That is a different issue. I already answered how I feel about his minutes. T-Mac himself agreed with RA and the FO that the conditions of him coming back to play is to play 8 minutes a game for six games and then they all evaluate where he currently stands. T-Mac is not even halfway there. As a Rockets's fan, you should be able to honor that agreement between player, coach, and front office. T-Mac simply regrets this decision and is now whining about it, but that is a different point. This is not his team anymore, he is not the captain either, and he does not deserve to call his own shots.
Yeah because he feels unwanted, but we need his talents to be championship contenders, thats what puzzles me on why everyone wants to get rid of him.
No we don't because his talent is fools gold, his style of play is not conducive to winning in the playoffs. And his mental weakness always comes through....what we need is to trade him for someone that is more of a team player and a more efficient scorer. DD
Well I dont certaintly believe this article, but I understand where you are coming from.. unlike the actual bashers
Here's my two cents: Right now the Rockets are over achieving. The whole is definitely better than the sum of it's parts. I think most people will agree with that. It was only a couple of months ago that most writers and alot of the people on this board were predicting a high lottery pick for the Rockets. How are they doing it? They are doing it with hustle, heart, unselfishness and style of play. Everyone has been on the same page and each player has stepped up and performed their roles. They all do the dirty work each night and a couple of guys usually step up in each game. From Adelman's comment's it's obvious that he understands why the Rockets have been successful and he's afraid that McGrady could change those things. Adelman said he is going to take his time in bringing McGrady back into the lineup. The 11-9 Rockets are developing solid chemistry. They are playing well without McGrady and Yao Ming and are one of the league's surprise teams. Adelman doesn't want to risk upsetting the always iffy nature of chemistry by inserting McGrady into the lineup and not having a clear vision what impact McGrady's strong presence will have on the court. “When you bring back someone of his quality and his talent, it’s gonna change what you do and it’s gonna change guy’s roles. How much? I don’t know,” Adelman said. “I want to be sure and I want to feel comfortable with this.” While Adelman cannot predict the actual effect when McGrady does play again, he is convinced that now is not the right time. “We’re in a bit of a fragile state right now,” he said. “We don’t have a large margin of error http://blog.oregonlive.com/nba/2009..._standoff_continues_news_notes_and_links.html Does Adelman think that McGrady couldn't score some points or hand out some assists? I'm guessing that Adelman wouldn't argue on that one. I believe that his fear is that in doing those things McGrady might slow the offense, kill the ball movement or take plays off on defense. Any one of those things could mean the difference between winning and losing. Realistically, ever since McGrady has been here he's been a half court player, he's dominated the ball and he's not always put forth effort on defense. Does this mean that McGrady has no value all of a sudden? No, it means that he's not neccessarily a good fit for the style that we are required to play in order for our current roster to be successful. So, the question facing Adelman is whether or not to mess with a good thing. The things that have caused our success so far this year are directly opposite to McGrady's style of play. If Adelman puts McGrady out there will the other guys defer to him and stop playing the way they have been. Obviously nobody knows for sure, but I believe that is the issue that Adelman is wrestling with. Things have gone well, but as RA said "they don't have a large margin of error", so before he changes something that is working he has to be confident that the results will be an improvement.
He said whoever's getting him would get a hungry player. Yea that team will get a hungry T-Mac for about 5 games, then he'll feel secure in his starting role and start being Lazy Mac the rest of the season. We all know t-mac's effort and focus isn't there on most nights, and when he feels disrespected he'll turn it up a notch. the problem is he usually plays with that notch turned down.
His talent is well past him. Nobody can rely on him to lead a team to a championship anymore. The Rockets deserve a better player for his salary.
Theirs be no reason for theirs be tmac fustratid cause mac-t hert and tmic neededs theirs be moor playinf thyme cuase rikc hates him
Yao has a lot of flaws as a player, but no one can ever say that he ever quits, stops trying, or has no heart. Ironically, one of Yao's flaw is that he tries too hard and works too hard, making him more prone to injury than he already is.
Youre right. I was speaking towards the Yao/T-Mac half-court style of play. If were talking about someone not fitting into the Rockets style of play I'd say Yao fits about as well as T-Mac in running the offense. Fitting Yao back in next year will cause some upheaval in how the offense operates. I think some of the parrallels are interesting.
Exactly. I guess 30 and 13 in game 7 against Utah wasn't enough. DD has crappy memory. He has forgotten that Mcgrady carried us during the 22 game win streak. He put up a 40 spot in the game 6 loss which ended the series. Once again, Yao gets a free pass in all of this hate-mongering. Apparently, Yao's style is also not conducive to winning in the playoffs or we would have more success then we've had, right? p.s. I'm not trying to hate on Yao, Just trying to exemplify how ridiculous DD's logic is.
I don't care about what he did in the past, that is 100% irrelevent.....it is what he can do for us NOW and in the future. Hate mongering....grow up...sheesh..... DD
