If Tmac is able to play right now and was asked who will win the NBA finals?

seriously man, f tmac
who cares?

 

Hey, who cares about T-Mac? We are in the playoffs, without homecourt, and are 1-0 with a blowout win over Portland. T-Mac isnt there, we all already know about his comments in Atlanta, 99.9999% of us hate him anyways. Whats the point in constantly whining and crying over what this obviously overpaid pre-madonna says? Can we please STOP with the T-Mac saga, screw him. Now lets cheer for OUR Rockets, and may they bring the title to Houston.

GO ROCKETS!!!!

 

We sooooo did not need another thread about this

 

Oh come on, there are much better things to do than being obsessed about what TMAC said.

 

WORST THREAD EVER!

Man, he had MICROFRACTURE. He can't even walk.

 

I hope to God that we get out of the first round, just so that TMac will be left wondering why HE can't get out of the first round.

If he was healthy and could play, I wouldn't want him playing on this team, and I don't think Adelman should let him.

 

Why waste time b****ing about comments that most of us here think is most likey true anyway.

We blew out the Blazers once. Hell Yeah, we rock. How many times have we seen the Rockets start off strong just to falter?

 

What if the Rockets had Michael Jordan, Kareem, Wilt The Stilt, Hakeem, Gary Payton, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson all in their prime?


Who would win the finals then?

 

I don't like to consider these 'what if' scenarios. I feel much more comfortable rooting for the guys we have to play on any given night. You play with what you have, just like Doc Rivers said after the Celtics' game one loss.

 

exactly

 

I think he and Ron would have continued to get in each other's way...and Tmac would have struggled for control of this team and the ball.

Right now, with Ron, he clearly defers to Yao (most of the time) and it is better for the team overall.

I said it before the season and it still fits now...Ron and Tmac do not fit.

DD

 

If Hakeem, Clyde, and Moses* came back in their primes, and brought along a fully clean and in his prime Original John Lucas, would we be favored to win the title?

*not Malone, the guy with the stick that performed miracles. He could totally hold down Kobe or LeBron.

 

He could also split the defense phenomenally

 

I know he was just being honest, but his answer bothered me because it shows that mentally he doesn't really consider himself to be part of the team. It's clear to me that he hasn't been communicating with teammates or gotten emotionally invested in what the Rockets have been doing. That's a real disappointment, but I think sort of predictable. I said a couple months ago that I didn't think McGrady cared one way or the other what the Rockets do without him. If he shows up in Houston to support the team, I think it will be more about image than anything else.

 

We didn't need this thread. The opinions in the other one have been expressed one thousand fold.

We are playing the Blazers tonight; let's root for the team and stop hating each other because of an injured player.

 

I actually think it's a fair thing to gripe about. And if there wasn't a thread about this, I would have missed it. So I'm grateful for the OP.

True, if most of us were injected with truth serum, we would say that we think the Lakers will win the championship. Does that make us Lakers fans? Does that make us less loyal? No. It makes us non-crazy-people. Wanting your team to win is different from Believing your team will win. The first is a criteria for fandom; the second is not.

That being said... it really, really irks me that a current player on that team would publicly say -- while on their payroll -- that he thinks his team will not win the championship. That's bull.

As a thought experiment and for perspective... .Daryl Morey's a smart guy. Daryl Morey crunches odds. He knows that according to statistics, according to logic and reason, it's most probable that the Lakers will win the championship. I doubt he'd be saying, though, that he thinks the Lakers will win the championsip. He would probably say, "The odds might be against us, but our team is playing well, we've got a great bunch of guys, and anything can happen."

Agree with OP. I'm not normally a T-Mac basher and wish him the best in rehab, but this bothers me.

 

Poor T-Slack lover, does he have an operation in his brain? Just stop make excuse for this no-heart guy.

 

Just because someone doesn't hate the guy for a grey-area comment doesn't mean they're a T-Slack lover. Why don't you spare us all the labels and give us intelligent reasons why you disagree?