Tmac just walked out of the press conference crying - we should stop hating

I just find it disgusting that some of you are so eager to dismiss yao. I have said time and time again that we needed to play zone. But JVG refused to play it and ended up getting burned... so much being a defensive coach. Did you see how Nellie managed to mix in the zone and man to man defense to contain Dallas?

I thought Yao played a pretty good game in the 4Q. That was the way he was playing prior to his injury and in the second half of last year. Both of our stars didn't step up enough to finish the game. Tracy should of drove more towards the end in the penalty, especially when we were in the bonus - there was a sequence where we were tied and T-mac decided to pull of two jumpers in a row. Also if we had gotten our hand on one of those rebounds, we would of come out victorious, and at least one of them was Yao's fault, but I could count two where it was a long rebound and it was really anyone's game. You really don't expect Yao to outrun Boozer to the 3pt line do you?

Our team is simply just not good enough. Its really as simple as that. Yao, is not back to his pre-injury form, whereas T-mac is just not as dominant as he use to be. With that in mind, we need everyone contributing and our role players fell way short.

Don't forget, T-mac was playing passively for a good 4 games too. Just because he raised his efforts for the last 3 games or so, doesn't dismiss the fact that he was at fault then. Both our superstars should share the responsibility. For people that fault one or the other, you should be ashamed of yourself. Stand behind your team, and be optmistic that it can only get better from here.

 

You sir are a brilliant poster.....play a zone you say....BRILLIANT !!



DD

 

The era of the bigman is coming to an end.

it's all about smaller, faster, more athletic players. They can swarm a big guy.


TMAC needs more help. The Rockets were a joke in the playoffs, because there is only 1 thing you have to do to defeat this team. Contain TMAC.

Yao isn't going to beat you. The bench isn't going to beat you. Rafer...Shane...Hayes... aren't going to beat you. It's TMAC. He gets the team going.

 

Wow - that is uncharacteristic of you Sam.

DD

 

We definitely need to look for another playmaker for next season. The team relies on him to create everything offensively. We could have used a Mike James or Stevie Franchise.

 

If T-Mac is smart, he should borrow a page from his friend Shaq and ask the management to replace the coach long time ago. Shaq did it 2 times to bring PJ to Lakers and the return of Riley to Heat.

Instead, he's hoping the weak link be back next season. No sympathy for him.

 

Just like Dallas? Right.

The man was exhausted trying to play 2 positions, without help from the bench, and with poor play from the rest of the starters at the worst possible times. I don't blame McGrady as much as I blame everyone else associated with the team.

 

We needed a Kobe-like game from Tracy to advance and he just didn't have it in him.
We need one more scorer and a new up tempo coach and we'll be good to go.

 

T-Mac is definately our best player. Yes Yao fumbled too much didn't rebound well or block even shots, but it was a good learning experience for both players. Our role players suck and yes we need a third scorer big time nobody else is reliable. We need to get more athletic, we just got out coached and utah is a smart team, and you cannot make mistakes against them.

 

I feel awful for T-Mac. He brought it almost every night. He was the reason we won game 5. He didn't fold last night, not even in the 4th quarter when he took two jump shots instead of driving.

He did fold in game 6 a bit, so he deserves some blame for that. But T-Mac makes those huge jump shots half the time. When Fisher or Harpring, or someone significantly smaller than him is on him, he should just rise and shoot over them. It is why Kobe has success against smaller guards. T-Mac makes those shots a lot of the time, and it has brought him success throughout the year, and his whole career. If he had made them and shown that that extra weapons was working for him, he would have carried this team up another level.

People bashed T-mac for saying it's on him. Why? Other people were saying it before the playoffs even started. People would say "T-mac has never lead a team out of the first round. Until he does that, he isn't really one of the greats."

T-Mac got carried up in that and believed the hype. So he comes out and says that it is his responsibility. As soon as he says what everyone else was saying all along, people start dogpiling on him.

T-Mac came through for the Rockets again and again all season(carried the team with Yao down for 32 games) and earlier in the playoffs. He gave us a great shot at winning tonight. He had scoring, assists, blocked shots, great defensive plays.

It isn't T-Mac's fault near the end of the game the Rockets couldn't grap a rebound. The Jazz got offensive rebound after offensive rebound, and that is what gave them the shots they needed to win.

 

EXACTAMUNDO!!!!!!!!!!

 

They tought it would be a great pretty easy series. We won 2 games and we were so confident. Utah knew it would be a hard, long series for them so they preparde themselfs for a tough series....and we did not do that.

 

It was not T-Mac netheir Yao fault. Their supporting cast did not show up again except Shane. Adn they have a coach that did not know how to win in the post season.

 

Bingo
Yo T-Mac . . .get on the wieghts so you can get touch like Kobe
and can take the punishment in the paint

wait. .that would require intense training in the off season

Rocket River

 

fyi, he has been bashing yao for quite some time.

 

T-Mac did train extensively in the off season. He put in the work to get leaner so it would be better for his back.

 

again i don't think his back problems will be major. patterson i think really helps him b/c it's a regular treatment. and if he does have a back spasm, which he did this yr patterson cured it in a day. so it's not a big problem.

again, tmac has NO offseason last yr to start the yr. therefore, he nevr got in shape. he never got into a rhythm going into the season.

so after the injury, he basically picked up and ball and played. no practice or hone his individual skills.

even if he's traded to anywhere, i believe next yr will be his best yr. the yr he will go back to first team all-nba.

 

There's no crying in basketball...but seriously, this just shows how much he wants to win...This lose will make him stronger...Should he shoulder all the blame, no, but most...He didn't come through...If we think we can win with Rafer at the point, we're sadly mistaken....

 

u cannot play zone against this team. they have too many shooters. u play zone against a bad shooting team like denver, lakers, or cavs. but not v. utah. the were on FIRE the last 3 games shooting 47%+

yes tmac didn't really put it on until game 5. so he's partly to blame.

but i dont blame yao for his effort. i never question his effort. i was just frustrated how the guy gets owned like that on BOTH ends, a guy who we all think is the best center (which is not really a compliment) and a superstar.

he didn't draw that double team tmac needed. he didn't put fear in the other team's frontline like we needed. he turned the ball over more than wade/AI on their worst days. he let milsap controlled him and so on.

that's what frustrating me. yao tries but it seems like he just can't get over the hump to literally dominate a team like a great center should. if shaq faced this single coverage. if hakeem faced his singel coverage. hell, even if david robinson on his declining days faced this single coverage.

i'm pissed b/c yao did this VERSUS SINGLE COVERAGE most of the time.

 

the funniest thing is that one of OUR OWN poster was the one that asked the questions, mattj

which btw, I don't blame you, it wasn't a question like "so, you lost, is it on you???" It was a basic question on how the game was, thats it.

I understand how it could be emotional, hell after the game I was pretty emotional along with the Rowdies. Its a long offseason and we'll see how it pans out.