In my personal opinion, I believe that Tracy wants out of Houston. We all know he is holding back his game and has been a big struggle this season. My reasons as to why I believe he wants out: 1. The past 3 playoffs we have been in , Tracy basically went solo on performance. I think that he felt that he was doing all the work while the team didnt show up. 2. He isnt in the spot light anymore. Tracy loves to be the man on every team he plays on. I strongly believe he took time off this season to let the rockets fail but when they began to win, he realized that the team notice they didnt need him to win. 3. Finally, I think he is just sick of the rockets. His contributions to the team faded. His pride is gone. A trade would revive the team. Something needs to be done.
I don't think the team can trade him this year, except for Marbury etc....I think they are stuck until next year with Tmac. Artest is probably first to go. DD
Yeah, I wish he was just "holding back." He's just not the same and doesn't have the desire to get back to his superstar level. This is the decline of T-Mac.
No way he would want out. This is the best team he ever had, and definitely he wants to prove that he can pass the 1st round
No one else showed up in the playoff games, Tmac needed to take some time off to better his conditioning, and he is still in the spotlight. He is a superstar and everyone knows he is a superstar, they are just waiting for him to play like he used to.
My theory is...........Tracy wants Artest out. Does anybody smell an Artest for Mike Miller deal? Or possibly an Artest/Head deal for RIP?
Him just not being that good anymore sounds more plausible to me. This is what he is now. A low percentage, 15-18 ppg player who'll give you at least one stinker or two every few weeks.
Artest and Hayes for Drew gooden or andres nocioni, him and scola would pwn so hard. That also works for drew gooden too if they through in a draft pick =]
This makes sense to me. I don't think he's tanking it to get traded...I honestly believe he will never play within a system that doesn't center around his high pick and roll game. I also don't think he'll ever attempt to defend again. One decent game and then it was back to his Roger Dorn "Ole" bul**hit
