[Houston Chronicle] McGrady to sit out next two Rockets games

brooks is NOT going to be a star player. he's a pretty good starter and that's it.

 

Take a look at his stats for the year, and how they are trending upwards, and get back to me...

Don't be a Brooks hater.



DD

 

I think sitting him out is another way of disciplining him for going to the media again . They probably don't want it to get out of control and jeopardize trade talks like last year. If you don't do that to a player that can't seem to help himself using the media to complain when he is unhappy, the player will never know to stop. In this case they are using playing time against McGrady, something he is rushing to increase b/c of his contract year by taking it away for 2 games. Maybe now he will he will think twice or maybe not.

 

but everybody in the organization says when tracy is back, he will remain back in the lineup b/c they don't like him to be in and out of the lineup, which is what they're doing now.

they can easily evaluate him in the 2 off days we just had.

that's just the rockets PR.

 

What AB really needs is a pair of half ft tall eye stalks so he can scope over opposing defenders to make that entry pass to Yao.

 

Nah, the wings can do that...let AB do his thing...he will be fine.

DD

 

says "t_mac1"


Danny Granger will NEVER be the player Martell Webster is!

Von Wafer is obviously a better player than Monta Ellis...just ask the Lakers.

When people act like player potential is a sure thing in any direction they're kidding themselves.

 

lol, i was one of the few who said don't trade brooks for nash and you say i'm a hater.

i'm just being a realist. his stats may look nice (hell look at ariza's stats), but brooks is very streaky and his playmaking is not good enough to allow that. there's a reason why sometimes lowry gets more PT than brooks does.

17 and 5 are good stats, and it helps that we play in a very uptempo system. but he's NOT the star we'll need.

 

+1 totally agree.. Rockets organization has handled this pretty badly

 

every doctor he saw said he didnt need surgery and that he could play. he kept going to doctors until he found one that told him what he wanted to hear...

this is not option, it's fact...

why would he go to 4 or 5 doctors just to find one that would agree to surgery? why did he want it when no doctors thought he needed it?

 

I think when Clutch reported that he was told Adelman would never play Tracy here again it was accurate at the time. I think the team thought they would have a deal soon and when nothing happened they finally decided to showcase him. I have no doubt that the plan coming into this season was to let him go before he put on a red jersey but things didn't go as smoothly on the trade front as they hoped.

I'm quite sure Ariza isn't going anywhere (to my disappointment) but his value as a player is nose-diving. Let's be real here. There are few wing players in anyone's rotation who are as inefficient as he is on offense. The team would be better if it could just add an average defender at SG who knew not to take bad shots and could hit wide open ones.

Morey must be confident that there is a specific deal (or several options) for McGrady. I wonder if someone called and said "We'll give you X for McGrady" and Morey is just weighing his other options knowing he will say yes to that deal if nothing else comes through by Monday.

 

i've said brooks in his prime would average around 18-19 pts and 5-6 dimes a game, which is very very good. but he would have to play in a system like we do right now.

i think when yao returns, he's not going to be as effective b/c we'll play more of a halfcourt offense with more discipline. but yao's role is not going to be as big when he returns so brooks will still have the freedom.

 

I am clearly joking about the hater....and I love Brooks....

I think he is developing just fine.

And of course he is not the star...YET...but you don't know...he might become Tony Parkerish...he is well on his way.

DD

 

Sigh... this thread is starting to repeat itself...

 

You might question why we think he quit on the team last year but the important thing is that his teammates thought he quit on the team last year...

That's more important than trying to explain to you him quitting. He was traded for his actions and when he caught wind of the trade, he went to Stephen A Smith with the knee surgery announcement...

It was his way of getting back at Daryl for calling his bluff when he said "Play me right or trade me" when he'd enter the locker room.

 

didn't need surery didn't mean he can keep playing on. dr. clanton at the end said he regretted letting tracy play too early and should have kept him out longer.

anyone with normal vision saw tracy shouldn't have played last year (at least to start the year). you should never let anyone who limps continually play an NBA game.

 

I believe the Rockets are doing the right thing but are handling wrong. Management is being shortsighted in its attempt to reign in T-MAC. If they really want him gone fast give him at least 20 minutes a game. Either he'll excell and we trade him or he'll break down again and we shut him down for the year.

Either way, no one will be able to say we didn't give him a chance.

 

Sigh... this thread is starting to repeat itself...

 

they are two totally different players if you take away the height/quickness. parker is one of THE BEST at going to the rack and finishing around the rack. AB has shown ZERO signs of being more than just pretty decent around the rim.

however, AB is a better jumpshooter but he's too small to create his own shot at will (hence why AB takes like 6 3s a game despite playing only 33 minutes a game).

he's going to be a very good starter for us. but to be a star, you have to be able to get to the ft line (which means going to the paint at will and create contact). AB simply does not possess that skill.

AB, depending on the night, is as good as his jumper. if it's off, he has very little impact on the game. if it's on, he'll have great impact. stars have impact even when they struggle mightily offensively b/c they can get to the line, make plays... hence adelman doesn't play brooks very much if his shot isn't on.

 

Ok, why was the dude clearly limping? He looked AWFUL last year.