oh great now we have people on t-mac's back like he is the bad guy here. i dont see anything wrong but two parties that just dont mix anymore. I dont blame adelman for how he feels, but at the same time i cant be mad at mcgrady for trying to make up for what happened last year. mabye he just moved to fast for adelmans liking. but he was trying and he was probably pushing himself harder than he has ever done before. I also dont blame t-mac for asking for more minutes. he is a special player, and he had a lot prove, not only for himself but for his team the organization, and of course his fans. Also, it wasnt his idea to sit on the bench after rick decided he wasnt going to increase his minutes. That was adelmans decision, and i just wish he could have been more straightforward from the beginning. I wish adelman would have gave t-mac another chance to show he could have fit in the system instead of predicting what t-macs next move would be. However T-mac should have saw that the rockets were moving towards something different, but it didnt mean they were better off without him, and ppl seem to make that mistake. They are just moving on, and so am i. Good bye houston..
this quote says it all... This year DM and RA call the shots. Not Tmac. Tmac couldn't handle that so he took his ball and went home.
It's funny you say that because after reading the article, for the first time I had an understanding what his agenda was. It wasn't punishing Tmac for anything he has done but he was afraid of changing the style of play the team is playing right now. He didn't want to change it unless Tmac could control the game like he used to and if not he felt his presence would affect the team adversely. What I find interesting is that we're not going to just trade him for trading him sake but they're either going to get a difference maker (which I think is unlikely but I'll continue to hope) or someone who is going to fit in with what they're doing now. If the player/s fit that criteria they'll pull the trigger, if not they won't. Answers big time the main reason they turned down the Arenas trade and I don't think it was his contract. I get the feeling after that article, they'll take on any contract if and only if the player fits. I also can't help but think what in the heck was Sacramento thinking when they got rid of this guy.
Did you read the article? Here is your answer right here... Tracy couldn't play the way the Rockets are playing now. He just can't do it and he didn't want to continue to try in practice he wanted to play in the games and that doesn't give us the best chance to win and create the team we are trying to create... AND he wasn't good enough for us to change back to the old style of play and run everything through Tmac and win. This year it's about the team and not the individual.
The nice aspect to this is that T-mac is in a very poor position in respect to nixing a trade due to his contract year. We could trade him to the Nets and he will have to accept the process without any issues. The Rockets hold the cards on this one.
Does anyone doubt . . .that had RA gave TMAC the minutes . .. the next thing would have been b*tching about touches? Rocket Rivrr
You know the old saying about "don't let the door hit ya ..." so I won't finish it. I've been a fan of this team since they were the San Diego Rockets. I'm getting quite tired of you Tracy McGrady fan-boys that put the diva ahead of the team.
repped What an open and thorough interview... and to expand on your point. RA said that if this team was talented and built differently like last year, then things could be different. Of course he doesn't like the drama T-Mac brings, but he could have accepted that if this team was good enough to work in an average T-Mac or if T-Mac was still great enough to carry the team. But none of those things are true now. RA believes that this year's team NEEDS to play a certain style in order to win and he believes that T-Mac isn't good enough to carry the team under T-Mac's playing style, and that T-Mac wasn't showing signs of changing his game enough to adapt to this year's team's style.
Bingo! 1. There's no Yao/Artest safety net this year to pick up the slack of letting hobbled Tracy try to play back into the old Tracy form. 2. He's not physically able right now to be the old Tracy, which would warrant changing the style of today's Rocketball, which is the ONLY way this group can win. 3. While he's supremely more gifted than the rest of the team, it's hard to give him more minutes if he "physically" can't do what the lesser "talent" do to make Rocketball work...hustle, dive for loose balls, body up, etc EVERY single second they're on the court. When this team doesn't play Rocketball, even for a few minutes, they don't stand a chance of winning. How do you increase a guy's minutes (who can't phycially do what's necessary) HOPING that the end product results in regaining the elite player who will probably necessitate that you change the way you play? Oh, and accept that you run the high risk of losing more games while you chase that goal. Is that really better for the TEAM than what they're doing now or the way they wanted to try to work Tracy back up?
its the double edged sword. we need to play him, to showcase him for a trade. if we play him, then it would disrupt our team. this is definitely going to make it hard for a team to want to take a chance on him, unless its just for monetary reasons. how Morey handles this situation will truly be a re-defining moment for him. until then, im just going to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Why didn't RA at least give McGrady 15 minutes while Budinger was out? I mean, it's a good chance to play him more. You're seriously telling me you're giving Taylor more minutes than McGrady? Come on now. I think RA set McGrady up, he gave him so little minutes and refused to make them more just to frustate McGrady, make McGrady ask for more, and then blame him for being impatient and pushing things and breaking up the chemisty etc. Looks like it's all been planned just to make McGrady ask for a trade. At least I hope he's traded to a team where he'll actually get his minutes, and will be able to put up some good stats. Just to show everybody it wasn't him who couldn't play within the system. Even if what Adelman did was best for the team, he could've did it in a way which would be better for both the team and McGrady. Now he's just reducing McGrady's trading value, which not only means McGrady won't go to a good team, but we're also not going to get anything good in exchange for him. You asked for it. Tracy did work out hard to get back in game shape and help the team, but you didn't let him do so. But all his hard work will pay off in the team he's traded to. I wish him the best of luck.
All that McLady needed is just keep on working on himself. But, no! He's a drama queen, he's to good for that. Idiot. Poor-poor T-Mac fans. They are really believin', that he's an angel in a society of thousands demons.
