I think we are seeing McGrady's last chance as a Rocket. If he doesn't come back in 2 weeks resembling something close to "Tmac" then I think the team is going to put him on ice for good until they can move him. This has gone on for far too long and even this tissue soft coaching staff and management realizes that this team is better without McLimpy. If Tmac isn't ever coming back then it's best for McGrady to stay away from the team. At least without him we get a team that is fun to watch and works hard every night. How absurd has this whole situation become? The guy cries every year "I don't have enough talent around me" so management supplied him with arguably the most talented team in the league and certainly one of the top 3-4 most talented teams. So after 11 years in the league he finally gets what he has been crying for all this time and he quits? This bum has no pride and I hope that I'm right and management has told him either get it done when he comes back or go home and watch from his couch until they can ship him off to somewhere that will allow him to hoist up jumpers all night and not be pressured to produce wins.
I'm going to make a prediction and yes I have been a T-Mac hater this year due to all the frustration with this team but I think that when he does finally come back he is going to be putting up numbers that we haven't seen this year. My main gripe with him is he can turn his talent off and on just like a machine so why the hell ever turn it off and make up lame ass excuses for how crappy you are playing. I mean the guy is aloud to have some bad games but I think he is such an emo that he starts getting depressed about it then starts to doubt himself. Again myself and others on this board have pointed out that we just don't think this guy likes to play in the regular season, I mean he is always missing a majority of games from the end of November all the way through to the All Star Break. It happes every year and I'm not sure why he does it other than the fact that he's trying to remain healthy for the final stretch but in the mean-time Yao is carrying the workload all year every year and then he isn't 100% come playoff time. I mean if it ever came out that T-mac and/or Ron were acting injured to just slide into the playoffs and come in 100% unlike a player like Kobe who will no doubt have some minor injury going on by then I think the NBA would be handing out some heavy fines and possibly even disqualify the Rockets from the playoffs.
did he play well in the 2nd half of last yr? of the year before? of the year before? but like you said, if tracy does come back and suck like he has all year, this IS the last time we will be seeing him as a rocket. but i don't think that's the case with 2 more weeks of rest + the all-star break (which i think he'll skip).
If the Rockets ever got any former Jazz member I seriously would throw up in my mouth a little. I would take Bibby and Marion though but not at their crazy current salaries.
Fine with me. He should take two weeks, three weeks, or however long it takes to get healthy. But when he returns, he better be really ready to go, though. None of this going at half speed and slipping in and out of the lineup again. If we can get everyone back with their head on straight by the end of January, we should still have a shot.
No, but when you resort to using a nickname such as McLimpy like a 7th grader, you deserve to be treated like the 7th grader you are. Na, na, na, na, na.
I know you have been saving that one for a while but it would have been funnier if it actually applied to the exchange I had with tmac1. But give yourself a pat on the back anyway big guy.
This is the understatment of the century coming from someone who is bashing the hech out of TMAC. Gee, whatever you where saying sure was love and adoration. If you believe that TMAC should be traded (and you do), then who cares what or how the coach treats him? TMAC needs adoration he's sure not getting it from this BBS, (definitely not from you). OK, there are a few who still supports our highest paid player who is playing hurt (mentally is still hurt!). This 2 weeks off will be good for the team and TMAC. Please, no more threads of "hey, TMAC didn't clap after that shot by _______"
