Hi! I just want your opinions on whether TMac will share the ball enough since we've seen that SS can average around 17ppg and Yao can much more and there are other newcomers that shot the ball much more in the past. I think that his ppg average will go down this year and I wonder if he would be OK with it.
It seems that PPG leaders do so because they don't have others on the team that score easily. The team usually runs the offense through them because there is nowhere else to go on a regular basis. The Rox seem to have quite a few scoring options this year when they can hit their shots. Last night JHo had alot of open shots, but hecouldn't hit any. Others including DA and Stro stepped up. Yao seems to be able to score nearly at will and David Wesley is really coming around with his shot. I have to admit I thought he was done, but it looks like I was wrong.
I fully expect both T-Mac's minutes and points to go down this year. It will be very disappointing otherwise. 41 mpg again is just too much, especially considering our powerful roster.
I don't think that his ppg necessarily has to go down. If Stro averages 17 ppg, it's not because he's taking away points from anyone else on the court. He gets the majority of his points through fast breaks and dunks. If he's getting 17 of those a night, I'm guessing that simply means the Rockets are scoring more points rather than T-Mac's statistical production dropping. That being said, to answer the original question, there is no doubt in my mind that if T-Mac's stats do decline, but the team is winning, he's not going to mind at all. He's dying to shed the perception that he's not a winner. He'll gladly sacrifice points to do that.
Agreed. If Swift scores around 12 ppg, that will be very good. He is not going to play much more than 30 mpg with Howard healthy. He will probably be the fourth option in set offense. He'll score most of his points in fastbreaks and dump offs. Our scoring will go up when the team jells well. If McGrady's scoring is reduced, it's not because of more sharing of the ball, but because of reduced PT. I really want to see his minutes go down to the 36 mpg range in the regular season.
Well, naturally, his averages will decline due to the fact that we have more talent, and due to the fact that it would be much preferable (to me at least) if T-Mac paces himself through the season so that once in the playoffs, he can be healthy enough to layeth the smacketh down on opponents. i would be very happy if Yao scores more, Stro scores more, DA scores more, and everyone else about stays the same, while T-Mac finally doesn't have to carry the entire load by himself and Yao doesn't need to overload himself. This is a good problem to have...
Yeah OK, but does reduced ppg even make him MVP candidate, since there is much more talk around TMac being MVP (candidate) this year?
I don't think T-Mac's ppg will decline much if at all. Our team will probably be more efficient overall, with our increased talents he will likely face less double teams, meaning higher shooting percentage despite shooting less. -G'day-
i think they will be similar to last year's. around 25 ppg, but i do expect 7 assists a night though, he has some terrific options this year, and he has the passing ability to average that. overall 25 ppg, 7 apg, 6.5 rpg 45% fg, 34% 3pt
26PPG, 7APG, 7 RPG, 2.5 STLS, 1 BLK, 1.8 TO, 47%, 39% 3pt, 14 game clinching plays (made shots, blocks, steals or defensive plays at the end of 4th qtr)
I am really worried about that tendinitis of his, he's had it in the latter part of last season, and I thought the rest over the offseason would make that problem better, but here we are before the season even starts and he's already in pain because of kness tendinitis
