Here's an intersting article by Sam Smith about trading Tmac and some of the issues going on with the Rockets...... Link "Alston then went on to talk about his current team, the Rockets, who have had their usual injury problems, though when asked whether his teammates were on the same page, he responded: "Not at all. Not one bit." No names were mentioned, but this is the Tracy McGrady conundrum in Houston. McGrady is the problem, though no one wants to come out and say it and fear losing what little they can get from McGrady. It was just over a year ago that McGrady and new coach Rick Adelman were at odds over the offense and McGrady was quietly talking about being traded. Adelman adjusted and they had a strong finish even with Yao hurt. But McGrady cannot be counted upon with knee problems and continues to surprise the team about when he will or won't play. McGrady always has been a half court type player despite his athletic talent. The Rockets would like to run and speed the game, but they cannot with McGrady on the court. You can see they are much better without McGrady, though their record now is better when McGrady plays. I don't see it for the long run. So would some team take a chance on McGrady? Perhaps with a new environment, which he's shown he needs to get energized every few years (three years and he wanted out of Toronto, four and he wanted out of Orlando and he's now in his fifth season in Houston), he can play past his knee problems. I don't know that there's much demand for McGrady, but he should be an interesting name come trading deadline. Often teams proper when they use addition by subtraction." - Sam Smith We'll see what happens.
Just proves that Sam Smith can't come up with an original idea that isn't pure fiction on his own I really really don't like this guy. (not you DD, Sam Smith)
Surprisingly, it isn't. Just a weak attempt to lift the McGrady talk and pass it off as an original piece inside his Around the League write up. Evan
People need to stop blaming t-mac for the Rockets meltdown in play. Too many people are using him as a scapegoat. Real problem has been the terrible play of brooks and alston...and pretty much everyone except landry and scola.
thanks but i'm going to place the blame on the 22 million superstar who plays once a week and shoots 2-11 then calls it a night.
DDakota, the man obsessed with Vspan and the free republic of Cuba, thinks that sam smith's obsession is getting very creepy. It's is all sam writes about. =/
Sam Smith is like the guys that post repeatedly in the random trades thread. He loves "creating" rumors.
What rumor? Go back and read what Smith wrote. He ends by stating that he doesn't know how much demand there is for McGrady.
Honestly, I think the main reason that we lost to the raptors is not Tmac. He just didn't save the game. The reason is our 3-point shooters, espeically Head. Actully, at the beginning of the 1st quarter, Yao shot quite well and Tmac's playmaking was good too. But becuase Head missed 2-3 wide open 3 in a row, they started to double Yao and Tmac in every single position. Next, Brent Barry missed open 3 in a row too. Obviously, the rockets' game plan could not excute at all. I think Adleman made a right move to replace Head with Wafer last game.
