Trevor Ariza needs to be traded, this is the time to do it. :grin: Just send him with Tmac as a gift for some 2nd round pick.
he was referring to tmac and yao. obviously the offense runs alot better with lowry than brooks. landry scola is a wash. he was referring to allstar,game changers, yao and tmac. HE KNOWS what morey just said on 610 ,tmac is a great player, but tmac is a ballstopper and the other hard working players said they didnt want him on the team anymore. what im afraid of is that the rockets miss the playoffs,and tmac goes to knicks and advances to 2nd round. we would have egg on our face.
Thats really not a factual statement and I think thats the issue with most people that are bitter/sweet about the T-Mac situation.. Everyone keeps saying that he is no where near what he once was and teh fact of teh matter is, nobody knows that to be a fact. The last season he played, yes he was no where near who he once was, however, the man was hurt and needed to have surgery. So hints the reason as to why he wasnt the "Tracy" that we all know. Well now that he has recovered from surgery, nobody has yet to see him play one full game, better yet not even a half a game. So I really dont think its fair for anyone to say that we know for a fact that he cant perform to the level that he did previously because the truth is, we simply dont know what he can do since his surgery/recovery...And I think thats what's frustrating to most fans is that he was never given a chance to show whether or not he could come back and help this team... Had he came back and played some full games or at least 15 to 20 minutes and we saw for a fact that he just didnt have it left in him, I think a lot more fans would have accepted him leaving a lot easier becasue you cant argue with factual reality. But the reality is that we are only assuming and we dont know for a fact until we see him play some decent minutes with another team...
Adelman is a smart coach. McGrady is a smart basketball player. They could have made it work IF they gave it more of a chance to work (8 min. a game 1st half is not giving it a chance) Sorry Rick, you can't make an excuse of not having one of your two best players when he was ready and willing to try.
And why would we have egg on our face? Do you really believe T-Mac, in his current physical condition, could carry this team past the first round? Us probably being a 7 or 8 seed? So what if he goes to the knicks and they get to the 2nd round (which i highly doubt). It wont be becasue of him averaging near all-star numbers? We will see who has egg on their faces next year, and the year after that, and after that , and after that, and after that, and after that when we trade him for quality pieces that fit this team. People keep thinking for some reason that we were supposed to be contenders this year with no Yao. Why all the complaining and whinning about us losing some games and not being in the play-off chase right now? This team was put together to be 'competive' and that they are. They play hard every night. That is all you can ask for. We knew coming in that we did not have any all-star players, we were undersized, and had some guys playing outside of their comfort zones to see that they could do. That is not a top 8 team in the west on paper. So stop whining that we probably wont make the playoffs... We already KNEW that in Sep. Making the playoffs with this team (as is) would be a huge bonus and surprise.
Quite the reverse!! My Chinese sources say that it was not Adelman but the Management & Ownership who wanted revenge on McGrady!
Fact is it was so bizarre the way the whole T-mac thing was handled. Just bizarre. It's not even this year that bothered me about it - it's next year.
I think Rick was referring to the $40+ million that isn't being used on any 2 superstar/max players but rather being wasted away this season.
Yao and the player we will hopeful soon get from tmac's salary. And I love how we will automatically play better with tmac? How in the world can anyone know that? The decision was made. Deal with it. There's is a chance in the world he'll ever wear a Rockets uni again. And as said by many, tmac's ability to play has no value. There is no contending team that would be able to part with $20 mil for a rental. If a team actually is interested in his playing potential, why wouldn't you wait till he's a free agent? No, the trades are based on contract. Even if you are interested in player and contract, it's the contract that drives it. No guarantee you can resign in the summer.
