Pistons Possibly Trying To Land T-MAC for Billups and T-Prince

it is tough to shoot with leg injury. you can't jump high and just just don't get that good elevation on your jumpshot.

there were severral games (like against dallas) when McGrady just couldn't shoot because of knee and than he decided to leave game after being 1/10

 

There we go. Injuries are a valid excuse/explanation for T-Mac's poor shooting %. None of this "playing PG is so stressful and tiring" garbage.

 

well his body is fragile and he's injury proned. so putting more responsibilities on him can lead to fatigue and those things. he's not 23-24 anymore. his responsibilities are just as much as kobe and lebron.

there's a reason nash now only plays 32 mpg during the reg. season. so playing PG and SG are stressful and tire you out. deron and paul are only in their early 20s so they don't feel it.

that's why we need to get a better PG or a legit backup to relieve tmac of some playing time so he can be healthier and fresher as we enter the playoffs.

 

badgerfan, come on. It's not hard to see how you're a Yao enthusiast. Keep the arguments going, but stop those claims of 'being in the middle'. Free yourself!

 

Tying ourselves in a knot.. lol way to summarize the whole "ballhandling, creating shots for your teammates and making his own shots" into simple forced to pass?? LMAO

 

Let me rephrase the question with the proper context:

Kind of like how you expect Yao to be able to outrun Boozer when chasing down loose balls at the three point line?

 

Boxing out is fundamental. Boxing out at the three point line is not.

 

dude, u serious? Not a TMac hater? Not a Yao lover? Unless you think everyone is stupid, it is a ridiculous comment. You are the one going to every single thread and dissing TMac. You will see me only defending when I am defending TMac. I don't go around praising him in every single thread. Now everything you said here is more relevant to you than for people like me.

 

So when you include stats in your arguments....are you just hoping that no one double checks your numbers?

This year, Nash played 34.3 mpg and Tmac played 37. Last year, Nash played 35.3 and Tmac played 35.8

 

Why are we comparing PGs with SG/SFs?? There is a reason why PGs are shorter, there is a reason why the taller you are the faster you tire out. Sigh exactly my point the whole time.

 

You should drop the labels. Some PGs are capable of playing SG/SF and vice versa. For instance, Iverson is called a SG but he can play PG. Magic was a PG but he could easily play SG/SF.

Anyways, I think Tmac is being compared to pg's b/c he's the one that runs the offense. Got it?

 

Again with the magic example, dude doesn't tire out from spewing bull crap.

 

What are you talking about? Yao rarely moves close to the 3 pt line, neither does boozer where do you come up with this stuff? Yes there were like 2 rebounds like this in game 7 but no one blames Yao for those. They blame him for the rest that boozer got over him.

 

ok I should drop the labels.. seriously? Just because Magic (one of the best player in the history of basketball) could play multiple positions anyone can?? Who the heck would call Iverson a SG, seriously? TMac would eat him for lunch if Iverson ever guarded him. Forget it, my point being TMac plays PG for us quite often and its just too much load for a 6 8 guy. And as you yourself pointed out yourself, he plays more minutes than Steve Nash!

 

If you're going say things like all point guards are small and shooting guards arent point guards, then yes, you should drop the labels.

 

I'm talking about the three rebounds at the end of game 7 vs the Jazz last year. And yes...earlier in the thread, Tmac1 blamed him for 2 of the 3 even though I posted a video clip proving you him wrong. And you jumped on his bandwagon.

 

Jump on his bandwagon? I was cursing Yao out at the end of game 7. My cousing, a Lakers fan felt the same way. Yao was losing rebounds to boozer and Okur the whole game.

 

I guess the lesson for you is to know what people are talking about before jumping in the conversation.

 

I said that there is a friggin reason why each position has certain type of players playing those position and PGs happen to be smaller. If you ask Yao to play as a SF/PF and he would friggin tire out too. It is stupid to bring up examples of PGs to compare them with TMac. Just like you would use Yao's FG% to compare with TMac. Only you and badgerfan would do that.

 

Positions evolve. Back in the 80's you didn't 7 footers being called power forwards. But now, some of them are premier players (Duncan, Dirk, KG). My point is, dont judge players based on how they're classified in the roster. Judge them by how they play the game. Btw, Shaun Livingston was a big pg too.

Show me where I compare their fg%. I'll compare Tmac's fg% with other wingmen, but I don't recall doing it with Yao. What I do remember is comparing their ft shooting.

Maybe you're confused?