tmac is the easy guy to blame, it's just the way it is. everytime he plays bad, they always think "he doesn't try" and attack his character.
people get spoiled by wins and starts over valuing our role players. then when you lose a game, blame the superstar who is getting killed with double and triple teams. typical sport fans.
Don't forget the link: http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/archives/2008/03/so_you_want_to.html It's funny because Franny wrote a b****y blog on TMac's disappearance.
I agree.. but if he isn't producing and actually hurting the team more than what offense he does bring (to's, lazy rebounding) then why not sit him for a bit and try something else? If he is admitting he is tired to the national media.. then RA should rest him or at least not play him 48 min. I am the biggest Tmac fan and hate to see him like this. He shouldn't have let the world knows he's tired. First that gives the wrong message to your team. It also gives people one more thing to rag him about and it's also gives something for other teams to exploit. These are the issues I see with Tmac in the past few games: 1. hesitant to shoot (ok if teammates are open but bad if he passes in traffic) 2. shot is flat 3. misses layups 4. settling for jumpers 5. increased to's 6. slow to rebound and defend. (if you watch him you know what I am talking about) I don't know what happened but that's the opposite of the Tmac of the streak. To me personally, it sounds like it's his confidence. He seems to play up to certain teams. I want to see the Tmac of old just like everyone else and if all it takes is a couple of light games and that's what Tmac is blaming it on, then wtf is the issue? Are they that afraid that we won't make the playoffs? Yes the defense has been better the past few games but it's nothing that we haven't seen before and our offense should still give him good looks Hope Landry is our saviour because that's all that a lot of Rockets fans are clinging onto right now.
Yeah some people don't understand what he has to go through on a team without Yao.. or even Landry for that matter. The gameplan for every team is double up on T-mac everytime down the floor and make the role players hit shots. This team does not live or die from T-mac's play. i.e. the Lakers game.. It depends on the team as a whole. Not just one player. Especially with this rockets team as of late.
T-mac has taken responsibility of his poor play,He will be blessed 10 fold for that,He said he sucked at one point during the winnning streak before Yao went down. He's tired right now just like the rest of the team,we fans don't realize how much it may take out of a human being mentally and physically keeping that wininning streak going and making history. That's why few teams even jordan's 72 win bulls couldn't duplicate the same feat with more talent. When he starts winning again let's make a note of the people on this forum either don't say anything or Try to give him props and start trying to ride the bandwagon again.
Can someone please make a photoshop of Houston Rockets fans? Something like fleas jumping on/off a dog or something? Or make something of the screen shot of the empty space in the lower decks of Toyota center when we lost the game to the Celtics? Houston Rockets Fans...like a pitbull, one minute the're your best freind, the next they're mauling your face! - Sushimaster
you'd think that the rockets staff would take better care of their $20mm/year asset than to let him get "tired" in a regular season game. twice in a row. mcgrady needs to fire his nutritionist or something.
Houston....where fans leave early the 2nd longest winning streak in NBA history happens. Where fans blame their best player for not bringing it after winning 22 consecutive games happens. Pathetic... - Sushimaster
It's time like these that separate the true Rockets fans from the bandwagonners. But then again, as soon as they start winning, they'll say they believed all along. T-Mac seems to be public enemy #1. When things go wrong (i.e. lose), they attack him right away with statements such as : He doesn't try He lacks heart etc. etc. Last time I remembered, this was a team game. Granted, he has been playing poorly these last few games, but why is it automatically his fault when he nor his team mates are making shots? I don't think it's fair for him to bear all the blame while him team mates seem to be getting none of the blame. It's so easy to blame one guy. Facts are, this team as a whole have played badly these past two games (especially in the 2nd half). I, for one, am not ready to quit on this team. They gave us a 22 game winning streak and I'll be damned if I jump ship over two effing losses. GO ROCKETS!
Its funny how a lot of the members here piling on Tmac attributed the winning streak to "team ball", but when the team loses its Tmacs fault and his alone. We win didn't with Tmac putting this team on his back and scoring 50 points a game, we won it with unselfishness on the offensive side of the ball, 3 point shooting, hustle and defense. Its a team game and when nobody on the team, other then Tmac, can create for himself, its not going to look pretty and good defensive teams can easily shut down one person.
Nothing irritates me more than "fans" who pile on McGrady. Sure he is not perfect, he also says some things that leave you wondering, but dont forget without him the Rockets would be a lottery team in the East. All of last year, the offense ran entirely through McGrady. In the Jazz series without McGrady the Rockets dont score 30 pts in any game. He is amazing on the offense side of the ball and underrated as a defensive player. We can not compare him to Kobe, Lebron, Jordan, Bird etc. He just is not that player. He is not cut out of the same cloth as those guys. Those guys are once in a generation type players. McGrady is a top ten player in this league. I know the argument still stands and people will dog him until he wins in the playoffs. The critics will question his heart, but remember this is a guy who gave it his all in the two playoff series he has played in for the Rockets. Just take a look at his stats, and for those who question his desire, I point to the press conference after the Jazz series. That was not an act. He left everything he had out there.
I just dont get why there's such a big love fest with Yao and so much hate for Tmac. On being Unproven: Tmac was practically the only that showed up the last 2 Rockets playoff series. On always being injured:Tmac has play more games then Yao the last 3 years. On subpar games :Yao has just as much. Minnesota? Milwakee? So I guess its Tmac's atititude that makes him the perfect villian? I dont think its wrong to criticize Tmac but most of it is not really even criticism. Most of it is ragging, name calling, etc.
If you are smart, you would have found the answer in the mirror of your bathroom. It is because there are morons like you who comes over here solely for the purpose of spreading hate on Yao and therefore people feel the need to speak up for him on this board. Only dumb people would see it a love fest.
Oh, I forgot to commend you on another good effort to try to turn this thread to a Tmac Vs Yao debate.
That's nice that mcgrady has had an amazing 2 months, but last i checked the season is a little bit longer than that. give me a full year, superstar.
