Rockets win by 15. Yes, and even power forward occassionally against teams like Dallas that play Nowitski there. DD
Yep, I hear you. But to me Yao, Tracy and Gasol are out because of injuries. I guess we can define the degrees of "out" before carrying on this convo.
TMac will have to eat up Lowry's minutes. We don't have enough minutes for 4 SG/SF in Ariza, Battier, TMac, CBud.
Tmac will eat up an injured player's minutes. If there is no major injury, I doubt Tmac will be able to go back to the court as a rocket.
ROFLMFAO 6 games in and he is the future. WOW. I guess Jay Williams was the future for the BUlls also. OH snap he isn't playing anymore. Damn motorcycle accident. Jeez Von Wafer was our future. OH snap he isn't here anymore. Damn Wafer. Thanks for thinking your bigger than what you really are. Reece Gains???? should i even waste my time? Jermain Taylor?? Will he ever get burn to be considered our future? Chase?? for a guy who you couldn't stand and now want to ride the bandwagon is our future. Hmmm boy how quickly you can change. Next thing you know you'll be saying you like McGrady
wow i guess tmac has reached an all time low here, but you guys are crazy if you think he wont get the majority of minutes at sf or sg if healthy. i love chase but lets not get carried away here.
I'm glad u saved me the time and keystrokes. What will also happen is if he plays at a certain strength, then they might move shane to open minutes for chase. I've used camby as a example. Camby for shane and cook. Maybe the rox can get boone with cooks contract. Either way, tracy is coming back and playing 35mins per. Ariza has shown he needs to play 35 also and is coming around mi.us the ballhandling.
If tmac can integrate well into the current system, he may share with Ariza at the SG position. Whether Tmac will start depend on how well he plays. It seems to me that now the Rockets are using Ariza as Tmac by letting him creating his own shot, though not so successful. This is a sign that the team is preparing for the return of Tmac. Battier and Cbud will share the 3 position. Lowry and Brooks will just play as PG since they are the only two PGs we have.
are you telling me t-mac will be competing for minutes with a team full of role players and no superstars. Seriously you are talking about shane, Ariza, and Budinger. Ariza is still not that "guy" and he would benefit more from a start player taking the pressure off of him. Shane is just Shane(we know who that is) and Budinger is still just a rookie/
I believe TMac is a chemistry killer and we still have plenty of players still here from last year who I doubt have forgotten what he did last year and how bad his ego is. I will bet that most players from last year are actually more concerned about how to win games when he returns than how to win games with the current squad. Here's why: - McGrady is a low percentage shooter and has terrible shot selection. The more his man plays D on him the more likely he'll shoot it. (Product of his generation of basketball. Ex: AI, Kobe, etc.) - He does not play defense unless he has too. - He is not athletic and has far too many injuries. (Back spasms, bad knees, mentally weak - can't overcome his life issues, uses them as excuses on the court.) He will find an excuse of why he cannot play well. Ariza and Budinger are much better for winning now and in the future because they have all the qualities that McGrady lacks. No issues. Just basketball. Hell, that might even be a good slogan for the new Rockets without McGrady.
I agree with the Apollo88 post. A healthy T-Mac has always made the players around him much better. In the past, McGrady was paired up Rafer Alston. The opposing defense would rotate off the weakest shooter, which left Alston open most of the time. I love the lineup with Brooks & Ariza, both will benefit by getting more open shots. We all complain that Brooks has the tendacy to over dribble, T-Mac will take some of those playmaking duties away, thus allowing Brooks to do some spot up shooting. Chuck Hayes will be the beneficiary of McGrady's passing & be more of an offensive threat. The Rockets can run more, having a much deeper bench. On defense, we can really tag team those great players. Ariza & Battier can take turns defending, without actually being on the court at the same time. Battier may be the odd man out of the starting lineup, but what a great team player to accept this role of coming off the bench. We are always told that more competition will make us better, RA will have the luxury of going with the hot hand.
problem here is that mcgrady doesnt really lack at anything other than injuries. If he is healthy he has no limitations.
T-mac will come in and facilitate the offense. He is a better play maker than brooks and much better than "dribble way to high pick up your dribble then throw a terrible pass for a turnover" ariza. He should come in, cut turnovers, maybe draw some doubles and make our offense run smoother regardless of how many shots he takes.
