Image, shmimage...there is one fact that has always remained true. Winning cures all. Remember Dream? People were startin to dog on him pretty darn good. Then he happens to go off and lead the team to a couple of rings. He's held in the highest regards around here now. Can McGrady do that? Sure, he *can*. Will he? Probably not likely, but shoot, I hope so. Now for ticket sales reasons, sure they might care about his image. Tickets sales are the same too though. You put a winning product out there, people will show up, period. Well, that's what I think anyway, haha
I kinda took Morey's statement as whether or not Yao is able to return, but who knows all he said was "may be over". Resigning McGrady for 10 million is a steal, Id personally prefer 7-9 million, but ten is ok. I still think they should pick up the phone and offer Battier/Scola for Boozer/NY pick, with an extension clause on Boozer. While I don't particularily like Boozer as a person, our starting five in 2010 would be VERY strong, particularily with Brooks a bit more seasoned. I think this gives us the best shot at a ring over the next few years.
DD, i'm going to say that tracy will be on the rockets longer than shane. Tracy isn't going anywhere at the trade deadline. I am also going to say after the smoke clears, tracy will be resigned here also.
I think you're exactly right. I only care about TMac's image as long as it makes him play in a way that benefits the team. He needs to win, and he wants to win. Winning cures all is exactly right.
If it were me DD, tracy and yao would be gone. I think unless you get more dynamic players mixed in, this will be a team that will win enough to lose. Do I think the rox can win a title with a healthy yao and tracy? No, but if brooks keeps getting better and ariza gets better and if they can get another dynamic guy at the 4, I think they can have make it happen.
I tend to agree with a lot of that, but I also think Les has hitched his wagon to Yao for as long as he wants to play and Tmac is the odd man out, IMO. DD
Man, les loves tracy as if he was his own son, for real. Tracy has a act up card via les and he knows it. Why? 2 yrs with yao missing and he led the team to the playoffs. He's also a good guy off the court and les values that also. Do I agree? No, I think you should make the best on court basketball decisions but les is different. I hope my guy is wrong, but he is so close and he's never been wrong thus far.
I hear ya, we will know by February, if it goes beyond that, it will mean the Rockets intend to sign him. DD
You trade him Cabby. The Rockets would be wasting time in rebuilding in my opinion. Not a coplete rebuilding process because we have some pieces, but we need to persue that star. Let's face it, even if T-Mac comes back healthy, I don't think he will be a star caliber player after 2 seasons.
Cab - for me there is no choice at all, you trade him for the best possible package whatever that is at the deadline (hopefully young fast legs and long arms and maybe a draft pick), Now what would the rockets do, they are like a drug addict sibling, you believe them when say they clean and you believe them start to help them, you spend time with them, let them babysit the kids and after a while you make the big step of lending them some cash for something well meaning like a home loan and of course they then go spend it on it on more drugs, or maybe even starting their own meth lab... the rox will re-sign him to an extension....... (maybe even before the deadline LOL) and the rest is history, well a repeat of history.....
Before comparing T-Macs comeback season to Dwade's previous season, has anybody considered the age difference? Wade was 26 last season coming back from his injury and McGrady is 30 now. McGrady also has 12 seasons of wear and tear vice Wade's 6.
Yep, just like they're going to pay yao until his feet fall off. I'm all for the rebuild, but for some reason, management wants to prolong the pain. The gap between their good old players and their good young players is pretty big. I'm going to stay with it, but I'm trying to get people ready to brace for the yao-mcgrady show for yrs to come.
A max level deal is obviously too much to pay for Tracy and Yao. If they both sign at half their current salary, it's not such a bad move.
I'll rather keep McGrady and Yao BOTH around 10 million a year and get another superstar next to them. I'm only willing to sign McGrady around 10 million a year.
lee...i was still curious about what you meant by tracy only missing 2-5 games. was that from the start of the season that you were referring to?
What I'm saying is the knee has been bothering him awhile as well as the shoulder. Not that i agree, but he made a career decision last year. If he misses any time next year, it will be the first week, thats it. So when i say 2-5 games, that what first week in the nba equals. Now if he lands wrong or something else during the season thats something else, but as far as the surgery and stuff, he's going to be back and really ready for training camp.
that's great news .. But Lee.. isn't this too optimistic ? I mean. I heard that recovering from Microfracture is a complex task and symptoms can often be misleading.. For instance.. Feigan had this to say in his blog.. not that he is a doctor. but stil "They cannot predict when he will be back on the court, no matter how well things have gone through the early stages of his rehab in Chicago. He seems committed and determined, but coming back from microfracture surgery is tough and unpredictable. Many of the other guys whose struggles were pretty committed and determined, too. That is required to succeed; it does not guarantee it or determine the timetable."
