Sure made a good video to watch every now and then though, almost when Brooks made a guy fall without really crossing him. <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DPbKaJ2wpi0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DPbKaJ2wpi0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> There we go But in all seriousness if you do trade Tracy you won't be able to get equal or better value, unless theres an all-star asking for a trade. The best deal you could probably get is a young prospect, a few role players, and picks.
just imagine if we can replace tmac/wells/alston with a a sg better than wellls and a pg better than alston( and maybe a backup C).
Tmac is a bad guy. see this: http://www.nba.com/rockets/schedule/results_2006.html. Last season Tmac was "injured" from 12/12 to 12/23 . During this period, Rockets had 7 games, lost 5 and won 2 games. I never believe Tmac was that nuch injured.
One thing to remember when we say how integral McGrady is, though, and how Yao's record shows he can't carry the team, is that the team has always been designed around McGrady, not Yao. Amazingly to me, Yao has averaged 13.2 shots per game over his career. Amazing. If I am not mistaken, Yao has attempted 4984 shots in the 378 games of his career. 13.2 shots per game. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/players/3179/ I am amazed at the lack of shots given to Yao over his career, first of all. And this relates to McGrady because it shows that Yao has not been the focus of the offense in the McGrady era, Tracy McGrady has; the same way that Yao was not the focus in the Franchise era, because Francis and Mobley enjoyed jacking their own shots and there wasn't much in the way of coaching going on. McGrady is the focus of the long-term Rockets' offense, so that's why the offense fails without him. How is a guy who gets 13 shots (Yao) going to carry the load of your offense? How many points is he supposed to score off 13 shots? McGrady, by comparison, has taken 4638 shots in 221 games as a Rocket. That's 21 shots per game. The guy who shoots 21 shots per game is the guy who will make or break a lot of games. Plenty of guys in the league shoot 13 shots like Yao. So when we talk about how McGrady is so crucial to the team's record, I think we should acknowledge that that's by design. The Rockets' long-term offense has not been designed to feature Yao Ming as the primary scorer, except in times of emergency.
We already have tons of role players. You don't trade for more when you already have guys not getting playing time. At this point, with brooks emerging as a pg that can actually address the need for quickness at the position as well as showing that he can be a passer (I loved that bounce pass to Yao) and with Scola emerging as a solid role playing power foward - our positional needs are being met for the first time in the Yao-Mac era. let me repeat that, for the first time in the Yao-Mac era, we have a team capable of supporting our stars. The proof is in the pudding, and the pudding is that we are now able to beat a quality team at home without our best player. A contender should still be able to play competitive basketball if any one single player takes a fall. Two - then it's questionable. But San Antonio without Tim duncun should still put away the Grizz on most nights. Now, people see to say "if tmac will buy into the system". I hate to tell you this, but Rick is designing this system FOR t-mac. The whole idea is to make life easy for T-mac, so that he can score MORE.... He won't be taking less shots, that's not the point. The point is that he handles the ball less...that he fights through picks and double teams less, that he has to face collapsing defenses constantly and constantly try to get his team mates involved - in other words, constantly face the dilemna of - do I score and try to win or do I pass and pray my teammates can execute. No, it's not all on him, I don't think he wants that. Now, with the passing, he can just catch and shoot or drive for easier baskets. That's the whole point. That means higher percentage shots and more points in the long run. He no longer has to initate the offense in Rick's system. Tmac understands this. Look, he's not a fool. The guy wants to get to the second round. You think he cares about padding his stats at this point in his career when the biggest knock on him is that he has never won a playoff series? Put yourself in his shoes for a minute and you will see how ridiculous the idea of him not buying into the system is. He knows if he doesn't buy in the system fails and the Rockets fail. He'll buy in. The question isn't his heart, it's not his attitude, and it's not abilities. It's his health.
I think we're going to have a little test coming up here since T-Mac is going to be back fairly quickly. The last two games the Rockets have actually had the balanced scoring that's associated with Adelman's offense. Friday night six guys were in double figures. Today it was five. After T-Mac gets back can the Rockets continue to put together games where four or five guys score in double figures? Can they break 90 points? If T-Mac gets back and the Rockets go back to him and Yao scoring and nobody else...not to belabor the obvious, but at that point the team's got problems.
ofcourse this system is being designed more for the other players... and more so for Tmac.... you dont bring your unathletic 7'6 big stiff 15 feet from the basket... in hopes he can score more....than in the low post
is he unselfish? i suspect it a lot. he makes his teammates better? don,t you see the others are watching and have no idea what to do when the ball is in his hand? He doesn't have an overinflated ego.? whatever happens he will always chooses to shoot by himself. T-Mac is a sensational jump shooter/slasher.that is his shortcoming. He has great heart and holds responsibility high on his shoulders? he said that he is responsible. what about his doing? T-Mac and Yao have great synergy? not any more. His abilities and likeability are great for Rocket business. maybe! Two superstars are better than one? have you ever considered the salaries?
Most fans're bashing Tmac for his negative attitude to the game rather than his performance. You can't deny Tmac is one of the most talented star in the league and that's why we tend to expect more from him. Rox is a total different team when he shared the ball and played smart with passions. On the other hand, when he went back to the "SOFT" and "I don't care" tmac and kept pulling up those contested jumpers, he could ruin the tempo and destroy the chemistry of the whole team. If he could play aggressively every game like Yao did, we would do much better than now.
