I'm gonna continue to blame him if our team fail to get into the second round this season. www.blametracy.com
It's not his fault! T-mac at his best was the same level as Lebron and Kobe. and I BELIEVE that our team can get into the 2nd round. even without T-mac...
Gotta love the fact that the people railing on McGrady for coming to shootaround would have been the same ones using his absence to score points about his 'apathy' for the team. Let's get Corey Maggette though.
Absolutly, a highly efficient scorer and someone who moves off the ball, glad to see you are finally figuring out how the game of basketball works. Took you long enough. DD
In absurdity, this is reminiscent of your v-span diatribes where you infamously envisaged him as the great 'leader' this team was lacking. I don't think I've ever seen anyone apply selective labeling to the degree you are accustomed to taking it.
Did you seriously just call Maggette an efficient player? I guess shooting 20% from three is efficient. Corey Maggette makes Rafer Alston look like Reggie Miller.
Nice attempt at a diversion, and with stuff I never said....Vspan a leader...come on now...I said he could develop and that Rafer sucked, at least be accurate. Mirror mirror on the wall..... A career 45% shooter who is shooting 46% this year. I find some severe irony in people that claim Maggette is a ball hog but defend McGrady, I mean come on.... Basketball 101 is being able to put the biscuit in the basket, Magette is pretty darned good at that, and moves off the ball a lot. Neither he, nor McGrady are all that good on D....to me Maggette fits better on this team than Tracy...just my .02...though.... DD
You say tmac is selfish??? wow, its hard to back that up, considering he had his best assist years in Houston, that went up even more in the playoffs...just simply amazing how the Tmac hate continues on...and all this stemmed from him being at a shootaround not even playing...just simply amazing.
T-mac on the bench supporting the team? i like it. he needs to get use to riding the bench ,cause thats were he's going to to be next season as the 6TH man! As far as him rehabing, i'm pretty sure he's not sitting at home eating doritos. If he doesnt fully recover he could always buy season tix and sit with stevie!!! SCOLA FINALS MVP!!!!!
Everywhere he has played, he has been called selfish, if you dominate the ball and he does, then yes, he can be considered selfish. I think his STYLE of play is selfish, he NEEDS the ball, and that makes the team EASY to guard. I prefer a more team oriented approach where anyone can be the scorer, or anyone can be the passer.....it is a better approach to winning basketball, especially in the playoffs. You will see....you will see.....and it is not hate, it is just I have more love for the Rockets and winning than I do for watching Tmac stand around with the ball. DD
JVG designed the offense totally around Tmac's game, give him the ball and get out of the way. That is one of the main reasons JVG was fired, and the Rockets constantly failed under him. It is a system destined to fail......personally, I am glad both JVG and TMac are now gone.... I prefer a more team oriented approach to basketball. DD
If that's the case then Artest is selfish and so is Yao. Yao and Artest are ball stoppers also. Yao gets the ball and stops it which makes the team real easy to guard. I'm sure everyone knows you dislike McGrady but leave the guy alone. Its crazy how the guy hasn't played for basically 2 months and yet is getting hammered for attending a shoot around. LOL. Is this the way of guys showing their love in saying we miss you McGrady.
The FATER with most posts on a McGrady thread? Usually when I hate someone I ignore them, whining about that person to all my friends and family makes me look like a b!tch.
Well, in his defense, in Orlando and his first 3 years in Houston, who else was going to create for the team??? Doc Rivers, Johnny Davis, and Jeff Van Gundy all told Tmac the offense has to go through him. He was by far the best playmaker on each team. I know a team is easier to guard when its only one or two guys who dominate the ball, but what choice did Tmac have? Let Rafer and Jacque Vaughn make plays for everybody?? Give Pat Burke the ball in the post?? When he had guys who could score, he got them the ball (Yao, Grant Hill, Mike Miller, Scola), but he never had them for very long. Yao when he became consistent, became injured a lot too Scola only got here last year Mike Miller was with him for 2.5 years, but he was more of an off the ball player. If anything, its a credit to Tmac that he was able to get his Orlando teams to the playoffs and the Rockets 3 50+ win seasons, considering EVERYBODY knew who was going to have the ball, and what he would do with it, but teams still couldn't stop him. Sure, he dominates the ball, and you are 100% correct about that, but when your coaches forces the team to run their offense around you for 7 years, and you become a a regular All-Star, 2-time scoring champion and consistently carry horrible teams and make them look decent, you are not going to want to change. I think thats honestly why he had a hard time adjusting to Adelman's offense. He feels he should have the ball and be making plays, because he was damn good at that. I don't blame Adelman, because he was trying to make life easier for Tmac, but thats just too drastic of a change IMO. Thats not being selfish, because he does get others easy points and he does try to win. Its not as if he's Ricky Davis or Corey Maggette who act like they are the only ppl on the court and need to shoot every time down the court, without looking to pass or make plays for others. Tmac and many coaches and people who play in the NBA felt that in order for the Magic and Rockets to have had a chance of winning, Tmac or Yao had to have the ball in their hands How often do we see Lebron or Dwade without dominating the ball or Chris Paul?? They have the ball in their hands MUCH more than Tmac did, but its okay for them. Sometimes, when you're team doesnt have much else around you, you can be called selfish, even though you do make plays for others, but dominating the ball comes off as selfish, even though that team really may not have another option to win.
Fair enough, but this year and last he had talent and complained about not having the ball enough, or getting enough shots. Compile that with him quitting in a few games, loafing around on D, not just this year but every year, and a lot of us have simply had enough. Let me know when you are actually grown up.... Son, there was none given....reading comprehension is not your thing either, huh? Kids....SHEESH ! DD
