T-Mac is our #1 player. No matter how much any1 can dispute that, all will agree that the ball is in Mcgrady's hands with the game on the line. Whether that means he'll pass the ball or shoot it doesn't matter. He's our go-to player. The Utah Jazz were the better team in a 7 game span. The depth thing has been said millions of times and we all know that the Jazz had 10 players and we had 6 that could score, 7-8 players that actually played. Anyway, I have to say that some things about Mcgrady do concern me. No one is going to deny talent and his skill, but bottom line, he didn't get the job done the past 2 times. I know Yao and all the other players should be able to help ... but sometimes I just begin to question whether Tmac has that "it" factor that allows him to refuse to let us lose. And at times he's displayed it ... Game 2 of the Mavs series, the 2nd half of Game 1 against the Jazz, etc. but when it's game 7 he's fallen short. I know our supporting cast has been pretty ... crappy, especially evident last season (well the players weren't crappy but they were never used). Whether T-Mac becomes that elite player and as mentioned in one thread about him making the hall of fame or not ... This year he will have absolutely no excuses for not getting out of the first round, and all of us on here expect the Rockets to go much farther in the playoffs and MAYBE win it all. So if the Rockets, led by Tmac fall short once again in the playoffs, then look for the Rockets to question our franchise player. Personally, I do believe those times he's fallen short have plausible reasons (mainly not enough help) but truth is the best players always find ways to win. Saying that, if we find ourselves in a game 7 in the playoffs, T-Mac better deliver. There will be no room for fatigue or any other reason. I personally believe he can do it. But we shall see ... we shall see.
This is totally false. I can show you 20 different news articles where he talks about there new offense which he implemented in the 2003 season because they were becoming so stagnate throwing the ball into duncan and everyone was just standing around and the defensive locked in on what they did and as a result they became a predictable team. Further more if you watch them play yo uwill see that they run a motion offense. He doesn't ven let them shoot unless they pass the ball around at least 5 times for everyone to touch the ball. He even has a DVD talking about his motion offense.
Right or Wrong.........Calvin always says whats on his mind.....of course he's only right when he's calling out the players from another team..
http://www.nba.com/finals2005/followleader_050622.html The first time Duncan touched the ball in the fourth quarter Tuesday night was with 7:23 left on the clock. Popovich said Duncan received only nine touches after that, and they all came within the context of the Spurs' motion offense, meaning they were mostly in situations in which he wasn't in position to shoot
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA101706.1D.spurs.331a008.html Barry shared point-guard duties, at times, when he was in Seattle, but usually did so from the off-guard position. Because a lot of the Spurs' offense is motion-based, they don't worry as much about who brings the ball up the floor
OK but again the Spurs are kind of my point. With Duncan and Parker in they can shut you down and hammer you in the half court. Bring in Ginobli and they can run you in circles. The Rox now have that same capability. Yes?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070808194506AAOjyAp The Spurs use this offense and are pretty successful with it having won 3 rings in 5 years and 4 rings in 9 years overall.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...35756C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print The core of Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginóbili and Bowen remains, and after a sluggish 9-10 start, the Spurs have not missed a beat. This season's team is more athletic than San Antonio's two previous title winners, and Popovich has capitalized on that by incorporating more motion into the offense. The Spurs won their first championship, and to a lesser degree their second, by mimicking the Rockets' game plan when Hakeem Olajuwon led them to titles in 1994 and 1995. With Duncan and Robinson inside, they passed the ball down low, waited for defenses to double-team, then buried them with 3-point shooting. This season, there is more movement, and the pick-and-roll has become a staple. That pick-and-roll could be the Lakers' undoing because O'Neal has trouble guarding it and Parker has the quickness to get past Gary Payton, who joined the Lakers in the off-season along with another star veteran, Karl Malone. ''I can't wait to play L.A.,'' Parker said.
http://tleaves.com/2005/06/28/nba-basketball-returns/ Watching Tim Duncan and the Spurs take over the game in the third quarter last night reminded me of my old team because they also did it with a spectacular display of half court offense against an extremely intense defensive team. The inside/out low post motion offense that the Spurs ran, combining Duncan down low with Ginobli slashing and good perimeter shooting mirrored the schemes that the Celtics ran back in the day. Of course, the Spurs also have a fast breaking open court dimension the Celtics never did, which is how they dismantled the Suns while allowing more than 100 points a game.
http://www.spursreport.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1226816 PJ is truly the brainchild of the Spurs motion offense. Prior to PJ coming to the Spurs in 2002, the Spurs offense was often stagnant. We had a hell of a defense. The offense consisted of 4-Down, and not much more. PJ came on board after we had just been embarassed, AGAIN, by the Lakers.........and soon thereafter we began winning championships. (Think: Time running out versus Lakers, our offense spoiling, we didn't even get a shot off as Terry Porter fell....game over)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2003/story?id=1567092 The Spurs have to utilize motion in their offense. They have players who are very good at slashing to the basket and they need them to either kick the ball out to the perimeter or finish
http://espn.go.com/nba/camp2002/columns/lawrence_mitch/1449813.html Popovich focused on finally beating L.A What the Spurs have done is add more speed in the backcourt, revise their offense to get more motion on the perimeter Those two new additions should benefit from the Spurs adding some elements of a motion passing game. In the past, Steve Kerr, Steve Smith, Danny Ferry, Terry Porter and Mario Elie couldn't get their own shots, mainly because they were standstill shooters who depended on defenses collapsing with double teams around Duncan. But now the Spurs feel they will be able get to the basket with their perimeter players against Bryant and others. Two years ago we didn't run any of this stuff," said Kerr, returning to the Alamo City after playing in Portland last season. "It didn't seem to be a priority. This year, it seems like we're really focusing on it. "I've always felt that we've got to make our other guys more dangerous somehow. When the Lakers started winning championships was when (Rick) Fox and (Robert) Horry and Derek Fisher started making shots. Part of that was running the triangle and getting shots out of the offense and getting a good rhythm for their team. Then when the big shots are there down the stretch, they're in a good rhythm in a good flow. That's one of the things we're trying to do now. Ultimately, the ball is going to go into Tim -- and it should -- but we still need to make shots around him down the stretch."
geeze man get all your proof together and put it IN ONE POST a whole page of you repeating yourself is tiresome.
I heard this too. Just a few days ago. Said he could shoot better than any current NBA player right now. Dave Tepper and Chuck Savage were giving him a hard time about his 3 point % from his career of 13%. No way. Also, and this was just straight up garbage. When I heard him say it, I knew that he doesnt know anything about anything. It was the day that he had Rafer Alston on his show. He told Tepper and Savage that Luis Scola (after about 2 minutes of trying to remember his name) would play SHOOTING GAURD for the Rockets. HOW FREAKING REDICULOUS IS THAT? At that point, I decided that while I liked Calvin when he was on the broadcast team, he is worthless on the radio, and I cant listen to him scream through his program for truthless information. He doesnt know what he is talking about.
why would it be a stretch to say calvin could outshoot any nba player today? i'd have to watch him take a couple jumpers but i bet he could give some people a good competition. i think calvin is dead wrong on mcgrady and a bit too harsh with the motion offense. i certainly love van gundy and rudy before him, and i still think you can win with either's strategy, but we can with adelman too.
