He's always said all the right things, and for all of his lovely numbers and his wonderful highlight videos, the guy has never left the first round of the playoffs. I can't wait to see the back of him. This is the fricken Houston Rockets, not the Bobcats or Golden State or some other also ran team where a player can just roll over and die when they feel like it! He threw the Rockets under a bus at the trade deadline last year by going in for surgery, we actually did better without him in the playoffs than we ever have with him in the side. Give me a guy who would crawl over cut glass to suit up in a red jersey over some loser that is a superstar when it suits him, just as long as its not in a game that actually counts! For a real winner, guys like McGrady are cancer. We need to be rid of him and look for players that play hard, that don't sit out for months at a time when they get a bruise and who look past the first round of the playoffs.
This are exactly the reasons why I'm still holding onto the hope that he has a new outlook and is now stronger mentally. With that comes the drive to compete on a more consistent basis, which is the main thing people are asking for, I think.
He will get moved. Stop acting like the Rockets lose if they don't get a player in return who is as gifted as Tmac was 5 years ago. That scenario isn't going to happen and does not need to happen for the Rockets to consider a trade successful.
Toronto Raptors or Chicago Bulls The team that drafted McGrady will trade Chris Bosh to Houston for Tracy and Mensa-Bonsu, a definite crowd favorite and marketing point, along with our first round draft pick and other young talent (perhaps Taylor and the rights to Llull). Tracy will then sign with Toronto to finish his career there, or he will sign with Chicago where I understand he now lives. My moment of clarity has just ended.
DD, I've noticed that you like to nitpick about questionable phrases instead of responding to what was said... These guys are obviously speaking to you and have a lot to say and are making great points. It seems as though you're running from what could be the truth... Or maybe you're a very close-minded person and refuse to change your opinion based on somebody Else's educated perspective. In conclusion, I'm just saying that instead of 'nitpicking', take into consideration the entire statement and give them an 'argument'(friendly of course) based upon the whole. Not attacking you or anything, just curious to hear a better/fairer response from you.
RMGEEGEE, It is all rehash....nothing new....and no evidence, only hope. We have gone over and over the same thing....the Tmac people ignore all the evidence he has built up over the years, refuse to see the lack of character, the quitting, tossing his teamates and organization under the bus, all because he has talent. Yes, he does, he is a very talented basketball player. However, IMO, he is not a winner......he is a quitter..... DD
Older? Yes. Wiser? Doubtful. Last year, he made some pretty stupid decisions. Like Marbury and Iverson, he's played too long and been too successful for his mindset to truly change. I think that any success he has in the upcoming season will be overshadowed by his actions last season. If I were management, I'd be aware that this is a contract season and he'll be on his best behavior. I'd also be aware that last year, it wasn't a contract season and he proved himself to be a cancer to the team.
There is a 50% he plays here next season, simply because the even though a handful of teams will get into bidding wars at the end of this season, the fact remains, that quite a few franchises could be in serious economic woes this season. If we trade him as an expiring contract I can even see a scenario where he re-signs because there is no serious money out there for him. The other scenario is a team like Sacramento. Tyreke Evans turns into a solid player, and Kevin Martin becomes expendable do to the size of his contract. In this scenario we'll end up having to eat someone's contract in order to make it work. So I don't think that Morey is going to go for it unless we can get a legit scorer. The same thing could happen with Ben Gordon and Rip Hamilton. Not so much finacially, but because they already have a crowded backcourt. That or Pheonix (or Golden State) start to implode and simply have a fire sale to postition themselves for free agency.
teams don't bring cancers back, esp. a first class organization like the rockets. the team knew tracy was highly frustrated by his injuries and handled things WRONG. tracy admitted it. he definitely should and could have handled things better, and he failed to do that. but cancer? the rockets aren't that desperate to bring any cancers back. i mean, even the knicks weren't desperate to bring marbury back (who was a true cancer).
Please link the apology, I think a lot of fans would be much more forgiving if what you say is true. Tmac is no Marbury that is true, but if what Doc Rocket was saying about Yao and him not getting along can not be sluffed off as just frustration with his injuries. And Tmac b****ing and moaning about his touches and Adelman's offense was NOT just last year. See this is the kind of rose colored glasses I am talking about where people just gloss over the history and go...oh, well, he was just frustrated due to injuries....HORSE CRAP.... In tough times peoples true character is revealed, and Tracy's character was pretty revealing, wasn't it? DD
he said it in several interviews since the season ended, most recently to craig sager. he said he was frustrated and handled things wrong (summary). you can check it out yourself. he also said it in one of his skillzlab vids. from what i remember, doc rocket said tracy always pushed yao (though sometimes in higher tones) to be more dominant and shoot more. and tracy is the only one on the court who's always on the lookout for yao when he's in the post. and like i said MANY TIMES, tracy HANDLED THINGS WRONGLY last year, including b****ing and moaning about shot attempts. he was very unprofessional last year at times. and he was frustrated due to injuries. that's why the rockets aren't benching his ass if he was truly a cancer, regardless of his contracts or worth he has left. if a player is cancerous to your team, unless your team is desperate, that player will be nowhere near the organization. and believe it or not DD, dude was frustrated. this was a guy who shouldn't have started the season or played in training camp. regardless of whether he rehabbed properly or not, he was limping all throughout training camp last year. but he still played (which was dumb). he WANTED to play. did that hurt the team? yes it did at times. he should have sat his ass down.
That is not an apology. I think the fans want more than just him semi-copping to something that was obvious. Tell you what though, I GUARANTEE the organization hears those boos when he was on the bench.....they need to amp up the PR machine, and quickly....an apology would be a smart start. That is not even close, Doc Rocket was saying WAY more than that regarding how Tmac treated Yao etc. Great what about all the years before? What about him quitting in the Golden State game and being benched by JVG? What about him b****ing about his touches the year before? This is EXACTLY what I am talking about.....for those of us who have had enough, it has built up over YEAAARRRRRSSSSSS.....yet people like yourself are being disengenious when you only want to talk like it was all last year. Didn't the Rockets send him home for 2 weeks last year to get healthy? Oh right, that was all Tmac's idea.... No, he should have followed doctors orders, done the rehab in the offseason and he might have been able to avoid making it worse and getting microfracture surgery at all. And maybe, just maybe he would have been a part of something even more special last season. DD
I don't know what is worse; the ones who won't admit McGrady is an underachiever or the ones that will admit it yet still want him on the team and think he is suddenly a competitor now.
