T-Mac out 3 weeks (UPDATE: Audio from Rick Adelman)

Well yes, he's been drama queen

But actually that is why he is taking 3 weeks off, not only one. He wants to make sure he is READY when he comes back.

 

When did T-Mac get his own medical degree? Because if the goal is to get a healthy T-Mac then maybe T-Mac should be sticking to what the doctors told him to do rather than making it up as he goes along?

 

he just said 3 weeks "to be safe." nobody knows if he's out for 3 weeks. that's his estimation right now.

if after a week and his rehab goes fine, he could be back. or 2 weeks. i think he said 3 weeks so the team has a timetable to go forward without him.

adelman has said this year that monitoring tracy's minutes really messes up his entire rotation.

so he gave the team a timetable. they can go forward without him. when he's back, no need to monitor his minutes that much and the team can gel as best as it can.

 

And again what difference does it make if it's three weeks or two weeks? McGrady's making it up as he goes along, it's got nothing to do with the actual advice he got from a doctor.

 

ok ok ok.

so tracy made this decision himself so he can be as healthy as he can be.

you have a problem with that. ok. we get it.

the team supports him. he says he's going to be ready to go by the end of this month.

 

everyone i think need to just calm down....it is really early in the season so we will be fine as long as yao stays healthy.....Tracy will be there in the end the one everyone needs to worry about is Yao

 

Well yes I agree. Tracy will be there when he is needed. Those 3 weeks are really nothing, especially with pretty easy schedule. Let's only hope he will really come back healthly

As for Yao, yeah, it is a big concern. But hopefully he will overcome this

 

If Yao is out now for while, he will be also fine during playoffs.

 

What I really have a problem with is that he's been cleared to play and yet he's disagreeing with the professionals so that he can take himself out of games. I don't think I'm the only one having a problem either, given that T-Mac injury ticker at the Chronicle.

 

...*sigh* That's ganna be the last time i will be trusting T-mac.... So when he come back i hope he show some result after hes god damn rest...

 

3 weeks is not a big deal, or so I hope. But it sets a bad example, when the leader of your team (ok, maybe not leader per se, but the highest paid player on your team) decides to take however much rest he wants simply because he doesn't like his performance.

What if Yao decides that he needs two months to rehab to get back to 100% since he's been sucking right now? That's the truth after all, isn't it. I know Yao would never do that, but you get the picture.

 

he's "always" been cleared to play. he's not injured. that's why he played to start the season.

so he can play in the past 3 games if he wanted to. but he's clearly limping/hobbled and he doesn't want to play like that. that's basically the ultimate reason.

tracy wants to play when he feels he's not being bothered by the knee anymore and he can help the team to the best of his ability.

that's all it is. you, among other posters, want him to play b/c the doctors clear him to play, regardless if he's limping or not.

me, and a few posters, want him to play when he's ready to play to the best of his ability. when i next see him play, i don't want him to limp around, be a liability on defense, and just stand be a jumpshooter. i want him to make plays, finish an alley-oop...

that's all.

 

Oh jeez, for real. If people think he's faking...he couldn't finish an oop. Come on man...for someone you guys say has to be cool and look good. you think he's fake getting hung on an oop to prove he's hurt? The limping was enough proof. That was just more proof.

 

if people have league pass or watch the away commentary, EVERY game when we had other guys commentate on our games (either ESPN, TNT, or away games), they ALWAYS say tracy's def. not healthy and limping all over the place.

remember that clippers' guy, even he said tracy needed to sit out b/c he looked "awkward" even walking up the court.

those were from "biased" analysts b/c they are paid by the other team. and even they defended tracy for his play b/c they knew he didn't look right.

and yet we have guys on this team saying he should play b/c the docs told him to play. YES HE CAN PLAY, but he's not gonna help the team much. sure some nights he feel good, he'll play well. more often than not, the knee acts up and he'll play bad. that puts a conundrum on the team not knowing what tracy will step up, and minutes will be spread around differently...

why not let him rest? get a hold of his knee. when he comes back, he'll play normal minutes with his normal responsibilities. that will allow others to get into their roles easier, including artest.

 

No, I want him to play because what the doctors suggested as therapy is for him to play. That's the point--playing won't delay T-Mac's recovery or hinder it. According to the doctors he saw he should play himself back into shape as a way of regaining his strength and conditioning. Additionally the big three will get more floor time with each other.

 

Interesting, one guy, 23 pages of passion

 

But if he can play in practice and rehab (ie. not take it easy) while not being a detriment to the team on the court in games that count, is that not ok? he's still following doctor's orders which is basically to use the joint to build strength in it. What does it matter in what manner he goes about that?

 

how is the big 3 having time will be good when they're not properly playing their roles? tracy right now is not able to do 70-80% of his duties on offense. just b/c you're on the court together doesn't mean you'll get better together. they'll only get better when tracy, yao, and ron play together when they play their "roles." and tracy can only do that when he's fully healthy.

so that's fine that you want him to play. i'm sure other fans do too.

but i want him to play when he can contribute to the best of his ability (that means fully resume playmaking and not defer to even rafer), rebound, scoring around curls, in the post, off the dribble. he can't do any of that even if he plays. i don't want that tracy b/c that hinders a lot of our gameplan and adelman.

 

I wouldn't be as concerned except that he missed just about all of preseason too. How many games have the big three actually been on the floor together? Not enough time to mesh and learn each others' games.

 

At the very least he could be out there playing with Yao and Artest, practicing how to play with Yao and Artest.

There's also the issue of whether or not he'll be game ready when he gets back from his self-imposed three week exile or if he'll be rusty.