Chronic: McGrady finds much to like in Rockets' offense

That's what I also want from Adelman. I hope he'll teach Yao how to pass when he gets a double team cause that has been a problem for Yao for a long time. If Yao cuts his to that will make the team better, we'll have more chances to score.

It'll be interestin' to see Yao at the high post, lookin' to pass the ball, and of course Tracy playin' off the ball

Agree. That's on the team. 1 player cannot do anything. Everybody sucked. Yao, Tracy, Rafer, Juwan, JVG, etc...

 

I've always said depth is the key. Why? We should know that after series with Jazz...

 

i wouldn't say tmac and yao "sucked" though.

rafer/head/howard DEFINITELY sucked. they shot 30% COMBINED on wide open shots.

tmac at least got 25, 5, 7, just on low fg% on 2 GREAT GAMES only.

yao got 25ppg but just on low fg%.

they played above average, just not great like they should consistently.

 

Lets not forget our fave washedup overpaid former rocket Glen Rice. to be fair Rice as a laker was a great 3rd scorer. once he came over here, he's game decided to stay in La.

 

OK I agree. McGrady had that 25 points and more than 13 asist twice but he's FG% was awful. Yao had low FG% and a lot of turnovers.

But yeah what Rafer and Juwan were doin' that was a real "suck". I don't even wanna think how many open looks Rafer did miss. The same with Juwan. Just awful series for them.

 

True they were being double teamed and swarmed and nobody was knocking down their shots... Even if we had vin baker he wouldn't have been able to knock down a "shot" if you catch my drift... we just played awful that series and our defensive matchups (or whatever you want to call them i call them mismatches) were absolutely horrible!

 

All the season JVG was concentrated on defense. And as the defens worked pretty well in the regular season, that sucked in postseason. We weren't able to defend and we weren't able to make plays on the offensive end. And that's why I'm sayin' welcome to Adelman.

 

Every year do we have to hear that TMac has to take a lesser role in the offense? That his scoring load will go down "potentially". Im all in favor of him getting easier looks, or for him to be in more motion, or to be the recipient of passes and putting him more positions to score from, but when will anyone learn as a Rox coach. The MORE TMAC DOMINATES the better the Rox will be!!! TMac did his part in the Utah series. It was the others that cost us that series. A game where there were only 4 players who score, Luther Head disappearing, Juwon Howard forgetting how to hit open elbow shot after open elbow shot, and Yao completely struggling with Turnovers and guarding Boozer (that parts not his fault).

When TMac is in control, and scoring, dishing, playmaking...The Rox are a better team. Its just having the people around him to take advantage of open kickouts, people to drive the lane with him, slashers who can finish that will help the Rockets.

 

We have to remember that referees helped us in loosin' that series too...

 

True but what i think is best is that he necessarily doesnt have to carry the scoring load which was the case the past couple seasons. He doesnt need to have the ball in his hands all the time either him being a "point-forward" is not in the best interest of the team. Let Tracy be a scorer and a defender let him handle the ball when ever necessary, him "intiating" the offense to me was pure bullsh*t mainly for the fact JVG didnt want to take any chances wit rafer, luther, jl III, spanoulis... hell JVG didnt like taking chances period. Napoleon complex is a grand-mother-fu....

 

I doubt Tracy will find a significant drop in points
while he won't be the focus as much as he was
WE WILL SCORE MORE POINTS
instead of scoring 25 out of 70 pts
he will score 25 out of 100 ~ 110 pts

Rocket River

 

Agree. He said it doesn't matter how many points he would score and he would be fine with scoring less if it means winning more. I don't think he'll score less points. Adelman will give him more open looks so that means more shots and more points. I predict he'll be around 26

 

Yes...his silence is all the team needs to get us over th hump and in to the second round. Why didn't you suggest this last year...damn! If only TMac would have resisted the urge to speak...the team would have hit open jumpers, grabbed every rebound, and hit every free throw. Why didn't JVG see this connection?

[/QUOTE]I'm excited about this season and his role. But T-Mac has run out of excuses and yet he still acts like "Yeah, now THIS is something that should've been done long ago."[/QUOTE]
This line makes no sense. I think the guy is just excited about the prospect of a great season.
[/QUOTE]He's played in different systems, different teams, different coaches, balanced teams, superstar-oriented teams... Everything.[/QUOTE]
He can't coach the team and play. He has no control over who GMs bring in to coach a team. This comment has no relevence.

[/QUOTE]I really can't stand it anymore when T-Mac even HINTS that external factors have exclusively created his failures. [/QUOTE]
Exclusively? I don't think he has ever hinted at that. How about we keep our comments honest...FYI...you lose any credibiltity when you make ludicrous statements like this.

[/QUOTE]He hasn't had the best of luck, but he hasn't had the worst of luck. It is what it is. [/QUOTE]
I really appreciate your interesting way of expressing absolutely nothing of value here. Excellent word choices.
[/QUOTE]Even if he's not to be blamed for the number of first round exits in his career, as a superstar, he should be willing to shoulder that blame at least once.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry...I just keep getting this mental image fo TMac in tears in the game 7 post game press conference. He only said,"it's on me," like 50 times.

I look forward to all your future posts!

 

God forbid anyone says anything negative.

I think it was completely inappropriate for T-Mac to say that it's on him if we don't make it past the first round. He should have shut up there. Everyone knows he's the superstar, one of our leaders and we relied on him heavily. There was absolutely no need for him to put that kind of pressure on the team to win, while diminishing their value and raising his own.

I'd like him to stay healthy too. He did a decent job last season. I'll settle for that. I don't expect him to have his healthiest season ever at age 28.

As for Yao, he wasn't special in the playoff series. As Boozer got better with each game, Yao was unable to adjust.

These people HAVE to talk to the media. But I'd rather they make meaningless generic comments. T-Mac truly sounds like "had we gotten Adelman before, we would have been much better."

But we're all conveniently forgetting that T-Mac cited JVG as one of the reasons he joined the Rockets.

All I want from T-mac is to attack the rim. This is what we need from him. We don't need a post presence, we don't need a playmaker, we don't need a rebounder and we don't need a lockdown defender. More than anything, we need someone who will penetrate the opponent's defense consistently and force his way to the FT line.

Adelman is not T-Mac savior. This is not the T-Mac show. The Rockets organization doesn't sit around thinking about how to get Tracy past the first round.

They're the Houston Rockets. Adelman is the team savior. The front office want the team to win it all.

No one can deny that T-Mac is super nice, but super quick to point the finger when something goes wrong.

 

I know who will reply your poster.

 

T-Mac may have spoken the truth.

Me likey.

 

His back problems begin back in Orlando, where he literally did everything, scoring, passing, rebounding, and sometimes on defense. People took his achievements back in Orlando for granted too much. Hopefullyn Adelman's system takes off some of Tmac's burdens

 

His name is Steve Francis.

 

Negativity is not forbidden if it is true.

If he really does think this...it is only a testement to his maturity. He obviously sees the value of buying in a to a system for it to be sucessful. A player has to whole-heartedly believe in that system and that if consistent execution is present all others are inferior. This is the way you think as a team.

I actually agree with you here, but I kind of like him making plays...attacking the rim and getting to the FT line is actually a designed play...which would make him a "play-maker."