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A Me-MAC article from Orlando

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Lonestar, Dec 26, 2009.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    I wonder if he thinks his return to Orlando
    will
    be like SF3's return to Houston?

    Rocket River
     
  2. 523744

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    That has nothing to do with the trade, maybe you misread what I said
     
  3. Lonestar

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    What I meant post Me-Mac move is a series move, not seperate, one leads another, like Orlando did. He consumes too much caps. So after that we have breath to take

    That's i was wondering we would be as lucky as them, then in few years to come we are in the finals

    Go Rox
     
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    I was intrigued by the possibilities of the Francis/Mobley/Yao core. Its no coincidence after they were traded that the Rockets biggest weaknesses were a good point guard and versatile scoring guard, up until last year.

    But Francis did way way less with his teams than McGrady did with the Rockets. The Magic had Hedo Turkoglu and Dwight Howard with Steve Francis. The Magic made the playoffs the year AFTER Francis left. You can similarly say Rockets advanced to 2nd round after McGrady left. But Francis cant claim any playoff berths at all, or a 22 game win streak.

    Now did the Magic come out better in the deal than if they'da kept McGrady? Perhaps. Would Dwight Howard have turned the Bobcats into a force? Perhaps.
     
  5. aloha

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    if you've seen another article during rox' 22 streak from the same media, u'd say thank you for magic sanding tmac to houston :p
     
  6. Rocket River

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    Actually . . . since that trade
    until last year . . . none of those three spots were properly filled

    PG, SG, PF
    Cato was doing well at Power Forward.
    Esp since he did not have to score and he took Yao's rebounding
    duties. . . I think Cato that year was finally earning SOME of his big money
    Juwan was at best a Lateral move from Cato

    I still contend that had Weisbrod not Traded Cuttino for Useless Christie
    they would have made the playoffs that year
    up until then . . their record was better than the Rockets [or close to it]
    unless I am mistake

    Rocket River
     
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    He could always join Amway or work at Disney World as Pinocchio.
     
  8. Lonestar

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    No, definitely i would not say that. 22 streak was definitely a team winning. Even Yao was a part of it. Alston played great during that stretch

    If you took 13pts in 35seconds, i probably would. But sorry never been a big fan of him

    Sorry, disappointing u , lol :eek: :eek:
     
  9. aloha

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    http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_magic/2008/03/hot-rocket-t-ma.html#more
    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/justice/rockets/5621793.html
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/12349-NBA-The_Great_Tracy_Mcgrady-100308

    sorry :rolleyes:
     
  10. Lonestar

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    The article is 100% correct. John Weisbrod’s decision to trade Tracy had a huge impact on improving the Orlando franchise. After trading Tracy, Orlando immediately showed improvement by winning 15 more games than they did the previous season with Tracy.

    The biggest improvement however was not the extra wins, but getting rid of Tracy’s contract. When you look at Tracy’s contract, the value in relation to the amount of money spent was not good. Tracy was one of the highest paid guys in the league coming off of a 21win season, which was definitely not a good investment. When they got rid of Tracy’s contract, they immediately became more economically flexible. This allowed them to pick up free agents that they would not have been able to with Tracy. Imagine the flexibility that Daryl Morey would have if he had two 12 million dollar players compared to one 23 million player.
     
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    Wow- a Dante reference? Now that is an awesome analogy- I'm not being sarcastic, either, I'm being serious- I had to do a double-take on that one. (I had to study him in World Lit). I agree- Rockets first, always.
     

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