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

Ya. That's why Cook had to sell one of his kids.

 

He's not viewed as the complete and utter cancer/coach killer that Marbury is but he's not far from it. With his effort and defense in question, the whole playoff monkey, everything that happened last year and now him "undermining" Adelman's decision to give him insulting minutes -- I think the general perception of him is sinking by the minute.

Bolded is the core issue here. I have been emphatic in my belief that showcasing his seemingly healthy body is necessary in order to drive up his trade value. As it stands, we're in 'Eddy Curry/Sam Dalembert Territory', which is never a good thing. The only teams that are going to consider trading for McGrady right now are teams that don't care about being competitive this year. However, if you REALLY showcase him you'll start catching the attention of teams stuck in basketball purgatory like the Bulls, Hornets, Warriors, Pacers, Wizards or whoever that actually care about this season -- that also happen to have the resources necessary to complete a trade of this magnitude.

All of those reasons you listed for McGrady being a near ideal mid-season acquisition are the same exact reasons why I highly doubt he'll experience any sort of setback. He knows his reputation and legitimacy is in question. He's not going to go out there and make himself look bad.

Bottom line: he's likely done as a Rocket and this was probably the plan all along. There's absolutely no way that Adelman, being the brilliant basketball mind that he is, doesn't know better than to integrate player like Tracy back into the lineup whenever Trevor Ariza is forcing most of us to need oxygen UNLESS there's a major issue withholding him doing the sensible thing and playing Tracy more. There's really no way around that. Management and/or Adelman have decided they're done with him and this whole ploy of giving him 7-8 minutes in a couple games is just a mini-showcase type thing to try to get his name in the headlines and get teams interested. At least, that's the way that I see it.

 

Trade is probably imminent. I say in the next day or so he is gone. It just doesn't make sense.. If he's staying here and not on the road trip its because he is moving out. Will probably see a picture of Tmac on tommorow's clutchfans first page with written "Tmac Traded" on it, if its a "minor" trade (just like Rafer). If its a big one we'll probably see:"Bosh/Paul arrive".

 

McGrady is the one who's refusing to play?

http://twitter.com/RIchardJustice

 

did you actually take him seriously?

 

Thats technically not true, depending on your definition of contender.

The New Jersey Nets that went to 2 straight Finals were running the Princeton offense.

No team has outright won the title with it. But no one has ever won with Moneyball in the NBA either. Or a chinese center. Rockets just have to make history.

 

lol?

maybe he got the news he wouldn't be playing, so there was no real reason for him to stay. Might as well go spend time with family?

lmao.. i dont know, but dam

 

I admire the blind love T-mac received here, he got skills but lack of work ethic. What this mean is his ****ty defence cancelled out his offence contribution on the court. T-mac score 2 pts on one end and miss his defence assignment to let the opponents score 2 pts on the other end. The Rox did not gain anything at best when T-mac is playing this year.

I totally agree with the Rox management on this. Only a few players in NBA can be an ******* while his employer (team) has no choice but to accept his flaws. Too bad, T-Mac wasn't one of those players, and will never be one of those players.

T-mac fans need to see the reality instead of delusion themselves with old T-mac in front of them. More importantly, even the old T-mac is not one of those HOF players whose team would not mind taking their weaknesses/flaws as a package; i.e. MJ, Kobe, Barkley, Stockon & Malone, LBJ, etc.

 

Son's birthday is great timing, huh?

 

Drop the crack pipe and move slowly away, place a call to Tracy McGrady as he knows how to handle difficult situations, he'll likely get you a minimum of life in prison. He;s at his kids birthday party, instead of at his job where he's getting paid millions..............he's not busy, call now.

 

Probably what it was.

Whats interesting is what seemingly wasnt done by management - saying that they'll progressively increase minutes. The plan is play 8 minutes then __vaugeness who knows__ . I dont see a player wanting clarity on that being that totally unfair. I guess old grudges die hard.


