and the rockets are doing the right thing. tmac controlled the situation last year b/c the rockets trusted how he felt about himself. they're not doing that again this year.
I'd like for him to shoot his 3 pointers somewhere around 40% and free throws at 85%. I'd like him to make better decisions on his shot selection. If he has a mismatch against his defender, I'd like for him to try to attack the basket instead of shooting over him. I'd like for him to develop a post game because his athleticism is declining. Do you think any of these are unreasonable?
Nope, completely agree. Don't think the 3pt percentage is going to hit 40%, but who knows? I agree about the going to the rack thing, but as you said, with his declining athleticism, maybe it's not a feasible option at this point. Especially against the smaller guys...he's better off posting them and getting short, relatively uncontested jumpshots. I also agree with regards to the post game issue. Good points, all agreed upon!
Wexler said last night that Tracy looks amazing as far as seeing him in practice and his overall physical fitness...so I'm thinking Tracy will be playing before Nov 23. We'll see i guess
Then again everyone's an all-star to Drexler so I'd take his opinion with a grain of salt (as always)
posted By Steve Kyler, 10 October 2009 11:45:02 AM T-Mac was on the floor pre-game last night and looked as good as I have seen him look in years --- I'd compare him to the early Orlando days --- durability is still the question, but watching him work with the young guys for 30 to 40 minutes last night, I am a bit more optimistic of his return.
I'm glad you mentioned this, RMGEEGEE. First, it seems to be only a matter of time before LeBron James is regarded as one the best players to ever play this game. That seemed to be pretty much hype and media-driven to me. But after James' second season in the league, I'd figured he was one of those generational players, the ones that come along once every twenty-five years or so. Barring anything disastrous, James will be a hall of fame player and an NBA Champion many times over. But as good as LeBron James is (and as good as he's going to be, because he's still improving), he didn't beat the Detrot Pistons in 2007 by himself. Not really. Most people figure that James beat the Pistons because of that Game 5 in Detroit. the teams were tied 2 games apiece in wins. None of the other Cavaliers were particularly good for most of that game, either. I don't know exactly when it happened, RMGEEGEE. Maybe it was during a timeout. Maybe James figured it out by himself. I don't guess it matters. But LeBron realized that the only chance the Cavaliers had to win that game (and perhaps, the series), was for him to handle the scoring chores. James is a remarkably unselfish player, given his individual ability. He understand at a very early age professionally, that he won't win without consistently productive teammates. LeBron James had a great finish to that Game 5, both in regulation and overtime. He bought the other Cavaliers an opportunity to join the party and rise to the occasion. To impact the outcome of games with so much at stake in the playoffs. And that's exactly what happened in the Game 6 of that series back in Cleveland, RMGEEGEE. Somebody named "Boobie" Gibson managed to have a signature game with his jumpshooting, and wound up leading the Cavaliers in scoring and helped to close the series out for Cleveland. It would be even money to bet that Gibson might not have been able to duplicate that performance if the series went seven games and back to Detroit. But the point is that, with a chance to win provided by a truly great player, some player or players who wouldn't get the attention otherwise was able to take advantage of the opportunity. Most of us aren't accustomed to seeing that in this day and age, it seems, RMGEEGEE. We believe highlight reels on ESPN about who wins and who loses. Who wants to win more or who's trying to win or who doesn't try to win. LeBron didn't beat the Pistons that year by himself, RMGEEGEE. He had help. Nobody remembers or cares, but he did all the same. We should be so lucky to have had another Rocket step up and do something like that in the recent past, with series leads provided by their "stars"..... .....but, of course, we'd need the stars to begin with......
(McGrady has not had an additional MRI, ande has done little with the team in practices, just a few minutes last weekend in McAllen. -- Jonathan) So do we have Bill's word against Jon's word? He is saying that there wasn't much of McGrady at all and we have already 3 guys talking about how great McGrady has looked.
From your reply, you should change your name to WACKO 368 and I hope you do take this personally. First of all, the Mavericks were a better team than the Rockets in 06', they had a better starting 5, deeper bench, and if I recall 2 of our starters were out; Juwan Howard and Bob Sura and that's the year the Mavs went to the Championship. Furthermore, if you knew anything about Basketball, you would know that the Cavs got beat last year, because they were over matched by the Magic's wing players, more so than Howard. Lewis and Turkulo were too tall for the Cavs guards/forwards, the majority of the Magic's scoring came from those two players. Finally, are you praising D. Wade? D. Wade had a good year individually, but I thought if a player plays good his self but doesn't take his team deep into the play - offs, that he was not a good player. I mean those are the rules you T-Mac Haters set for Tracy. Doesn't the same rules apply for D. Wade as well? None of your statements were knowledgable. So, as you know, if you are not knowledgable that you an IDIOT.
