If we decide to keep McGrady and let him expire...

Nothing to be gained by letting him play.

It is time to think about the next year, and he won't be part of it.

Heck as bad as Ariza is sucking wind, he is still shooting a HUMONGOUS 1% better than Tmac.



DD

 

Some people just dont get it.

Dude is done as a Rocket.

Period.

The End.

 

Not playing him only shows Rockets 1st priority isn't winning, and as a fan I find it disappointing.

 

Let him earn his next contract on his own time.

 

Are these threads still popping up? Cripes.

 

I second this, if fans are willing to let Jermaine Taylor have a go over T-mac in terms of for winning then its a joke. Jermain Taylor is an unproven commodity that barely shined in the Summer League (where Chase looked like a superstar).
I just want the organisation to be consistent, if we want to win we play him to see if he helps us make the playoffs, if we don't then we let him sit. I really don't see the harm of letting him play and getting us to the playoffs. Its not like we have to play him for an extended period of time if it doesn't work (like we have him on the books for ages). We can try it out for a couple of games and if it works out it works out if not we sit him again.

Really where is the big harm. We even get more $$$ if we make the playoffs

 

If theres no trade, there is still a possibility of a buyout.

 

In this case Rockets lose, he'll go to a contender put them over the top while we get nothing in return.

And would also screw up Adelmans desire to get revenge from him being injured last year.

 

He will not play, no question about that. We would definately get a few more wins if he does, but we will be 6-8 seed, and probably won't go anywhere.

He will not play, and we will be 8-11 seed, probably the lottery if we don't turn things around.

But I guess that's not such a bad thing.

 

Why do him a favor? He caused this problem, we shouldn't do anything to help him get another contract.

 

The only reason to play McGrady would be as a personal favor for him. It would not be in the Rockets interests to do so, for obvious reasons.

Its a business, and the Rockets need to do what is in the best interest of the their future.

If McGrady can only get veteran's minimum next year, so be it. Best of luck to him in repairing his reputation.

 

The only way I could see a buyout happen (assuming there is no trade Morey likes)....would be for Tmac to give up like $4 million off this year's salary to get the team under the Lux tax.

Otherwise it would be best to hold onto him for any S&T possibilities.....any team that wants him for $1 more than the MLE could do a S&T.....

DD

 

I dont want my lovely team do the same thing like NY...
Let him go or get something like B.Miller will help the team.

 

No, sure we get more offense but we lose much more defense. I'd rather give Jermaine Taylor free minutes rather than Tracy McGrady. At least I would know Taylor would give a decent effort out there on the defensive end.

 

lol. you make it sound like tmac would even consider playing for the rockets again.

with how dm and ra handled everything, i doubt tmac would ever consider wearing a rocket jersey ever again.

 

i bet that if no trade goes down, tmac stays on the bench for the rest of the season. im more inclined to think that the rockets organization care more about his insurance money than actually playing him/possibly winning more games with him. which is a complete crock but as a business, the rockets are/should be all about the money

in addition, why trade tmac for a less than desirable trade? DM is either going to get an allstar or do nothing. why take on contracts that arent worth it when you can sit tmac on your team and get paid 80% of his salary? this is the only reason why i think there's a possibility of nothing going down by trade deadline... it's DM's way or the highway to potential trade partners.

 

I don't see how that is in our best interest for our future. There is NOONE on our roster with the potential to be an all star at the wing positions/guard except for the ones playing big minutes(see: A.Brooks). And yes that includes Chase.

We need to win games from a financial perspective. That is what Adelman and Morey has said, they need to win games plain and simple. Is there really such a harm to play him to try and win more games. Bench him again if he sucks. If he plays well we can get some kind of decent sign and trade happening. There is literally no point of letting him sit other then to satisfy how much most of us hate him. IF we can win a few more games then so be it play him.


Now if we are tanking instead, thats a totally different story.

 

It's like this. If there's a pretty good chance the Rockets can make the playoffs with McGrady playing and not so much without him, then maybe. But the Rockets won't make that determination until they fall well behind. And by then, the chances we can climb back into the playoffs with McGrady might be very small. In which case, the Rockets would be better served playing the younger players and just enjoying the lottery pick.

 

rockets dont need to win the max amount of games theyre capable of to better themselves financially. they can/are doing three things to make a return on their investments:

1. let tmac sit and collect insurance money
2. spam the media with "our guys work hard, we're without our two best players so even if we dont win, we tried" and the fans/city will gobble it up and root for the underdog
3. yao ming

the rockets cant lose