You know what seperates a winner from a loser? Ask all the players that joined Miami after Shaq went there. You know Payton, Alonzo, heck Wade would of never won anything either. Karl Malone tried to do it by joining the Lakers and Barkely tried it by joining the Rockets.
Wrong premise. T-mac standing there in offense, instead of making off-ball movements like Luther, Shane and Bonzi did when he was injured, makes our offense stagnant. And I hate to see him keep making contested jum-shots. It is awful.
I agree. The guy just stands there thinking he's going to be able to take his man with ease or jump over him like in his prime, but he can't, I don't think he gets that, until he doesn't adapt to his diminished physical abilities he's going to be what he is.......a clog in the wheel. Sadly he's going to keep us from surrounding Yao with the right players. We are going to waste the talent that Yao is............... sad.
I was gonna mention it, his fts were beautiful tonight, pure nets. He must have been practiced on it.
Uh, he's not 100%. He was pretty much doing whatever he wanted to during the first parts of the season.
I don't think it's realistic to expect that T-Mac's going to look as good as he did in the first part of the season. From what I understand that knee injury he's got doesn't go away unless you sit for a couple of months. T-Mac is clearly in that part of his career where his physical gifts are starting to diminish. If he wants to enjoy success he's going to have to accept that and compensate for it.
great analysis Blake, maybe a little pro-TMac , but a good analysis...During the game a lot of users here said that T-Mac were playing sooo bad, someone contest the fact that he didn't dunk hard ...he didn't have a great game but who was playing well except of Battier, Scola and Caaaaaaaaarl Landry??? Stop hating, stop TOF and YOF until we reach a playoff spot
i dont agree BLAKE , you only described the situation that T-MAC handle the ball ,shoot ,pass ,penetrate (and your 'good' criteria are in favour of T-MAC)...but it isnt the whole game , the match should include your move when you were off the ball ,your hustle ,your energy ...that data cant express ,meanwhile ,T-MAC's defence of yesterday's game was absolutely bad ,if you deny it ,i must say the love for T-MAC mask your eyes. but , i am touched by your effort ! really ! some t-mac's fans are so lovely and loyal ,if only t-mac had effort like you ! SALUTE TO YOU . BTW,the last pass of t-mac to Alston is very very very bad ! 1,the pass itself was too late 2,you cant get the ball easily ,indeed ,Alston miss the ball. 3,even Alston got the ball ,he cant attack the rim ,he isnt yao ,isnt landry ,it was a bad selection . 4,it was crunch time ,you pass the ball to Alston ? a turnover in crunch time is insufferable.
So being able to draw double teams and leave a man open to work or relieve the pressure of Yao is not a good thing? Since when mcgrady and ball boy comparison come into mind? You have a wierd way of figuring things out.
Yea, great job. When I watch the game. I feel tmac try very hard to do his job. even his long range bad jumpers, I think he think he can make them. He do once ally oop with Rafer, not finished but great, I love it. He do more catch and shot than before, great sign. He lowered his ball handle time. right direction. We should know this, he is still not 100% yet and he do not play with his teammates for a while. give him time, I belive that he will figure out. He is so talented basketball player. In this game, if we played head, I do feel head>Tmac, but for clutch time, when we really need someone to make it, that's the Tmac.
TMac definitely helps this team. The question is: Is the value he is adding to the team really worth $20 million? I don’t think so. With that kind of money we are expecting super start production and he is really not performing close to that level. That is why fans are disappointed with his performances. I think a $10 million guy will be better to have at this point in his career.
Good analysis, Blake. As tired as I am of seeing Tmac pretend he's the player he once was, it's also nice to see that the opponent also still thinks he's the player he once was and doubles him to leave others open.
I agree that that is the real question, not whether Tmac is a plus or not (he is a big plus). The other related question is raised in an insightful post by Clutch: Tmac's effect on Alston, and by extension on how the offense is run. "Rafer shooting badly? That's career long. The assists being down with T-Mac in is real though ... and sadly predictable. Not his fault either, in my opinion. T-Mac slows the game down and runs the halfcourt. Rafer's role goes back to being more of a spot-up shooter." http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=3420751#post3420751
I think this game clearly showed why Tmac is a superstar. Even he had a bad shooting night, he still can help the team win.
ask most coaches, sometimes the guy that doesn't get the assist creates the play. u hear most announcers say it, esp. hubie brown. blake is right here.
If it were Kobe or Lebron itd be 40 good plays, 2 neutral, 0 bad and itd be 1 bad play every 7th game. McGrady is CLEARLY not playing to his capability...
That may be true, but it seems like the tmac fans are going out of their way to give him "good" marks. If you're going to give him props for passing out of a double team, that means you're looking at his game through a microscope. If thats the case, penalize him for making a late pass. Or a pass thats too hard that the receiving player cant catch. Or a pass thats too low or too high. Or when he takes a leisurely jog down the court instead of hustling. Or when he gets beaten on defense.
