Steve Francis Interview(s) - did this strike anyone else?

My goodness, sometimes I feel I'm amongst a whole bunch of female members on this board. Seriously? You guys a complaining about Steve not praising T-Mac enough in his interviews? Are we back in High School or what? Because this really is on some childish stuff. Yall are reaching too hard trying to look for problems within the team.

 

Actually I don't care much about what Stevie thinks or even what TMac thinks about the 1st option thingy. The most important thing is to have Yao wholeheartedly thinking that he is the no. 1 option.

All along Yao has been saying weak stuff like:"No both TMac and I are the no. 1 options, no this is Stevie's team bla bla bla..." **** like that. That's why whenever during crunch time, he always falls back to the other star on his team. We don't want that. We want Yao to feel that he is the undisputed no.1 option, and that he is compelled to do something during crunch time. Then he'll bring us the championship.

 

You're probably only a big fan of Yao. Yao cannot do anything alone. He need Tracy and another players. I'm not sayin' Yao is weak but come on. It looks like Tracy's nothing, Francis' nothing and Yao is the whole team.

Sorry, but for me Yao isn't the no. 1 option on that team. I don't wanna Yao to think that he's the best and he can do everything he wants cause I won't bring anything good....

 

um he has to prove it, esp. in the playoffs. he has not shown he can be the clear-cut #1 option. last yr, 85% of the plays ran through tmac. we'll see what adelman does.

it's hard for yao to be the #1 option when he turns the ball over a lot and can't pass out of the double teams that well.

 

Lasy year JVG used T-Mac as a passer and Yao as a scorer. Noe Adelman will use Yao as a passer and T-Mac as a scorer...

 

90% of the b*tching about SF was uncalled for

People b*tched about SF when he was not even here
People here have an INSANE hatred of SF in some instances

Rocket River
"Don't Worry Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin

 

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watch this highlight. if teams will fear yao like they fear shaq and here and double shaq straight up and leave kobe blatantly whenever kobe is on the same side as shaq, then we will go to yao EVERY SINGLE TIME.

but when u don't draw that much double teams v. the jazz esp v. okur, it's very tough to say.

tmac was BOTH a passer AND scorer. he did too much esp. considering he was not in shape until january.

hopefully adelman will define his role into a simpler role. ala kobe -> just score.

 

exactly. He'll think just to score cause he'll have a lot of guys around him who can pass the ball and will play to make the game easier for him. He will not be a playmaker That's the biggest thing for me

 

Yao is key for the rockets success. That's why SF talks about getting yao involved and tmac says the exact same thing. He has to dominate for the rockets to even get close to a championship. Plus, everyone knows what tmac is and what he can do. Yao, is still improving and has yet to reach his full potential.

 

Because we have succeeded so well .. so far

Rocket River

 

I don't know why I answer these YOF post but...

Yao hasn't won us a championship.
Yao got his butt kicked by carlos boozer.
Unless Yao picks it up this season when it counts I'm ready to see what he is worth on the open market.

Oh ya... we have two championships without Yao already.

FYI from what I have seen Yao is NOT a leader so I wonder about the "lead us there" part of your post.

 

It's not a good idea to quote someone's interview and to make rumers like this. It's a boring topic...

 

don't think there is anything wrong with that. Yao is and will still be the first choice on the court. It will help to improve the offensive efficiency of the team. Couldn't think any coach not doing so.

 

I think that's good thing for SF3. It means he still keep his pride and competition spirit. And this SF3 is the one that we need. I don't think we need a timid SF3.

 

HaHa, I like this one. Too many only fans in the Rockets board.

 

I agree Yao can't be the #1 option until he gets his turnovers under control and learns to pass out of the post. T-mac is still our best option to take the game winning shot. His problem is he's got to embrace it like Kobe does. Do you think Kobe would pass the game winning shot to Chuck Hayes? Hell No! Mac has to want to be the hero or the goat and having SF, MJ, Scola, does not change this. If Mac or Yao can't handle being the goat or hero they can't lead this team.

Until Yao becomes truly dominant which he could, this team will go only as far as Mac will take them. Can Yao become the #1 option yes he can he's still improving and learning and he's close but he's still not there. That's the weakness of our team we have two guys who shy away from being the man. That's why having a guy like MJ was so crucial in the past. He wants the tough shot and he will not shy away from contact or pass the ball just to avoid shouldering blame for missing.

 

I don't worry about what Francis says. He's not always smart when it comes to saying things. But he's not a bad guy trying to stir things up. Nor is he a whiner. He has ego, yes. But he's not a locker room cancer. He just wants to win.

What I worry is his game. Can he play a flowing motion offense? Can he make quick and accurate decisions on the court? These are important things playing for Adelman. I do have doubt. But we'll see.

 

I KNOW, which is why I've been defending him throught this thread, and the past 3 years or so. I've seen the real uncalled for b****ing about Steve, this interview stuff wasn't even close to that.

Steve was giving out some very disconcerting soundbites. If he was going to be a SG on the team, I wouldn't care, but since he's going to be playing PG and thus directing a large portion of our offense, I found it very relevant. The sina interview that pyruen posted does relieve me somewhat though.

 

True, plus, accordingly, Steve and Yao are good buddies...

 

You just negated your own statement. How does him making it plain he didn't like it equate to him not sacrificing his personal game for the team? He did everything asked of him that year with JVG - he just has always had a big mouth and said dumb things. On the court, I can't even remember more than a handful of isolation plays all season as he consistently dumped the ball inside to Yao. This coming from the indisputed #1 option of the team for years before that.

His overdribbling does not stem from selfishness. It's just the fatal flaw of his game - he can't score in any other way. He can't shoot unless it's off his own dribble and he can't drive unless he has had a few dribbles to set up his rhythm. That doesn't mean he's selfish, it just means he has always been seriously flawed as a player in needing the ball for an X amount of time to even be effective.