i think thats good that hes realizing that he cant rely on his athleticism anymore. i mean dont get me wrong, i loved him dunking and going to the line every game, but if he could make better decisions with the ball, like say better mental game he'll imo be a more complete player. im glad its only been 5 games into the season and dont forget that we have so many more games left. at least hes not injured, he's just not shooting very well, aka mentality.
I agree! based on the article Tmac's mentality about his game is very low and not where it should though he is being honest but it is a discouraging thought. If he keeps putting himself down mentally he will not have good games or have games like he's been having so far. Its all about mental preparedness.
Exactly. The fact that Tmac is making all of his personal and emotional problems public is just worrisome to me. At this point you'd think Tmac has enough experience to realize that it's better to just be head strong and work through your problems rather then use them to try to justify your bad play. There's little doubt in my mind that if Tmac would just man up and play, he'd be just as dominant as he was in 04-05. I think right now it's pretty obvious that for whatever reason he's holding back. The injuries from last year must've gotten to his head and caused him to decide to only give us 50% (if that) a night. Or, maybe He's really taking his body into consideration and holding back during the beginning of the season just to save himself. We'll all just have to wait and see if he decides to "turn it on" or if something really has gotten to him that's made him become a mediocore role player.
I think its fine if T-Mac wants to give the Rockets 50% ONLY if the Rockets can pay him 50% of his salary. I feel like he's just making excuses for his present lousy play and probably his future lousy play. Maybe if we start making trade rumors he'll take his game up a notch. So how bout' the Rockets trade T-Mac, a lot of cash, and Bonzi Wells for Luol Deng and and Ben Gordon?
Why would we trade an All-Star for the Sixth Man of the Year? Besides, look at Steve Francis, look at the fair salarys on 82games.com. If every player were paid according to their worth, the GMs will go crazy.
Correction. T-Mac WAS an all-star. He has to earn that title again in my book because his performance is well below the bar.
making the playoffs in the eastern conference is a piece of cake, now the west conference is different story.
Correction. his performance IS well below the bar. not will be in the future so no need to trade an All-star.
It is all in his head.....his confidence is shot right now.....marriage does that to you .......look at Tiger Woods.....it just takes a while to discover that you are still a Man..... Come on Tmac.....be a man...... DD
Doesn't look like T mac is in tip top shape yet. Looks like he's got a double chin I hope when he get back in shape, he will get his game back. Now it's just painful to watch when he put up bricks after bricks. But at least we don't need to soley rely on T mac's scoring ability to win games anymore. He's looking good out there as a 6-8 point guard!
I just don't get it. The Rockets are 5-2, with 5 road games. They have delivered decisive beatings to the Heat and to the Mavs, last year's finalists. They have had 2 sell-outs at TC. Their offensive game is better with Yao, a scoring machine, and their defense is better with Battier and Hayes. And all you guys do is b****! Man, if you can't enjoy the Rockets this year, then you would be miserable in a brothel with a pocket full of hundreds. TMac IMO is playing superbly. He knows the team belongs to Yao, unlike Kobe with Shaq. He is still drawing the double team and dishing out assist after assist. Eventually, once the defenses know that TMac's court vision and passing prevents help-out defense, he will take his guy off the dribble.
He has to earn that title becuase he's played poorly over a seven-game stretch? GMAB. I don't understand what it is about people that makes them trash their favorite team's players. Perhaps Z-Boy would care to enlighten us.
Yeah it's your opinion, but if this is not a staple of TOF/MOF/MaCOF, I don't know what is. At worst YOFs might try to find some sorry ass excuses for their man after Yao had a bad game or a string of bad ones, but no YOF would still claim Yao was playing *superbly*. Even if it only means to do it for your idol, have some humility. That's a good thing.
I will be honest and admit that I'm probably more a fan of McGrady than I am the Rockets, but I don't think he's playing superbly. I've seen McGrady at his best, and this isn't even close to what he's capable of. It's extremely dissapointing to see him pass up shots that even last season he wouldn't have thought twice about. That said, I don't he's playing poorly, either. He is playing a nice "floor game," attacking the defense, penetrating, creating shots for his teammates. Tracy had complete control of the game for the final five or six minutes, when he and Yoa were working together off the pick-and-role. The Heat had no answer for that. Granted, McGrady will need to much more than this if the Rockets are to contend for a championship, but for the moment, he isn't hurting the team with his play. I'm not happy about saying that by any stretch, but as long the Rockets are winning, I would hope people would limit their whining. He will start to score more regularly as his confidence returns. One thing that I am encouraged by is his willingness to penetrate, which he seems to be doing more of than he was last season. I'm not sure if this is an objective assesment of his play at this point, but I thought I'd share my perspective on his progress this season.
TMac is playing superbly? how could you get that conclusion? He has to improve his poor shotting if this team want to get to final. 6-18 is unacceptable for any NBA player. Plus, TMac has 0-0 FT. He didn't contribute his whole energy into that game. Hopefully he could get better very soon
I lookt at it differently. I think Tracy has to take advantage of the ability to play one on one with the way Yao has been playing so well forcing double teams. i also think the offense really doesn't help in that he gets the ball so far from the goal to make a move. Its early and he's traditionally a slow starter. On the other hand, look at the fa's that yr his contract expires. Start with Wade.LeBron,Anthony and Bosh. If Yao is still playing at a high level, why wouldn't one of those guys want to come play with Yao and try to win titles?
I will admit that my criticism of Mcgrady is based entirely on the unrealistic expectations that I had (and to a certain degree, still have) for him: 13 points in 33 seconds. There's something really special about the way he plays. I was too caught up in expecting that every night now that he's "healthy," that I wasn't paying attention to the other areas in which he plays with the same magic. I think the Rockets are doing great.
My definition of superbly is that he is doing what he needs to do to see that the team has a chance to win every game. Right now his shooting is off, so he has refocused on assists and on bringing the defense to him and then hitting the open guy. It's working isn't it? Or maybe you think 5-2, with 5 games on the road, and wins against the Mavs and Heat is bad? You guys remind me of a guy that wins millions in the lottery and then b****es about having to pay taxes. The team is Winning. What part of that upsets you? And if 6-18 is unacceptable, I guess if you were a Heat fan you would bust the chops of DW. His shooting percentage for last night was almost the same. Just whine, moan, and complain - that seems all you guys enjoy doing.
What I can tell is that Wade has a much better GF so far. He is shootting more than 45%. TMac is not in Wade's level yet this season. So you think 6-18 is acceptable? this wouldn't make us to the final for sure. BTW, you are too sensitive, most of fans here want to see TMac to improve his shooting soon in order to get a better team and achieve our goal winning the champ, that doesn't mean they hate on him.
