February 11, 2009 When Will I See You Again: Rockets 94, Kings 82 Hoo-oo ha-a ha-a hoo-oo Precious moments When will I see you again? When will we share precious moments? Will I have to wait forever? Will I have to suffer And cry the whole night through? When will I see you again? When will our hearts beat together? --The Three Degrees Nothing's changed. That's what Tracy McGrady said. Have truer words ever seen spoken? The hamster keeps running around the wheel on this Rockets season that's so far gotten them pretty much right back where they started. Wishing and hoping. McGrady showed up the day before training camp opened and said he was going to have problems with his knee all season. He also said he didn't work with weights and didn't do much conditioning over the summer. Then he used the first two months of the season as a revolving door, in and out of the lineup, in and out of inspiration and energy. Then he took two weeks off to do "conditioning" and promised he would not return to the lineup until he was completely fit and ready to finish the season. At halftime on Wednesday night, McGrady said he "got and MRI this morning and kinda didn't like what we saw." The Rockets put out a statement saying there's been no change from the last MRI several weeks ago. "Everything's the same," McGrady said. "That's the problem." Actually, the problem is that McGrady either once more came back too soon from his conditioning hiatus or he is having problems dealing with not being the player that he used to be. And 1-for-9 against the Bucks is too hard for him to swallow. On Tuesday after practice, he laughed and joked about the dunk he missed badly in the first quarter against Milwaukee. He talked about not being comfortable about jumping off his left knee. He did not once say that he experienced pain. One night later and McGrady is saying, "I've regressed. I've felt pain." That's just the thing. He is always talking, always contradicting himself. So he has nobody to blame but himself if the truth is never quite evident. On one hand, he wants to "impose his will" on games and on the other he's in a hurry to hand off the mantle of leadership to Yao Ming. He likes the attention, just not the responsibility. Again, explaining the condition of his left knee and why he's back on the sidelines once more: "Well, it's because it didn't get any better prior to surgery and post-surgery," McGrady said. What? So the surgeon ordered a pizza, watched a cable movie and then took McGrady off the anesthesia and told him the knee was fixed? So no he's out. After he was in. And after he was out. And after he was in and out. When will we see him again? After the All-Star break? After next summer? After he's wearing another uniform? "I'm confused," McGrady said. Hoo-oo ha-a ha-a hoo-oo. Precious moments. Posted by Fran Blinebury at February 11, 2009 11:52 PM
Fran is right. Tracy wants the attention. He wants to pass the first round, but he'd rather not if he was not going to be the alpha dog.
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http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2009/02/the_mcgrady_question_and_a_roc.html here is jonathan feigen's take. (rarely do i read both him and fran comment on the same issue after a game.) "Nothing had changed since he could play but now he could not. What changed if his knee didn't? Why didn't McGrady play? ... He will get his additional opinions and the knee will either improve or it won't. The uncertainty about his status, however, can no longer be an excuse. It wasn't an issue on Wednesday. It would be nice if McGrady could find a way to do the best he can with whatever his body will allow. If he can't do all that he once could or thought he'd be able to do by now nine months since surgery, that's life. Yao Ming would like to be quicker. Rafer Alston would like to shoot better. Aaron Brooks would like to be taller. Oh well. They do the best they can. If the doctors say he can and if nothing has changed, he ought to do the best he can, too. The Rockets, however, have to do the best they can with or without him, too. Funny thing is, I can't imagine any of them wondered why he didn't play."
hmm this sounds like a good thread to put videos of songs that tmac makes you think of: here's mine <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I54u26q96qo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I54u26q96qo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> " You're out of touch I'm out of time But I'm out of my head when you're not around"
he is slow and overweight. yet some people demand us to say sorry to him. it's time to switch from Drama channel to a real sport one.
GO TO HELL T-MAC AND STAY THERE YOU WORTHLESS PIECE OF TRASH PLAYER. KEEP STEALING LES' MONEY AND KEEP EMBARASSING THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON A DAILY BASIS WITH YOUR PMS TANTRUMS. GO TO HELL T-MAC AND STAY THERE AND NEVER COME BACK! Sincerely Houston Fans!
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Good read. I don't really care to tell you the truth, I just want to see the Rockets win and that's all even if Ron or Yao or McGrady go scoreless.
The writer looks pissed. In my opinion, either the Rockets trade Mcgrady, or put him on the injury list, let him rehab for the rest of the regular season and hope that he can come out really in a better shape when playoff comes. The dicesion to let him out this time is just stupid. I doubted this decision when I heard it because any reasonable people would know there's no way one could improve a lot in just two weeks.
Ah, Tmac is embarrassed and wants to sit to avoid more embarrasment. Fine, sit then......the team is better without an embarrassed Tmac in the lineup. DD
If TMac is not traded this guy has lots of power over the organization. The Rockets should trade him it will do the team a world of good.
LOL - typical, that if you can't attack the message, attack the messenger, Fran is not a fanboy, he is a columnist, he writes what he sees, that is his job. He sees the team being better without captain volume shooting drama.... DD
DD, that is exactly my take on the current T-Mac situation. He's completely and totally embarrassed and he's trying to hide behind the MRI machine.
There is nothing wrong with this particular Blinebury column, but in general, I have to agree that I take everything he says with a grain of salt. Blinebury, in my view, is a bitter hack who can't write anything interesting if he isn't trashing a particular player. He has made a living trashing T-Mac the past few years (even after good games), so its hard to take him too seriously.
