It would upgrade our offense alot in general with tmac on the floor. How many times have we seen defenders layoff steve and dare him to make a jump shot. If the tmac for sf trade came through we could try to acquire tyrone lue as or pg as he would not want to go back to the bench. Although not as good pg as SF Lue would be very serviceable. The offense still does not have a identity and once SF is gone the offense will run through yao more often then not. Lue doesnt need to dish out assist in his role as pg, just bring the ball up, setup the play and make the open shot when it comes to him, which he can make. He is also a good on ball defender, I still remember him hounding iverson in the lakers 2nd championship title. He is also dirt cheap.
Nothing really matters. Once you have Yao and McGrady, all you need to worry about is whether you need to dump some salary or not. Like I said, system is not important. When you have Yao and McGrady, you fit the system around THEM, not fit the players into the system. I do believe that T-Mac can fit into this system VERY well, but like I said... It doesn't matter. The system will change if needed. T-Mac is worth much more than JVG. You worry about the cracks later. If we have too many contracts, you start dealing with teams below the cap, exchanging some of our talent for some of their capspace. I would seriously be willing to sit through a season of Yao, T-Mac, and 3 hardworking minimum-contract-type players. I'm talking Mike Wilks, Ansu Sesay, and Reggie Evans or something like that. After Yao and T-Mac, all you need to worry about is a shooter, a safe PG, and a dirty-work PF. Everything else would fall into place, if not in the first season, then the next. This is a championship winning duo. How much better would McGrady be with the second best C in the league on his team?
Well, T-Mac plus J Howard (17 ppg) and Gooden (12 ppg) won 21 games in the East. If we had T-Mac/Yao only team, we will be lucky to win 15 games in the west. Yao is not exactly Shaq yet. What if he doesn't improve?? I mean, Shaq/Hakeem/Ewing/Robinson/Ducan were all 20/10 guys from their rookie year and Yao is no way ready for that on a consistent basis. Considering the fact that Hill's contract lasts three more years, Yao will be getting out of here as soon as his contract ends (also after three years).
Yao is 20/10 per 37 minutes, just like those guys you mentioned. Meaning, if he gets some rest then improves his stamina, it will take little or no improvement for him to average 20/10. Gooden and Howard do not equal Yao. Gooden and Howard were subbing for each other most of the season anyway.
Well the main reason why the magic lost so many games was because of their lack of inside presence and defense. Im not sure but they gave up around 46% FG to oppenents. They have the softest front line with Declerq, Howard and Gooden. With yao in the middle our defense is already 10 times better. We have MoT who is probably better defensively then Howard and maybe a better rebounder. The magic also have no shooters at all, their best shooter who spaces the floor, Pat Garrity, has been out the whole season. The reason why they lose so many games is not because they cant score points(they avg 94ppg), but it is because they cannot defend for their lives(give up 102ppg).
i would said this many times IMHO Vince Carter AND T-Mac never ever wil have what takes to win a champioship in the nba they are like allen iverson they took the team to the finals(he made 30 points a game) ok but nothing hapend after that both are injured plagued they will have a injured type sometime around every single season i think that VC only have the high fly nothin more his not a shooting man like TMac and sometimes Tmac is not in the rim both of them frustrade to easy and figth with the team and coach
I doesn't matter if they have what it takes. The rockets are hitching their wagons onto the hope that Yao has what it takes to win a champonship. T-Mac would be brought in to be the sidekick, and it would be up to Yao to lead the rox to the title. Weather Yao has what it takes is yet to be determined, but I think he will.
Jason Collier is a 20/10 per 37 minutes also. I am talking about real productivity. In two playoff games, Yao is 40% FG, 15 ppg, 7.5 rpg while playing 39 minutes per game. I do not think even you believe he is nearly as good as Shaq/hakeem/Robinson/DUncan were in their second year. Howard played center position in Orlando. They are NOT subbing for each other unless the game is 65 minutes long.
Vince Carter is the BEST option besides Ray Allen to play backcourt opposite Yao. If we could get Carter and Marshall for Francis and Cato, that would be sweet. Carter is very deferential. He passes as much as he shoots. He's learned to handle and defeat doubles. He's recently been working hard to feed Bosh. Carter's mind set and skill set is absolutely perfect to team with Yao. We just need rebounding and a little grit to mix in there with a couple of smart but soft guys like that. We can get that at the forwards and point. A Harpring, a Daniels, Al Harrington - there's players out there.
