T-Mac: I can go out and be healthy and play through the whole playoffs"

I'll believe it when I see it.

This is my biggest Rocket concern and am surprised that it isn't talked about more. What is the biggest stretch Tmac has gone lately with out missing a game?

 

hooray! now if only yao could see some doctor in Waco, maybe John Patterson's friend, the super healer microfiber bone mender, then we'd be all set!

 

The only thing that matters is that he can play tomorrow against the Nuggets. Other than that, it remains to be seen.

 

I'm hoping that this will silence the "JVG sux cuz he overplays T-Mac" crowd, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

I was thinking the opposite, actually. They sat him out against Phoenix because his back tightened up from playing heavy minutes against Dallas.

I'm not one of the "JVG sux cuz he overplays T-Mac crowd" either. Just calling it like I see it.

 

Anybody have T-macs e-mail address.. I decided that I would like to win the lotto this time around so I need the numbers

 

"I can go out and be healthy and play through the whole playoffs"
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he played in the first 20 games. then he missed 7. he played in another 12 before missing pho.

he could very well be good for a playoff run, but the harder play may have an affect.

 

Good.

 

The more minutes he logs, the more concern the back will be. Since Yao went down, all of starters have been overplayed, especially Tmac. We were blowing away the Lakers last week and that game was long over in the 3rd, and JVG didn't take out Tracy and the other starters until like 2 mins left in the 4th.

JVG needs to widen the rotation, start playing Bonzi a lot more, to spelll tmac and put Snyder in when we need a liitle more size and athleticism on defense and on the glass instead of Luther, like in the Dallas game.

As far as t-mac missing the Phoenix game, I think it was a case of him playing a lot of mnutes in a tough game vs. Dallas, the back was a liitle tired, and they figurerd on a back-to-back with Phoenix, without Yao, it was not likely going to be a win anyway, so they might as well rest him.

I sure hope he can be healthy for the playoffs, especially the way he is playing now, and that he really raises his game and dominates in the playoffs like he has. With him and Yao, and the rest of the role-players, conidering the kind of D we play, and our ability to play halfcourt game, and have a dominant perimeter player, I couldn't see us losing a 7 game series to anybody but Phoenix, and maybe Dallas.

 

I like his attitude given that he played disappointingly (low FG and FT%) earlier this year while worrying about his back. TMac is the kind of player that needs to think he can dominate the game.

If it happens, it happens.

 

I hope JVG is listening. TMac clearly stated that he played too many minutes against Dallas.

 

IMO, TMAC does not really to log in a LOT of minutes to get the win.............as long as the others step up and help TMAC. I honestly think TMAC really wants to win and prove to everyone that we are contenders.....but he cannot do this himself.

In the Dallas game where he was clearly dominating offensively, we could have had a VERY BIG LEAD if the others have stepped up and took care of business while TMAC is resting.

just two cents from a rookie....

 

Talk is cheap. Didn't T-Mac say he was healthy before? It seems like T-Mac is worried about getting traded as he is always saying "I'm healthy!" Sorta like crooks saying I'm innocent when someone mentions a crime. I'm not saying T-mac is a criminal hehe... All I'm saying is that he can't predict what might happen later on...

 

I'm sorry, and I hate to call anyone out, but that is quite possibly one of the worst uses of analogy I have ever seen.

 

I know many would disagree but I believe the thought should be entertained that Tracy never play back-to-backs the rest of his career. The point of the season is to go through the playoffs and win a championship. Back-to-backs are not part of that process. Sure, there is risk in not making the playoffs but if the rest of the team has the ability to hold the forte, then why not sit out.

 

I wish the guy would just shut it up and play. I also wish people would quit asking him about it ALL of the time.

 

I'm not sure a team can develop enough of a chemistry when its star player is not part of the equation for so many games. And learning to gut it out on the back-to-backs helps teams learn how to win under duress, something teams need to figure out for the grind of the playoffs.

Personally, I don't have a lot of problem with T-Mac getting a lot of minutes despite his back troubles. They've been saying his back is not something that gets better with time, so both JVG and T-Mac need to figure out now if T-Mac can be counted on. If his back won't allow him to hack the pace right now, then I doubt it will in the post season, when things get really tough.

I'm not saying it's time for Plan B, cause I don't really know what is up with T-Mac's back. I'm not sure if he knows either, despite his positive attitude.
But on the other hand, this won't be solved by overly protecting T-Mac.