Could Tracy McGrady come back next year...as our starting Point Guard?

TMac still has a long way to go in order to even think about coming back. I just don't see him being the player he once was, look at Weber. It is very damn hard to come back from the type surgery TMac had done. It will be suprise if he comes back and don't be surprise if he doesn't.

 

We are going to have to see. If T-Mac is actually healthy and at least regains his form from last years playoffs, then yes. But if he isn't really the same player, probably not.

*Oh by the way, does anyone have a link of the beginning of last season when McGrady said he felt like he was on top of his game? Link me please, don't want to start a thread.

 

sun yue!?!?!??!

 

I'd rather see Rick Brunson come out of retirement and play starting point guard before Mclady

 

No he can't.

1 star.

 

that reminds me of these classic words-- "T-Mac refers to 'contemporary magic'. "

 

T-Mac might work well at PG if it was several years ago, today's Tracy is just a junk that all of us are used to blaming. He is even not able to come back to court and play games, not to mention to act the starting PG of the league's 4th best team. the 3 teams above us are cavs, lakers and spurs.

 

Don't see why he wouldn't want to do it. Tmac: "I always wanted to be the facilitator"

 

T-Mac better stay out of the passing issues, he will flatf out freeze the offense if he was the PG.

Sixth Man or go home, we don´t need a ballhog with our starting five.

Let him ride the second unit with Lowry, Wafer, Landry and Chuck. If he doesn´t want to, then let him stay at home.

 

The best part of this thread is that it was started by a user going by the name "The Realist".

 

Just because Tracy McGrady would be a PG offensively, does not mean he has to guard the opposing team's PG. Look at what we do against Utah... Yao does not guard Okur, even though Okur is at the center position.

That being said, who would guard the opposing team's PG? Battier? Artest? Nah, they can't match PG speed either. So, you'd have to supplant Battier or Artest with someone that can match up to the opposing team's PG defensively: Kyle Lowry. This would probably force Battier to the bench and make Lowry the SG which also is a big nonsensical since he's not a shooter. Aaron Brooks instead? That might work better.

So, perhaps we could see:

Tracy McGrady - PG (SG defense)
Aaron Brooks - SG (PG defense)
Ron Artest - F
Luis Scola - PF
Yao Ming - C

Still, that pushes Shane Battier out of the starting line-up and we're still not nearly as good defensively. I think one of the positives of our line-up is that we're great defensively, and I don't want to see that go away.

Frankly, we have too many starters any way. Once T-Mac gets back, either Battier or Artest is going to have to come off the bench, if T-Mac doesn't himself.

 

FWIW, I don't think the line-up I posted above is all that bad actually, now that I think about it.

AB is a shooter. Artest is a shooter. Scola/Yao do their thing (but can shoot, too). T-Mac loves to be a facilitator and he does it quite well (when healthy), even though some of you may not believe that because your eyes are veiled with RAGE.

This has several benefits:

- Utilizes T-Mac's passing and penetration ability.
- Reduces T-Mac's reliance on his jumper which seems to be declining with age.
- Utilizes AB's jump shot instead of his distribution ability.
- Makes Ron Ron a spot-up shooter (which he is good at) instead of creating his own shot (which is a terrible thing).
- A very big line-up, sans AB.

The biggest deficiency is obviously AB guarding a Chris Paul or D-Will. Howevery, we have that deficiency right now. We'd also have Battier on reserve if the opposing team has Kobe or LeBron (switching out with Artest).

I don't think it's that bad of an idea actually.

 

Well since he is a ballstopper ( According to DD ) then basically he is our point guard. McGrady has basically been our point guard for some time now. He is the guy with the ball in his hands majority of the time and he sets guys up. I think if you have the line-up of McGrady, Battier, Artest, Scola/ Landry , and Yao those guys are going to get exposed. I don't think Artest and Battier are quick enough to guard the other teams point guards. Then again I doubt other teams guards would be able to guard McGrady, Battier, or Artest in the post.

I think this is basically a 2 question thread. Can McGrady come back next year?? Who knows. Maybe. It's to early to tell. We would have to see how he does with his rehab and if he is ready by the time training camp comes around. Can he come back next year as our starting point guard?? Ummm no. Who knows what our roster is going to look like. Are we going to resign Artest and Wafer?? If not will we use that money to upgrade on other areas like a true point guard and back up center??. Its really to early to tell.

We need to take it one step at a time and right now we have to focus on the issue now.

 

Agreed. This is purely hypothetical and assuming the roster remains intact and McGrady returns at 100%.

Still, it's fun to talk about it!

 

No, a 6-8 point guard would be nice... And T-Mac could be that, or at least he could have been that. Guarding quick players isn't all about athleticism or one's quickness, it has more to do with footwork and smart defensive play.

Notice how Chuck is able to guard forwards and 2 guards that are much quicker than him... T-mac could (or could have) done/do the same thin with PG's.

No one knows what form T-Mac is gonna return in but... It would be nice if he could be for the Rockets what Shawn Livingston was gonna be before his injuries.

 

I came into point out that your name is therealist, but I got beat to the punch.

So now I'm just going to smile.

 

That's basically what we've been doing the past few years. Tracy ran the offense from the SG position. Just like LeBron runs the Cavs offense from the SF position.

If you're not being guarded by PG's and you aren't guarding a PG, then you're not a point guard. You're just running the offense from another position. Opposing teams aren't going to say "hey TMAC is now the PG so we're going to have Tony Parker guard him and have Manu guard AB". That lineup will draw the same matchups on offense and defense that we've always drawn. And the offense will be run through Tracy just like it always has. That's nothing different from what we've been doing.

And that lineup is no bigger than what we have now. You're just replacing Shane with Tracy. They're the same height.

 

Tracy *could* do it if he wanted to AND if the Rockets had the right talent around him. Kyle Lowry is strong enough, smart enough and motivated enough to play alongside McGrady and switch with him defensively.

It won't ever happen because of McGrady's attitude but having a 6'8" player of McGrady's talent-level will always present problems for the other team.

 

LOL

LOL.

anyway.


NO, tracy will not be doing this.

But thanks for confirming my recent theories on speculation...it's BS.

 

And what an injury! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGPKIS6pB_c