Now that Yao got his jersey retired, is T-Mac next?

Man, those are ugly jackets.

 

To me, if you're going to retire a number, you don't let a player wear it after that. Les didn't hesitate to give Trevor the number 1 jersey which tells me TMac is not in the conversation. He just didn't do enough for Houston to merit that high level type of reward. It's better than the hall of fame and Tracy barely squeaks in for me.

 

No particular order, otherwise Hakeem would have been listed at the top, but these are the players featured in this 1996 picture:

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. Nate Archibald
3. Paul Arizin
4. Charles Barkley
5. Rick Barry
6. Elgin Baylor
7. Dave Bing
8. Larry Bird
9. Wilt Chamberlain
10. Bob Cousy
11. Dave Cowens
12. Billy Cunningham
13. Dave DeBusschere
14. Clyde Drexler
15. Julius Erving
16. Patrick Ewing
17. Walt Frazier
18. George Gervin
19. Hal Greer
20. John Havlicek
21. Elvin Hayes
22. Magic Johnson
23. Sam Jones
24. Michael Jordan
25. Jerry Lucas
26. Karl Malone
27. Moses Malone
28. Pete Maravich
29. Kevin McHale
30. George Mikan
31. Earl Monroe
32. Hakeem Olajuwon
33. Shaquille O'Neal
34. Robert Parish
35. Bob Pettit
36. Scottie Pippen
37. Willis Reed
38. Oscar Robertson
39. David Robinson
40. Bill Russell
41. Dolph Schayes
42. Bill Sharman
43. John Stockton
44. Isiah Thomas
45. Nate Thurmond
46. Wes Unseld
47. Bill Walton
48. Jerry West
49. Lenny Wilkens
50. James Worthy.

 

I don't think McGrady deserves his jersey to be retired.

Woah. Tinman's mind just exploded.

 

Maybe if he retired a Rocket without the "Toronto Game" and the unannounced surgery and the friction with coaches and the front office.

 

I remembered reading it on Wikipedia a while back and assumed he was wearing one since it looks identical to Olajuwon's at first glance. I'm assuming the blue is in there since it was the pinstripe Rockets (shark rocket) era.

(Nice shir-o-khorshid btw)

 

I do not mind Toronto doing it lol.... he was one of the best defensive players there.

 

But he accomplished nothing as far as playoff success .
He only played 20 games in the post season.
If Jesus only played 20 games god wouldn't retire his number

 

I'd rather they retire Shane or Steve's first

 

Max Salary Player
6 Seasons with Team
3 playoff appearances
20 playoff games
0 playoff series victories

Absolutely unacceptable.
If Harden did this, he would be traded based on lack of production.

 

Harden would not be traded, even if his stats were identical in every way to T-Mac's.

This isn't even a fight you need to be a part of dude. Even fans of T-Mac know he simply didn't do enough over his entire tenure as a rocket, regardless of how spectacular he was moment to moment, to warrant retiring his jersey.

 

Tmac and Yao never had the rosters Harden has had until it was too late unfortunately.

 

Where is Shaq at in that picture? After 4 years in the league he was already a top 50 player all time?

 

Sounds like player only fan excuse

When Tmac left Toronto, Toronto won a playoff series without him.
When Tmac left Orlando, they got Dwight and made it to the finals.
When Tmac sat and ate potato chips, the Rockets won a playoff series without him.
When Tmac went to Atlanta, they lost in the first round .

So did all the teams he started in his entire career not capable of winning 1 playoff series?

 

Well given those staring lineups he had the answer would be yes.

What was the best starting lineup Yao and Tmac had at their disposal during their first couple seasons here?

 

We should retire his jersey in the Raptor's stadium when we play there because that's where he quit playing for us.

 

We should've beaten the Jazz but Yao couldn't guard Boozer and coaching did nothing to adjust.

 

Stop lumping Yao into McGrady's failure. Yao made it out of the first round.

The Rockets won 50 games 3 times with Yao/McGrady. They even had a 22 game winning streak.
They had home court advantage against Utah and lost in front of the fans.

Sorry Montiejunas fan, I'm from the OLAJUWON ERA, I demand better from my Rockets team and my superstars.

 

How many more series did Yao win than Tmac?

And for the record I'm from the Olajuwon, Francis, Yao, Tmac, Harden era. Love all those guys along with the Dmo's, Scola's, Lowry's, Mandry's.

 

They answer is DID NOT not should have.

JVG's weakness was he had too much faith that 2 players could carry the roster on offense with a bunch of defensive role players.
JVG and Tmac were tied together. Once JVG left, Tmac didn't like Rick's motion offense , hence we had the "Toronto Game".