We can't win without T-mac because T-mac is our true and only PG. Last year when T-mac miss games we had Rafer running the offense. This year T-mac is out and again Rafer is running the PG. T-mac playing means the ball moves better and the Turn overs are limited. Rafer playing PG means a suicide. The only thing i can think he does okay is bringing the ball up. Our 04 season was great because we had guys like Sura, James, Barry who could handle ball, know their role in the team and don't turn the ball over. So as long as we can't find a PG like T-mac, we will always struggle to win games without T-mac. CD you should know this by now that T-mac is our creator and savior until you find us players that can run offense.
It's because the coach isn't good enough to win against a real team. His strategy and tactics are nto only slow, and dry as Walton called him out tonight, but predictable and he's unable to strategize to close out a game.
That's not the main point. The rockets is doing well, but what can you expect when you have a $15000000 salary player just sitting on the bench. As all the role players around Yao, we are not contender. I love T-mac, BUT if rockets don't trade him, we'll get nothing when Yao get retired.
Tracy has assumed the role Scottie quitten had on the bulls. the point forward role. ski slope nose(pippen) like him or not was a heck of a playmaker for the bulls. however tracy in my opinion is just as good, if not better playmaker.
And the TMac we've seen this year is certainly not the TMac that they (Rockets) traded for from Orlando. Not to mention that he's hurt again...
Wow and how are we supposed to unload his contract and bad back? You seem to have all of our answers.
The prolem is JVG's rigidity and short of creativity. Rather than design plays according to player's strength, he just ignore his players' talent that does fill to his mold. VSpan is never a good perimeter shooter, but a good cutter. When he has teammate PnR on the top, he can find the open man or go to the hoop. However , VSpan is used more as a spot shooter. We can no longer see Yao knock down 16 footers as money after PnR which we saw often when SF3 was in this team. It is true that we need Yao's presence on the low post. But this provides an option when the opponents change their strategy to double or triple team big guy and our shooters have cold hands.
They aren't doing well. The true testament is their record against WC teams and those with the great coaches. Check the record and get back to me.
True. The Rockets have only beaten teams they are "supposed" to other than the Mavs but at that point in the season they were reeling. Our record is .500 (5-5) against the West w/ T-Mac in the lineup. It is 5-8 without him. We've been ganging up on eastern conference teams basically, and we all know how weak the eastern conference is. Oh well a W is a W and we had/have a pretty good record.
Um didn't the greatest coach in the NBA, PJ, have the same problem when Kobe was sitting earlier this season? PJ's tacts aren't slow and dry and he lost several games in November without Kobe.
Because TMac is a Top 10 player in this league, when healthy and when his shot his on...he is arguably a Top 3-5 player.
Oy. That's right for November, they were only losing road games and that was with Kobe. They were 8-5. A better example would have been Shaq.
Because the rest of the team sucks except for Yao. T-Mac is our only other consistently good player and, when you take him away, your left with one consistent player and a bunch of other inconsistent players...especially in regards to their offensive abilities to create/make shots. Sure, they can do it some of the time but they break down in crunch time. That's when you need the Yao/T-Mac combination the most.
Sounds like the coach almost to me. They are carbon copies. Limited and unable to create better plays.
