The reason why we are not playing up to potential...

I don't do this often but I'll go ahead and pull a moestavern and say, "You, Mr. OP, are a moron". You further prove your lack of basketball intelligence by stating the reason why these Rockets aren't supposedly "playing up to potential" is because they need McGrady.

 

You gotta admit something happened though.

Our first game against the Mavs, we led by...what, 17? And we went on to lose that game...by 18?

That is almost a 40 point turnaround.

This game CAN'T be just about us losing confidence.

Everyone on this board should at least give McGrady a chance (even just one complete game) to see if he can still ball.

It can't be worse than how we're doing right now. And if it is, then it's only one game.

 

You know what REALLY happened? It wasn't Aliens; it wasn't the Mayans; it wasn't H1N1. It was *drums rolling*......



Anyone that's watched the Rockets in the past 3 years knows that Jason Terry gets more turned on playing the Rockets than getting his balls tickled by JJ Barea.

 

That was hilarious. T-Mac not a closer. Wow.

 

What are you talking about? The Rockets have EXCEEDED expectations so far. We are supposed to have the worst record in the West. I am very excited to watch the team right now.

 

then come back and say they are not playing up to potential when they FAIL to make .500...

Last time I checked, we are still way ahead of everyone's predictions?

 

It has nothing to do with us playing up to our potential. We are obviously playing better than anyone thought possible. That was just the OP's excuse to b**** about his man TMac not getting to play.

 

How do you criticize someone starting a thread about Tmac when you started the incredibly biased Tmac vs. Adelman direction of the franchise thread the other day. Even worse you turned it into a poll question where you knew no one would vote for Tmac.

Lets face it, every thread in here somehow finds its way to a Tmac bash/defend argument.

Also, arent you the one who pointed out a hundred times that Tmac and Stockton had the same surgery and Stockton was playing fine later that same year. Now you say other guys who have had microfracture surgery usually suck the following year so the team is protecting Tmac by not playing him even though he feels he is ready.

Im not saying Tmac is not without his faults. But he definitely has a skill set that would be beneficial to this team although I dont think it makes a huge difference. At this point, I think we are a mediocre team with or without him.

 

lol isn't this the guy who always bagged on McGrady during the offseason?

 

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Because while I would punch Stockton in the face if I met him, McGrady is nowhere near as good as Stockton, is nowhere near as hard of a worker as Stockton, has a far bigger injury history than Stockton did, and most importantly, depends far, far more on athleticism than Stockton ever did - Stockton was never an elite athletic player like McGrady.

What is a "successful season" then? We're not winning the championship with or without McGrady. For me, a successful season would be making the playoffs (which I think we can do without McGrady, but as he'll definitely be back by January, we have time), and giving the young guys development time, which letting them have more time instead of T-Mac.

 

We didn't play D on Terry and Thomas our 2nd group of Landry, Lowry, and Budinger were getting lit up. 50 pts by those 2 spells 31 pt blow out

 

Make all the assumptions you want. The people that have posted on here the longest knows that I don't jump on and off a bandwagon and I'll call it like how I see it.

Do you HONESTLY think that McGrady's still a star player? If so, how delusional can you be? Gilbert Arenas, who was a star player before his own surgery and rehab, is still struggling to get back to his star status after sitting out all of last season and parts of the season before.

No one here is arguing that this team needs a star player--the problem is that there are people on here like you that are delusion/in-denial to think that McGrady is still a star player. If anything, AT BEST (since you love capslock), when he comes back his career turns out to be like Grant Hill (superstar player, got injured, never got healthy, eventually gets healthy, becomes a solid role player).

I would love to hear your argument on anyone's argument on how Tracy McGrady is still a star player. I don't care if he's never stepped on the court this season. What he showed last season before mailing it in is enough for me. Why? Because if he's truly a star player you can rely on, he wouldn't have quit on his team. FYI, that wasn't the first time McGrady has quit on a team or his teammates.

 

bingo.

 

There's a difference between potential and expectation...

 

Do you think Yao can still be a star player after having major surgery or will he be like Zadrunas?

 

Usually expectation is higher than potential.