Tracy is mentally weak and he should be played along side with Shaq, or Kobe, or James. His own words!
If Brooks and Artest continue to play like last night, yes, it's very likely we would have another first round exit.. The difference between Brooks and Artest though is that Brooks is still coachable, Ron Ron is not.. I love Ron's defensive skills, but I guess every thing comes with a price, which are tons of boneheaded plays and 1 on 5 moments from Ron Ron.. As for Brooks, I still don't think he will be a starter material, because his offense and decision making are far from the level to cover up his defense liablity..
Isn't it the PG's job to make sure the right guy is getting the ball in crunch time? Ron is going to take the shot every time he gets the ball late in games. We knew he was that way before he got here. He certainly isn't as creative with the ball as I would like but at least he isn't afraid to take the last shot. It's the PG's job to make sure Ron gets the ball if he has a good shot and if he doesn't then he shouldn't get the ball.
Rocks Millenium I don't care that Alston Tmac are gone I do believe that AB and Ron are not the right fits for this team I do believe that TMac is more clutch and a better fit for this team, WHEN HEALTHY, than the other guys......he definitely has been a better scorer than the other guys........and if he's the TMac we traded for, you cannot argue with the positives he could add to this team. Personally I want a young guy over 6 ft tall with great playmaking abilities over all of these guys. The hornets do not have a superstar scorer but a superstar PG and look how he helps..........TANK.....or get out of the 1st rnd.
Go and look at their FG% and you tell me. Actually how many people on our team shoot better than 45% from the field? Not a guard on the team and I'm just guessing...
I thought this should be back where it belongs. Revisit anyone? Ronvict's awful 3 attempt a small guy getting stuffed in a crucial moment........WOW..... maybe these guys do read this board.
I'm more worried about Brooks than Artest. We've seen how much of a slump Brooks can fall into, but I must say lately he hasn't been all that bad. Same goes for Artest, if he shoots 1-10 or 5-15 in the playoffs it's over, but the thing is he has been taking a lot of bad shots as well, the difference is he makes them. The Bulls game (where he took a bad 3 pointer that stopped the huge run from the bulls, even though in the end the rockets were unsuccessfull in stopping the comeback) and the Suns game were all examples of him taking "clutch" shots that goes in. We can only hope they're on their consistent side when it reaches playoffs, but its a 7 game series, and it won't last forever. Not to mention, even if we do pass the first round with lucky shooting, there is still a few more rounds ahead.
