It is still funny that most of the failures of the Rockets are always placed on Tracy by the same people who say he is not a top level star or is overrated. So if he is overrated then why is he the blame again??? I thought the blame is usually placed on the player(s) that underachieve(s). No one can honestly say that he has not put up the numbers (in the playoffs) to lead to victory, but it is a team sport and if one person doesn't do their share the team can lose. That has been what I attribute to these recent failures by the team and those are not all on Tracy as many want to believe. Our role players and Yao have to deliver as well not just by scoring points but by also limiting mistakes and turnovers. And now to your post... As a Tracy McGrady fan I can. I think he is doing the right thing by sitting out. I too have recently had knee surgery (on both knees) and it shouldn't be compared with having a finger or shoulder injury. He looks in pain and unable to make movements that many of you, who have never had such an injury, take for granted. Yes, he makes a lot of many but he was awarded it after playing very well for us. I accept a lot of the posts because many of you are frustrated but many of you are also highly unrealistic when it comes to your knee-jerk responses. He has taken injections that should not be done too often because of the adverse effects to the body long term. In others words, I don't want to see him looking like Earl Campbell or others who sacrificed their bodies to the point that their quality of life is extremely diminished no matter how much money they have in the bank. I am tired of hearing about how soft he is as well. Injury-prone comments are what they are but once you are hurt (with a significant injury) then how are you still soft? Many of you who wish to diminish the significance of his injury would not go to work because of a headache... Please let the jealousy go regarding him making more money than you will ever see in your lifetime. It is very petty. Finally, I want what's best for the team and a healthy T-Mac, Ron, and Yao are vital along with our role players. Yes, I want them to get out of the first round and will be highly disappointed if they don't but as in the years before, if they play the best they can with who they have I will be just as proud of them!! The Chronicle's post is in poor taste but what else is new!!! Go Rockets!!!
I speak what I feel, and you speak what you feel. I am so tired of him, and don't want to talk about him anymore. You still admire him, and that is good for you.
Because he eats up so much cap room. But you make a good point there. I don't expect anything out of Tracy anymore. He's proven time and again that he's just not a player you can count on.
I wish they'd make a ticker on how much money they made on bad articles they wrote that had wasted our time to read. I don't get why the media people would hate on TMac. I mean, the fans turning on him is understandable. He doesn't deliver like they expect. But the media? TMac is one of the most honest guys when it comes to being interviewed. He's a reporter's dream. He can write a ton of sensational stuff just out of his quotes. Why would they want to piss him off?
Go Rockets! Rah, Rah, Rah. This is supposed to be a Rockets' fan site. If all anyone did was talk about how great the Rockets are and how much we support them, it would get boring really fast. It's not hatin' to criticize players, management, or ownership, it is part of what this site is all about. I hope Tracy gets better and plays great, but it is legitimate criticism to say he has been inconsistent as a player, has not lived up to the bill as a superstar, and is injury prone. I wanted him traded 2 years ago when he had value. I wanted any of the Detroit scenarios. I was treated as a hater. How good would we be now with billups and prince or billups and sheed? How are they doing compared to T-Mac sitting at home nursing his knee? It ain't hatin' to want your team to improve.
BTW, there's one thing I haven't seen anyone mentioned. Shouldn't we assume that TMac is going to do hard rehab work if we take what have been said by TMac and the doctors? So, is it any "easier" to do rehab than to play hurt in game? If I was lazy, would I rather play basketball games or would I rather do boring hard rehab? Unless, of course, the rehab is a farce and TMac is just staying home partying.
Another example of the chronicle being wimps lacking a backbone. Two doctors said Mcgrady is OK to play and playing is the best way to regain strength in his knees and wont hurt his knees further yet the chronicle is too afraid to continue to call out Tmac. The newspapers in Orlando and Toronto would have roasted tmac for far less. The chronicle is a joke when it come to calling out prima donnas like Tracy.
Huh, that's an interesting standpoint. And when you think, yes, it is EASIER and probably better for a player to come ouy and just play. And you know, when you suck you can always say: Well I am injured. So it was a pretty damn good decision by McGrady
Fans buy the overpriced tickets, buy the overpriced jerseys, buy the overpriced refreshments at the Toycenter; all of which eventually get to the player one way or another.
I think we're all aware that Tracy doesn't have the reputation of being the toughest, or most durable guy in the league. From what I hear, he's pretty sensitive emotionally too, so I hope all this downgrading going on in the media (uhum chronicle) doesn't start to get to him on top of all the other issues he has in that head of his. Personally, when I saw he was taking 3 weeks, I was a happy camper. He looked terrible, and tons of posters here were protesting for him to get his ass off the court. Very few of them have come to his defense now. Maybe he is soft, but I don't think he was faking a limp on the court during all those games. It's frustrating to watch and I'm sure nobody is more frustrated than Tracy himself. I'm just happy to know there isn't anymore structural damage. In the meantime, this is the best time of the season for him to go down. The schedule is pretty light until his expected return, and we're still way early in the season. We should be 18-10ish when he returns and it'll hopefully be up hill from there. Just relax people.
OK,now is Games missed: 4 | Rockets without T-Mac: 2-2 T-Mac: “Obviously, I came back a little bit too early. My knee is still healing ...” Pay for no play: $257,644 x 4 = $1,030,576 •
This is something I would expect to see on a fan site somewhere. The Houston Chronicle putting this up shows no class and puts us on the same level as the fans out in NY, Boston, Philly, and Chicago that treat their players like trash. I find it embarrassing.
The last part may be true. All that hard rehabbing he supposedly did in the off-season had him come into camp fat and not recovered from a surgery that most guys (who did their rehab) would have been almost 100% recovered from. The fact that the surgically repaired tissue is healed but the muscles are far from it. Tmac is straight making things up now. All of the sudden during the latest interview he comes out with how hard he rehabbed over the summer and how he only came back to help the team. You see the look on his face as those thoughts popped into his head and then flowed out of his mouth. We know he didn't do much for conditioning based on his weight and the strength in that knee. Why should anyone believe he sacrificed himself to get the team off to a strong start.
you're right. if tracy just wants the cash and be lazy like a lot of people here claim, playing the games would be easier. all he has been doing is be a spot up shooter, chill on D, and sit on the bench for nearly half the game. is it better than practice, then do rehab with trainers diligently? there's a reason iverson only likes playing the game.
if he was out of shape, shouldn't he be fatigued earlier on in the season when he did average 35 minutes a game? 2 straight games of 40+ mins? he didn't seem fatigue one bit. i'm sure he did rehab b/c the team had to make him do it since their doctors performed the surgery. why would he rehab at home? he's probably a slow healer b/c his body is so injury-prone. that's all. again, we don't know the intricacies of what's going on. this is the same speculation as last year when people thought tracy faked an injury to sit out b/c he didn't like the team's record and was frustrated.
People might not know this, but NBA Practices aren't a walk in the park. You guys might think its a shooting drill like we do in our front yard, but NBA Practices are intense
