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

True that the aforementioned players were more valuable to the Lakers. But that isn't a con against his value, just that those guys were the nucleus around which the Lakers building.

He didn't want to be a bench player, simple as that, and they found a replacement in Artest.

Dont get me wrong. Ariza has been slumming it up. But McGrady trying to do everything himself would be way more worse to this team's identity. The rockets have a TEAM identity, not a Me-Mac mentally which it would turn into if McGrady were do prime-time again.

 

Bad quotes to Tracy:

"I said all along I want to see where he fits," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "Coming back from an injury like that, it's obvious he's not the Tracy we knew two years ago. He knows that. What I'm trying to figure out is where we can best get him in the rotation where he can have a positive effect on the team.

"He was a great player," Adelman said. "We're trying to see if we can keep a flow where he can keep his touches and not put the whole onus on him right now. That's the dilemma.
That bold quote must hurt for McGrady. Hopefully that motivates him to play better for us and even increase some of his value (if any).

 

Edit: Mentally=Identity

 

That's just the thing how do we know what kind of player he is now. Seven or eight minutes a game is not enough to know. They need to trade him so let the man show case what he can do a bit to raise his market value.

 

Hopefully it's not permanent. No matter what's happening behind the scenes, if it ends this way, it's going to reflect badly on the Rockets.

 

Clowns as in, people who understand winning basketball, and the reality of the situation.

Yes, you mean the intelligent posters, who realize that Tracy is not even close to the player he once was, and that while he may get there one day, it will not happen in Houston at the expense of players that are better fits than he is on this team.

If that is what you mean by clowns, then sure....Keep up the list T-groupie, it is all in fun !

DD

 

I AGREE

 

It would be hilarious if Adelman is the one to let go because he did not want to play TMAC.

 

Wow, I can't wait for all this Tmac drama to be over.

I know the rox would never treat Yao this way. Having said that, Yao has not stepped out of bounds in the way he conducts himself like Mac did last year.

 

DM knows the value of Adelman over Tmac.

 

I would hope both numbers are the same on the front and back. If not, you need to check with your retailer! (They're shady...)

 

Another 50+ page TMac thread coming.

 

They know, they see him in practice every day, they see him on the court, and more importantly they gave him a chance, and he just did not grasp it.

He failed to do the things that Adelman outlined for him, and then he whined about playing time.....

Either one of 3 things is happening.

1. Tmac is too stupid to realize that what he says to the media is a problem.

2. Tmac knows exactly what he is doing and is cunning that way

3 Tmac doesn't care that it reflects badly on him

Personally, I think it is number 3, the guy just doesn't care that he keeps tossing the organization and management under the bus....

Either way, any of those 3 is bad...

DD

 

Haha. McGrady inadvertently own-dizzled by Rick The Ruler

 

The fact things are playing out this way prove the Alexander/Morey braintrust is on the same page with Adelman.

 

A great coach or GM should be able to utilize T-Mac's talent, either on court or by trade. They failed that. They escalated the situation by annoucing they will stop playing T-mac for 2 games. In this case, they shouldn't have played him 7 minutes for 6 games. Because now everyone knows T-mac was so-so in action and not happy. Can you hurt his trade value more by telling everyone "he was a great player"?
Doesn't matter the problem was started by T-Mac.

 

I wish they would just stop sugarcoating the situation, and come right and say Tracy is not going to play at all.

I understand where Tracy is coming from. He's an NBA player wanting to play minutes. I still don't know why Tracy isn't playing his same amount of minutes he has the last few games.

Sure, DD will comment, and say he hasn't earned minutes. But then again, with the shoddy play of Ariza, and Budinger's sprain, Wafer's failed physical, and Adelman's decision to not really use Harris, McGrady doesn't seem like a bad 5th option to me.

 

I guess what I was told differs from what you were told in regards to that last statement. NJ was discussing with other teams their interest in one of our young players...

Glad we didn't trade him however (the young player that is) and the Rafer trade happened instead...

 

But those guys all play within the system.......look....I am trying hard to think of a single guy who remade himself into a team role player after a lot of personal success as the Go to guy with the ball.

I just don't think Tmac can do it, or is willing to......it is like AI, he is just not ready to accept what he is...and how to make best use of that.

DD

 

Tmac should have known better than to shout off his mouth to the media, putting down his team-mates by insinuating that if he had more minutes then it would have made a difference in Orlando.

His trade value isn't hurt by Adelman's comment. His trade value is hurt by micro-fracture surgery and a consistent selfish attitude.