Do you trust Tmac at the end of games?

I suggest he step at the line back like Van Exel

 

I trust Tmac to make the right decision whether it is to shoot or to pass.

I don't trust all of his teamates.....especially with Yao out.....

DD

 

Of course. No question.

As of late, I trust him more to hit the jumper than step up at the line, but he will come around.

 

don't worry about t-mac. he is clutch. this game was pretty meaningless (or so i try to tell myself so i don't feel sick) and really, this team is going to look very different once yao gets back. jvg is going to realize that he needs to gameplan for teams that are willing to send multiple players just to deny t-mac the ball, and will probably need to do the same for yao. we're at the point where our defense is solid, our offensive players know their roles, and now we just need to tweak to be ready for teams that try to pull tricks like the mavs did last night. once yao gets back and finds his groove, we're going to welcome those early double teams with some easy buckets for yao.

 

Overreacting.

Of coure i trust T-mac he is a clutch player.

Why do people always get upset after just 1 loss. When Yao went nobody thought we would have this record. T-mac has been amazing.

 

I will be honest I selected NO and I have said this before. If he is not hitting his shots he continues to jack up shots. I am no coach. Just a fan. Blast me if you like, but that is what it seems like.

Last time I checked Head was one of the NBAs leading 3pt shooter in the 4th quarter. I think he shot once. Same with Battier.

They sure make it hard on Dallas. Guard TMac don't worry about the rest. OK... You would think TMac would realise he is shooting less than 30%.

Like I said, blast me if you like, but this is nothing new.

When TMac is not hitting his shots, he continues and LOSES the game himself!!!

I hope someday he realises this. I hope someday he will trust his teamates a little more. At least Head and Battier... cmon man just a little...

I hope and pray that he realises this before Yao comes back and the playoffs arrive. TMac is great when he plays the RIGHT way.

There is a thing called rythym. Playing smart...

 

Late in the game last night Tmac drove the left side, collapsed the D and passed out to Head for a wide open 3 point shot...CLANK !!!

But it was the right play.

DD

 

You're joking right? I hope you are. T-Mac consistently passes the ball to wide-open teammates, just like he did to Luther towards the end of the game, and as you'll recall, he bricked it. He hasn't shown one iota of selfishness and he clearly trusts them to make shots, otherwise why would he pass it? The guy was smoking yesterday in the 4th and he was the only reason it was even close, but I suppose it's all his fault that Luther took a bad shot at the end, we wasted our timeouts, and JVG couldn't make an adjustment to counter AJ doubling T-Mac at half-court....

 

Hey DD come on man I know you LOVE the team. And I agree with most EVERYTHING you say, but it was 1 shot. One. I think I said I saw him shoot once.

What are you trying to say??? I know you were trying to be a smart a$$, but cmon you watch the games too...

This is nothing new. Sometimes this does work in TMac and the Rox favor, but its like cutting off your nose despite your face.

Rythym, Teamates, Flow of the game...

"It takes five baby"

Right DD???

 

I'd rather Head or Alston take the free throws at the end of a game but that means taking the ball out of TMac's hands which shouldn't happen.

 

"You're joking right? I hope you are. T-Mac consistently passes the ball to wide-open teammates, just like he did to Luther towards the end of the game, and as you'll recall, he bricked it. He hasn't shown one iota of selfishness and he clearly trusts them to make shots, otherwise why would he pass it? The guy was smoking yesterday in the 4th and he was the only reason it was even close, but I suppose it's all his fault that Luther took a bad shot at the end, we wasted our timeouts, and JVG couldn't make an adjustment to counter AJ doubling T-Mac at half-court...."

He was smoking you are right. I just believe that you need to continue to get others involved even into the 4th so that everyone stays in a rythym and are less likely to CLANG or BRICK the shots or shot that they get.

 

You do know Tracy was 5 of 8 from the field in the 4th right?

 

don't talk s..t man.last time you checked it was t-mac who created most of these shots for head in the 4th after luther's defender collapse on him ..last time you check all the shots that they made in the 4th whether it was luther or battier ,it was after they double team t-mac and he gave up the ball...checked your stuff again man..

 

Fist off... I was not talking **** man. And last time I checked you do not to tell me that.

Now if I was wrong then I was wrong and I can admit that. I was not aware that he went 5 of 8 in the 4th. It sure did not seem that way. Honestly though it is about more than just last night. Read what I wrote. There is more than one player on the floor.

Weren't we all excited at the beggining if the year with the team they had assembled??? Because now we had more options. Just seems sometimes that other options are ignored at the worst time. And don't say the other players were not hitting shots before the 4th... neither was TMac if he went 5 of 8 in the 4th, because he ended the game 6 of 21.

Again, I was not talking ****.

 

who else should we trust besdie t-mac?

Head? Bonzi? JHo?

I don't think we have an option, t-mac is the one.

 

man,look you are saying that he ignored other options at the worst time...look back at games that they played this year...even when players missed shot after shots ,t-mac kept giving them the ball when the defender collapse on him or when he is double teamed.and if you search for articles on the rockets..you would see in the postgames quotes that his teamates praises t-mac unselfishness and they are confident that if they are free t-mac will find them..luther said that ,battier said that.even rafer said so...van gundy praises t-mac for being unselfish..what are you trying to say???

 

I just went back and looked at the shot selections. True I did not realise that Head took so many shots.. and true he did not make a single one .

Wells missed a few as well, as did Howard. Battier did not even take a shot (which boggles my mind), but like I said before it was not just this game that I was talking about. I may have jumped the gun on this one, but I do watch every game as I am sure most of you do and I still feel like there are alot of games where we play less as a team in the 4th and we lose.

I am not a YOF and I love TMac... just what I see sometimes.

 

I was only talking about 4th quarter play. He is not a selfish player. He is a hell of a playmaker, but sometimes it seems that he forces things in the 4th.

 

This is the post of someone who obviously hasn't watched McGrady play that much. McGrady has routinely been cited as being one of the most unselfish players in the league, even to the point that people think he is too unselfish. If Tracy is guilty of anything, it is that he is sometimes too willing to pass the ball to a teammate, rather than take the shot himself.

Let me ask you this: do you honestly believe the Rockets have another player who is capable of taking over the game, scoring from anywhere on the court, in spite of having to beat multiple defenders in the process? McGrady takes the majority of the Rockets shots because the Rockets need him to score in order to have a chance to win.