Dead on! When Yao and Tracy play like sissies, what is Ron supposed to do? He consistently moves without the ball, unlike Tracy, who conserves his energy. Plus Ron has made several good passes to Yao. If people aren't moving without the ball he can't do anything but hold on to it. Tracy, not Ron, sets the tone on offense. Rafer sets the tone in another way: He allows the other team to defend only 4 players. I'll excuse Yao for now because it's obvious he's injured. If he doesn't improve as the season goes on the Rockets are toast.
Hmm isn't denniscd an insider of some sorts at the rockets org ... ? Or am I thinking of a different poster. Is this just his opinion?
Its not about the losses. Its about how we are shooting every game despite the result. We're lucky that we won 4 games with our shooting but we can't just rely on luck for 75 games and expect to be in a good position come playoff time. I do expect though for things to turn around once Battier comes back. Hopefully our defense comes back as well as our rhythm.
Ron keeping the ball too much time,latest several games we can see Yao was wrestling all the time,but just cant get the ball...
Artest isnt the problem. 66.7% of out big 3 can easily be mistaken for a heartless vag**** on any given game night. Artest is playing D like his life depended on it, which his why his shots arent falling
Ok, its totally Ron Atest's fault. He made Tmac shoot 1/16 in the latest 2 games; He made Super Star Yao's turnover almost as many as his rebounds; He made Rafer Brickston miss the open shot again and again; He made .... play like a sissy in the whole game; He made ....'s dunk be blocked by hoop for several times; Keenjerk? The Big Liability? Noooooooooooooooooooo, Its the guy who the only one concentrating on our defense make all this happen.
I am not putting the blame on our players just yet. I am honeslty wondering what the hell is Adleman doing there on the bench? Tmac is hurting right now so let him rest. It's early in the season and if we keep running on a flat tire things will only get worse not better. Second of all Yao definitely looks lost out there. People are swarming around him because no one has an outside shot. Tmac as most said is most affective when he is driving the ball. But if he is the only one that can help spread the offence by taking outside shots then I don't think he has much of a choice. Artest is definitely moving without the ball. But we do need to find out where he prefers to catch the ball and pop that three. He had a decent shot from oustside last season and it'll take us sometime to figure out where he wants that ball. What I would love to see is Ron playing the four. That might be the case when battier gets back but I'd like to see us try it out i the next game. Put Brooks or Raefer at point maybe brent barry at the two tmac at the three artest at the four and yao at center. That's alot of players that can stretch out that floor if need be.
shane is just going to stay at the corner anyway, how could he help Yao from being blocked and tmac's poor shooting? You guys are expecting too much from shane
