did u see the shots kobe took yesterday v. the zone? instead of going inside, in the OT, he jacked up 30 footers like they ain't nothing? let's be real, kobe shoots only 45% yet he's the general consensus as the best player in the L? u live w/ what kobe does. nobody is perfect. tmac is also that guy. u live w/ his bad shots and move on. the 3s that tmac took v. cavs, if he makes those, the momentum is OURS. u gotta remember those 3s that tracy takes on the semi-break, when he shoots those, it goes beyond the "heat-check" he wants that dagger. if he makes those, the other team is crushed. u live w/ that. JVG lives w/ that. u can't question tracy's shot selection b/c his IQ is high.
Of course you can question his shot selection just like you can question Rafer's or JVG's coaching. Tracy isn't perfect. You take the bad with the good. With all his greatness, Tracy's shot selection is often bad. Instead of pulling up for so many 3s on fast breaks, it would be nice if he attacked the basket in the open court and got to the FT line, which ta da, Wade would do. [Sorry, I just couldn't resist that one].
b/c that's all wade can do. he's not the offensive player tracy is. there's a reason he doesn't get doubled way out to the 3pt line like tracy does. there's a reason the mavs made shaq the focal point of their defense in the finals. u only double wade when he penetrates. well, w/ tmac, dare i say most teams would double him b4 they double yao? sure sometimes u want him to take it to hole more, but i trust him.
Wade isn't guarded like Tracy because isn't as talented on offense. Nobody but a hopeless homer would argue otherwise. But Wade does better with what he has. In last years finals, I don't know if I follow you. Shaq was often out of the game during Wade's late game heriocs, and when he was in the game Wade was the #1 focus of both teams. How teams react to "T-Mac" and a dominant Yao together remains to be seen. This season, Tracy has seen a lot of single coverage by guys like Gary Payton, Steve Blake, etc. A lot of times teams haven't doubled him until very late in the game. When single covered, sometimes Tracy is passive on offense and doesn't demand the ball. For me, it's really hard to predict how he is going to play.
I agree that McGrady is sometimes too passive on offense. It's as if he's worried about being labled selfish. I can remember a game during the '04-05 season against the Blazers. The Rockets won the game easily, and McGrady played a nice all-around game, but seemed more interested in getting his teammates involved than he was in attacking the Portland defense. He finished with eighteen points in the game. JVG pulled him aside during a lull in the fourth quarter and asked him, "Why don't you shoot the ball?" Tracy said, "I want to try to get other guys involved." Van Gundy quipped, "Who? Shoot the damn ball every time you get it."
the reason tracy sometimes is passive is b/c he knows he needs his guys. look at how he plays v. the mavs this season. in the first time when he scored 45 pts, he tried to take it upon himself and eventually knew h can't do it himself. the last game, he paced himself and we should have won i tracy makes his fts. if u notice, wade's the PG of that team and he actually plays a ascoring PG similar to AI. that's why he and iverson are rarely passive. tracy creates as a point forward. sometimes when he plays point, his sole goal is to create for others and set up a play b/c our guys are not as smart offensively. let's be real, we have some of the dumbest bball players as role players (head, alston, vspan, hayes). they just don't know jack. and don't think a single coverage is a straight up single coverage. there is ALWAYS a second guy that shadows his defender to prevent penetration. tracy demands that. of course, late in games, usee teams straight up double/triple him. but that's why the play OFF THE SCREEN is our best play. tracy can make that shot very easily and u can't double him. that's why he has made so many big shots this yr. but tmac WILL NOT be passive in the playoffs. im serious, i do admit tracy does take plays off sometimes during the reg. season. but in the playoffs, he goes all out. and that's all that matters. the playoffs. there's a reason why he always elevates his game to another level. a level no other player in the NBA right now can go to. i mean 30, 7, 6??? that's why JVG does not criticize tracy b/c he knows in big games, tracy will do what he does. there's a reason he's the ONLY player who can chuck up shots and his coach won't criticize him for it, but actually praises him for it. u see phil sometimes tell kobe to stop shooting, or jordan w/ arenas, or karl w/ melo, but not w/ TMAC. jvg knows wassup.
he doesnt normally take this many shots...they werent bad shots...they were shots he normally makes...he wanted to win that game
no he todl the reason why he took that many shots. to prove that he wasn't gonna defer to yao like earlier in the season. the game quotes specifically stated this. also, he said, yao's not ready so he wasn't gonna go to him a lot.
No one has worse shot selection than Rafer Alston - need proof. Worst shooting percentage in the league.
today his role players hit shots and how many did he take? 16 v. the cavs no one shoots well, he shot 32. it's true.
Small sample size. You need to take into account what he's done the entire season, not what's happened over the past two games.
ok and when else has he taken this many shots? besides the 30 v. denver but he jacked up the shots during the blowout so it didn't count. and heat winning WITHOUT wade APO. wassup w/ that?
doublehh03 believe me man just let it go.let them believe what they want,whatever you say you won't be able to change their mind just relax and let t-mac take care of the rest
I think most of those are shots that when Tracy is healthy and getting normal elevation he drills.The thing is with back injuries they disrupt your game to the point where it's hard to have consistency.It's a real chore not feeling the same out there one game to the next. And with all that can come some pressing. Tracy has made a lot of adjustments though since he's come back from the injury.Now he must adjust to playing with Yao again.It seems Yao being out helped him find his game upon his return.The guy carried us.Now it's time for them to get busy together and bring home the banner.
