Van Gundy's Rockets have also made changes in hopes of catching up with the league's pacesetters. Jim Jackson and Bostjan Nachbar were jettisoned to bring in better shooters, if not speedsters. Just having David Wesley and Jon Barry on the floor -- guys who have to be respected on the perimeter -- has opened up the court for Van Gundy's best athlete, Tracy McGrady. "Whenever you make (personnel) decisions, you make it based on you and on your competition," Van Gundy said. "All we had were (small forwards). We had no (shooting guards), and quickness at the two is a whole different level than at the three. It's the same reason why we have some trouble at the point -- Bob Sura is a two playing the one, and that's a harder coverage. "So we just had to get quicker. And we have to continue to try to get quicker, because if Yao is a focal point of this team, his lack of quickness has to be offset by quickness around him." --the rest of the interesting article by Marc Stein http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=1970263
