I am sooooo in sync with what you guys are saying. And, yes, Jeff, I do appreciate what I am seeing, very, very much. This is special. We are seeing the beginnings and the makings of a champion. To see it twice in a lifetime is rare. As one of Francis' biggest critics, he drove me absolutely crazy, I take no pleasure in the fact that he is apparently driving his Magic teamates crazy as well. Complaints about over-dribbling, under-passing, "one on five," showoff antics, excessive turnovers are spilling out of Orlando. Check out yesterday's Fox Sports report. This is sad. I was so wanting Francis to mature and reach his potential here, but it never happened. I have concluded that he is essentially a selfish player who may never "get it." But for Rocket fans, life is good.
lol yeah I still remember when people were pissed when we traded Cat and Steve for TMAC. Can you believe that? People were really pissed about it, lol.
I think we're starting to see why so many Rockets fans were begging the Rockets to trade Francis and Mobley for so long. This is what basketball is supposed to look like. This is how normal basketball players play.
Trading Francis and Mobley only got the Rockets T-Mac, it wasn't until after we got a healthy Sura, David Wesley, and John Barry that we were better off than last season. It's ok though one day things like that will be looked at as "revisionist" history, which is fine, carry on.
You ain't lying. Between the 2 of them they missed at least half a dozen layups/2-3 footers. James is starting to getting a mild case of dribble diharrea. Fortunately JVG has seen this before will nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand.
Yeah I noticed that too, he's gonna be a great boost off the bench in the next game when Sura comes back. Yes, this team is miles more enjoyable to watch than last year's "dribble the ball off my foot with 1 second left on the clock" fest
Stevie had 6 turnovers last night. Has T-Mac had 6 turnovers this year? (thats a real question) I've seen several articles and mentions about how Stevie's "incessant dribbling" is slowly souring everyone in Orlando. Rings familiar. Jameer is playing great, if SF's dribble-mania continues and Jameer turns out to be a right handed, more-efficient Damon Stoudamire, look for Franchise to go to another franchise in 1-2 years. Stuart
I've always loved Francis and Mobely. I still do. But I was in favor of the trade when it happened, and I'm glad that we got a good deal. No matter how much I loved those Cat and Steve, there was no way I thought the Rockets should pass on the chance to get Tmac. The team is really coming together nicely. JVG deserves some credit as well. He's changed his offense to allow the team room to breathe. I've said all along that we couldn't evaluate where we stood until either Yao T-mac or both stepped up to leadership. That has happened nicely, and the team is well on the way.
you can give me steve, cat, RJ, EG, AND yao....i would still take yao and tmac with wesley, barry, james.
man this thread hurts for me to read, but this year's team does look better. sigh, if we only had Cato.
I like the whole winning thing. But i still like Francis ability to take anyone off the dribble and dunk on some 7 foot guy after that.
yes... but that shot counts just as much (2 points) as Tmac pulling up behind Yao and hitting nothing but net... and takes about 5x the energy
can someone answer a couple of questions? 1. who had the most assists in a game for the Rockets last season? 2. what is our ast/to ratio compared to last season? thank you
Other than the incessant dribbling, turnovers and the Superbowl thing, TMac can do everything that Francis does, only better.
I'm glad Francis is gone, mostly because we never appeared in sync. I love our chemistry now. Everybody knows their job.
