ho-hum

    DD
     
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    One has played in the West Finals 3x’s and the other cannot get out of the first round.
     
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    Harden was more consistent, I could agree with that. Unfortunately they both disappeared at bad times in the playoffs. They needed an alpha dog.
     
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    Granville Waiters would have also with the right pieces around him.

    What NBA player cant make that claim? Maybe not Westbrick.
     
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    This is a big shift from the "it's my fault" Tmac.
     
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    Same old LAME @$$ comments from this clown.

    The joke of his comment is he couldn't even get out of the first round of the playoffs, and the one yr that Artest was here (with basically the same team from the yr before) made it to the 2nd round.

    Before you start spewing "I" and "winning" and "championship" how about making it out of the 1st rd of the playoffs ONE time in your career which we all know he couldn't do.
     
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    T-Mac missed a lot of time his last year in Orlando thats why they sucked bad enough to land Dwert with the #1 pick. He didn't have the patience to wait for a high school big to develop so he forced his way out and ended up here with the Rockets.

    He was pretty healthy that first year here but the 2nd year he missed a **** load of time with back issues again and we ended up missing the playoffs.

    He came back and played 71 games the next year and we lost game 7 at home to the Jazz when we had no bench points and JVG quit/was fired.

    The next year Yao was out a lot he went down in game 2 or 3 of the 22 game winning streak and was out for the playoffs vs Jazz and we didn't have enough firepower and lost again.

    The sad part is the last 2 productive years McGrady had with the Rockets Yao played 48 and 55 games.

    That was the story their entire time with the Rockets we never had them on the court together enough and struggled to get the role players around them until it was too late.
     
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    Yao is a high end CCP official and chairman of basketball while McGrady is a loud mouth analyst and part time agent of college players.
     
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    Artest visited Kobe in the showers and then became Metta World Peace, Panda friend.

    Kobe then called Dwight soft.
     
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    It is arguable that the Playoff Virginity actually made him more famous, opposed to being a Round 3 virgin.
     
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    The damn truth
     
  17. burlesk

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    Yep!
     
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    He should do a fake documentary on this too. The I coulda story.
     
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    Ah, he feels irrelevant and needs an ego boost I guess. Outside of his 13 in 33 he couldn't close games. He didn't have the urgency element in his game. Game on the line? Let me settle for a flat 18 footer everytime.
     
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    Mcgrady our trademark player for many years. Still admire him
     

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