*Seeing the latest news of McGrady leaving for his son's birthday party. I mean...come on fella. Take your belongings and uniform out your locker and give your son that as part of his birthday gift. Then go get another uniform from the next organization that wants you and allows birthday time off*

 

honestly, the only way this could have a potentially positive outcome is if it means that we're about to trade him. if we're doing it for health reasons, and i don't think we are, then it just means we're back on the tracy mcgrady injury roller coaster. if we're doing it as some sort of way of telling mcgrady that he's not the alpha dog anymore and that it's now morey/adelman's team, we're handling it the entirely wrong way. these are the kinds of things that distract a team, and with everything so closely bunched up in the west a few blown games because of outside influences could be the difference between a playoff spot and a lottery ticket.

 

I'll play this game with you one time.

Please don't accuse me of anything. You don't know me. I've been a fan of the Rockets since the 80's. But I will never be a blinded fan of anything or any person, whether it's T-Mac, RA, Yao and the entire organization. If you chose to that's your business.

This BBS has become dedicated more to T-Mac and all things connected to him and you sit up here and try to call someone out. If there were other topics discussed that warranted discussion, then may be I could post on them. I am not and will not be a thread starter because most of the threads started on here are a waste of time and/or end up being about T-Mac anyway. I take issue with all of the one-side posts that are made on here. To me it's a scapegoat type mentality because those who do this tend to not level the same critique on other players when warranted. Some people have made strong points that I fully respect for why they want him gone and/or want him to be given a chance. So I am not referring to them but I find it odd that a person who is said to be evaluating objectively but all of their supporting evidence is from a position of subjectivity. He does look... He does give the same effort.. and so on (including stats). I've played with many a player who have played terrific games who made it look like it's easy. So I am supposed to complain about that guy because he can do what I or others can't with relative ease. That's sounds more like jealousy than anything else. No one on this team deserves a pass when they mess up if the critiques on T-Mac are the standard. When Lowry runs out of control, he should be critiqued. When Brooks gets caught in the air with nowhere to go, comments a bonehead turnover, gets beat by his man and/or takes a ill advised shot then he should be critiqued. Hopefully some of you get my point to avoid naming every player on the team in this way.

There are people on here that hate the guy first and then try to find evidence second to support their dislike, hatred or whatever they will conveniently like to call it. I don't hate the guy and don't see any logical additions via trade that will net us someone that will make a significant improvement to this team. Unless Morey can make the spectacular happen again we will lose one of our good role players to trade T-Mac. Therefore this most valued "chemistry" that people whine about will be affected. Depending on that player, the system will be impacted and the same people who talk down to people who see value in keeping T-Mac will yet again complain.

This T-Mac drama makes both sides look bad to many people. Both sides have put themselves in the position by the things that they say and don't say. Many fans including those blinded fans (for the organization and/or individual player(s)) feed into that and makes us have all of these ridiculous threads about trade rumors, possible trades, quotes out of context, player/coach body language, after practice video, chemistry speculation, players not liking one another and us guessing what one of them said because we don't like the other guy and etc...

This is not kindergarten so if you have a problem with what I say, then state that but don't show a lack of maturity by name calling or labeling me. If you self-identify with one of these alleged camps of TOF, YOF, ROF fine but I don't. I have always respected people on here and especially those who've disagreed with me and who then argued their position with substance. I have also disagreed with those who I felt did what I mentioned earlier. If anything, I'm a fan of basketball first who also roots for the Rockets (the home team), T-Mac, Yao and a host of others who have impressed me with their play on the court. But you or anyone else here won't tell me what or where I fall based on your faulty assessments.

Happy Holidays...

 

Remember when Tmac scored 31 points in 13 seconds?

 

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iF yAll aInt luV ur Rox PlaYuRs tHen juSt STEPP oFFF!

 

Where "a trade is coming very soon" happens!! :grin: :grin:

 

Exactly. Now we have Ariza :grin:

 

The nature of this Tmac situation is about playing style.

Adelman's princeton and Morey's money ball are perfect fit. They should feel lucky to find each other and become partners.

Tmac is not fit in that play style (honestly, I do not think any superstar will fit in that style, including Yao). They should trade him as soon as possible. But, I understand Morey. So far, he hasn't made a major trade in his career. He is probably afraid of making such a big trade. This is not the thing that he is good at. Other teams' GMs are not stupids.

Actually, Adelman and Morey are doing an experiment to test their theory (princeton and moneyball) by using the whole rockets team. Good Luck!

 

Adelman calls his offense the "corner offense" but it looks very similiar to the triangle...

 

I LOL'd.