[Dallas Morning News] McGrady shows signs he could be in decline

Lets hope this is either injury, or the impact of Artest.

I was expecting more of a 18,18,18 stat line from our big 3, not 25,25,10. It is evident that the injuries are really slowing McGrady down, but on the other hand, it is also evident that a huge chunk of weight has been taken off McGrady.

Some of us will say this is bad news, some will say it is good news. For me, if our players don't need to rack up 30 points to win, I'm fine with it.

 

Yes of course.... T-Mac and Yao are all declining, and Dirk Nowitzki is still in his prime, average the highest in his career, and winning the division, right Dallas Morning News?

 

that beat writer is just trying to find ways to keep his job now. Once the mavs are not winning 67 games a year people will care even less about the non-Cowboys.

 

Stupid writer. Of course Yao and Tracy's averages are lower this year. We have Artest in our lineup as well as Brooks and other players who show that they are capable of scoring.

Though I'm not saying Tmac isnt on the decline, the reasons the writer gave was pathetic. With his train of thought, I wouldnt be surprised if he said KG is on the decline too.

 

UH, TMac is on the decline. It happen to everyone.

 

I don't think so. I mean, yes his averages on the season are very low but it is a start of the season, he is comming back from the surgery and he obviously isn't 100% yet.

But now let's look at the bright side. Look at McGrady 3 point shooting this season. Last season he was a BAD shooter, especially from deep. Now look at him. He is shooting his 3s at 41%. It is unbelivable, especially when you talk about McGrady. I belive his shot selection has been better and what is important - he is knocking down open shots. If he has an open 3, or jumper you can prettu much say he is gonna make it. And it is not only that he is feeling it. I belive he is getting a lot better arch, elevetion on his jumpes. It lokked pretty flat last season. His fg% is low, though, but I am sure it will only rise up.

The other thing is his free throws shooting. he is around 80% which is a big improvement, especially agter 68% last season. The problem is he can't get there enough.

He is missing one of his key weapons. athleticism. He can't drive to the rim as he used to, because he is not feeling the confidence in his leg and hisknee is not strong yet, at all. So that's it. Once he gets his explosivness back, he will be pretty much unstopable. He became a better shooter and when he will mix it with his drives he will really play great, you'll see.

Now the thing is to build the strength in his left leg. They have to figure out how to do that. Or he can play and work on it, or just sit out and rehab the knee. The schedule looks pretty easy right now, so he can easily do what is really better for him.

The great think is, that's a young season and we don't have to force anything. We have a lot of time left and obviously you wanna have everybody at their bets, fully healthly.

 

haha i wouldnt expect our rivals to say good things

 

Besides jsmee, The Daily Illini and Champaign News Gazette have more sports creditability than the Dallas Morning News.

 

Wow... Tracy McGrady is on the decline!?!?

In other late breaking news, the sky is blue.

 

Theres been years of signs that Nowitzki can't post up and is a bit of a sissy for his size.

These are facts known for years.

 

Exactly, this has been obvious for about three years now. Especially last year.

 

Whoever wrote this article is a dumbass. Of course hes in a decline, hes played over 10 years in the NBA and had surgeries. Plus, we have artest and other players that can score now, so hes not gonna be our #1 option anymore.

 

Almost 5 weeks into the season and people still don't understand that the man is playing on one leg. Give him a break. Once he's healthy and is moving around the court normally, then talk of if he's declining.

 

How many games have the Mavs lost this season?

 

His "decline" this season is more mental than people believe. Tmac has never been able to thrive in a diminished role. Every year he starts out poorly in the first 20-25 games. We think he's done but then Yao goes down and Tracy becomes the undisputed best player and leader of the team. He responds by ripping off MVP-like numbers.

It isn't that he is selfish or does not want to share the burden. It's that he doesn't know how. He can't do what Clyde did when he came to Houston and transformed into a sidekick instead of the team's hero. Tracy can't do all of the little things AND continue to be an effective, efficient offensive player when he shares the burden the way Clyde did. It's all or nothing with him. He is given a smoother offense and team mates who can take pressure off him and he responds by becoming a less effective offensive player AND being less effective in other aspects of the game. Throw him back on an under-talented team with no offense and his numbers, of course, go up but inexplicably he becomes a better, more efficient player in all aspects of the game.

I do think the knee is a big issue but I get the feeling if tomorrow Tmac had to take the court without Ron and Yao we would see him find a way to drop 25/6/6, with or without his athleticism.

 

My question is, why do we care what people in Dallas think? F Dallas!

 

tracy is taking 7 less shots than less year and only 5 less points. he's more efficient.

he's shooting 41% from 3s and 79% from fts.

when tracy moves better, who here doesn't think his stats will rise but his efficiency will also rise.

and yao is just rounding into form. yao looks great since he's got his rest.

 

I think he doesn't deal well with sporadic touches. His intensity level goes down a lot when he doesn't have the ball in his hands, and that makes it difficult for him to stay "in the game". That's a problem, because we'll probably never be a good offensive team if we're relying exclusively on him to make all the plays. And, at the same time, we're not going to be a good offensive team if he's playing inefficiently. Adelman needs to stress that McGrady has to be more involved in the offense without the ball in his hands. It's like he has ADD or something.

 

yeah, its something you can only tell by watching him. In the past few years he's gone from not going to the basket enough to not being able to get to the basket enough, even on poor defenders.