Disagree, T-Mac's recent involvement with the team is not good especially against Laker and Boston, while when he is out, Yao could still score big points even opponent double teams him For MVP, I would go with Battier, his fighting spirit is the root of Rocket success
But the team would still lose half their games. McGrady brings much more to the table than scoring. With McGrady they are still an elite team in the league. Two "bad" games (the game tonight IMO wasn't that bad, he just didn't take many shots - chose to differ) and all of a sudden his impact on the floor is lessened? I think this team is built to favor McGrady moreso than Yao - a team like Phoenix would benefit from a Yao IMO. Someone with alot of consistent shooters. Before people start saying "oh wait look at Phoenix with Shaq". Shaq is nowhere near the player Yao is today.
The team winning streak is not because of T-Mac, he is the T-Mac last year, maybe not even as good as last year. It is the team who stands up, always some players stand up in different nights. So really not a T-Mac effort. I also disagree with your point the team is better with T-Mac rather than Yao Ming. If we need shooter, we have shooters in the team, if we need penetration, we could trade T-Mac and got a lot of players like that. If we need inside domination, how many players in the league could replace Yao. Today is the typical example. Celtics is very clear to attack in the paint area and defense on our outside shooting, with Yao it would be different strategy.
Yao is the MVP handsdown so far. He kept this team from falling off the cliff when they were below .500 and Tmac went out for a month. Rafer and Tmac are tied for 2nd place.
But I belive winning 12 games in a row with Yao is something normal, isn't it? And wen you play without hm and win your next 10 games it is really big.
