The Rockets will make all their major moves before training camp. Here's why.

Tmac should accept the fact that the rocket can win without him, so should his loyal fans.

 

However, the rockets passed the 1st round without Tmac!

 

Yes they did, but objectively Tracy was hands down their best closer and playmaker at the end of games (nobody else on the team comes close). Im a huge rockets fan and Im trying to be objective.

 

I truly believe Morey and the owner need to stop falling in LOVE with Tmac. Dude is not the same after the surgery and even if he's healthy...who's to say that he's going to make us better?? As I said before, when he's in the starting lineup...he completely change the way the Rockets run the team and defensively, they have too many holes.

It has also already been demonstrated that this Rockets team is more lethal, focus, efficient, you name it WHENEVER BATTIER and RON is in the lineup. And it is unbeatable when you have a Center that stop penetration and 2 premier defenders that can take care of the other team's main weapons. Offensively, we're actually more efficient without Tmac because the team is flowing better and everybody is contributing.

Yes we need a Tmac's talent, BUT we don't need a Tmac's heart and desire and lack of defense and motivation and a will to dominate the game. Tmac was never all of that...simply PUT, he does NOT FIT!! And it's time to get rid of him rather than falling in love and play the waiting game and see what happened.

If you keep waiting...well guess what, if Tmac is coming back and he changed the team in a negative way again...I can't blame if Yao want to leave and head to Cleveland because it's pretty understandable. I am sure his teammates don't want to say anything about getting rid of Tmac even if they don't like him or even if they want him gone because they don't want to create a problem. So what do you expect Ron or Yao is going to say about Tmac? Of course the usual nice thing, but it could also mean they don't mind gettin rid of him because the team is better without him. It's been proven in the Playoffs.

 

Honestly, I want the Rox to make a big move right away the draft..so we can just re-sign Artest immediately afterwards and we're set..

 

I think Tmac needs a type of attitude if he wants to continute to play as a rocket. He should think it's an honor to be a part of a great team, and play hard at the defense end, do some dirty works rather than thinking he is their best closer.

 

your logic is terrible. tracy is most likely going to be traded. but if he was "healthy," he has always helped this team. adelman and players have stated they missed his presence on the court in a lot of games.

 

they would have passed the first round if tracy was "healthy" enough to play too and left his emotional baggage at the door. read the bold part.

 

the only time tracy has failed to show up on a consistent basis was LAST YEAR (when he was injured all year). every other year, tracy has played his hearts out for the most part, esp. in the playoffs.

he'll do what he has to do if he's able to play. the question is, will he be able to play 65-70 games and be able to play on a consistent basis at a high level?

 

tracy last year was NEVER healthy or close to 50 or 60% in terms of health. but yet your whole post of him being "potentially healthy" was based on his play last year.

 

Again, 'would have', 'if', ...

 

ok then. when we lost to utah in 6, morey and les were still adamant about keeping tracy here. so his play was NOT the problem.

 

I am not sure you got my point or not...

All I said is that Tmac needs to be humble since the rockets can win without him...

 

Don't live in the past! You need to accept the fact the rockets passed the 1st round without him this year!

 

and didn't he sacrifice his game when he came back 2 years ago for our 22 game winning streak b/c the team played well without him then too? we only started to go to tracy more b/c yao was out.

 

yes they did. and they can be better with him if he comes back healthy (if he's not traded soon).

 

He did it with Head. Did it with bobby Jax. It's not as crazy as you think. Why would he have to mend anything with Tmac? If tmac is done and he's being shopped then he's not playing here anymore, right? They would sit hi down if a trade didn't happen and just wait out his contract. There's no reason for Morey to kiss his a$$ after they decide they're done with him.

what negotiation position does he have? If anything he's creating less opportunities by saying he's not shopping him. If you come out and say it, then you're going to get a lot more offers, which would be the point if they truly wanted tmac gone, right?

 

exactly, some fans think Houston just wants to get rid of tmac and has lost all hope...it seems like they believe more in tmac than anybody else..

 

Aagin, again, ...