Chronic: McGrady finds much to like in Rockets' offense

Agree that Tracy should attack the basket more and and should get to the FT line about 5-6 times per game (and I course I hope he will shoot better than 70+ %). But I also agree that it can make him a playmaker again. Now he'll play more off the bal so I would give him more open dunks, 3-pointers, baseline jumpers, etc...

And we cannot forget that Tracy's got shooter's mentality so for him and for the team is very important to get his jumpshot goin'.

 

First of all McGrady can talk whenever he wants, I doubt he cares what you think. Second, he took full blame for what happened, I don't know what you have been reading or heartin.

 

<b>God forbid anyone says anything negative.</b>

And god forbid someone says something positive and prove you wrong.

<b>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.</b>

So let me get this straight, you're ripping him for saying it was on him to get to the second round and then ripping him for allegedly not taking full responsibility for losing in the first round. Make up your mind.

<b>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.</b>

I think everybody wants that.

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

And Boozer's teammates stepped up, Yao's didn't. As a result the Rockets faultered.

<b>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."</b>

That's your interpretation. Of course, if every player gave a generic, meaningless comment you would be one of the first ones criticizing them. Unlike you, fans want to hear the feelings of their favorite team.

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

So?

<b>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.</b>

Obviously you're wrong, because lack rebounding, playmaking and a lockdown defender is the reason we went out in the first round.

<b>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.</b>

He never said Adelman was his savior and he never said this was the T-Mac show. You said it. You obviously went into the interview with the preconceived idea that T-Mac can do no right so I'm going to hate everything that he says. You basically said that by saying that every player should give a meaningless, generic comment.

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

What?

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

He never pointed the finger at anyone.

 

Funny how your ideal vision of the team has Yao standing around like a stiff. I completely disagree with it. Orlando didn't win anything when McGrady might have been the best player in the NBA. He scored, dished, made plays, and dominated, but he didn't win. In fact, we haven't won anything either, and McGrady has been given the green light to score, dish, and make plays, b/c JVG lets him do whatever the hell he wants. Clearly letting McGrady hog the ball is not the right strategy; it turns Yao into a stiff, when we know he's one of the two best post players in the NBA, and it doesn't win.