the true question is why would mcgrady have to ADJUST from his postion of always being willing to ADJUST tmac has proven that he is willing to ADJUST his game whenever winning calls for ADJUSTING so why would he have to ADJUST from that JUST to ADJUST to question asked hoping that he would ADJUST to a state of non-ADJUSTING? this is the true question. A+ journalism! yay sports.
very suspicious article. i don't read it seriously. but what fran mentioned in his blog today that mcgrady does not really buy into the system kinda worries me. we shall see what happens when he returns in a few days.
"Do you have to adjust? Do you have to do things different than before you got here?" Quote is out of context; not about the present situation.
He just said the EXACT same thing in the Chronicle. Why should I adjust? "Why would I adjust? Nothing has really changed," McGrady said. "Those guys are making shots, and there is a lot more ball movement. They got to make up for 23 points. I tell them, don't look for me on the offensive end," McGrady said. If he doesn't adjust trade his arse. DD
yeah but it is not exactly the same as what was implied by the thread starter.he made it seems worse actually
Growing confidence That might seem a bit much to expect, especially with New Orleans and San Antonio among those five opponents coming to Toyota Center. But it is more likely than going 6-2 in their latest stretch without McGrady, given their long struggles when he was hurt before. He is not expected to return until Sunday at the earliest, but more likely not until later next week. The Rockets have, however, looked anything but short-handed. "The team has more confidence playing without T-Mac right now," center Yao Ming said. "It doesn't mean we don't need him. When you are missing him, you still have to go play. We struggled before, but I think we found a way to play without him right now. We're just waiting for him to come back. We'll be even better." The trick, it would seem, will be to introduce McGrady back into the mix. The Rockets insist the changes in their style actually began last month before he was hurt, but they clearly have taken hold since. McGrady, however, has scoffed at the notion he will have to adjust, saying that the more balanced scoring will make his job easier. "Why would I adjust? Nothing has really changed," McGrady said. "Those guys are making shots, and there is a lot more ball movement. They got to make up for 23 points. I tell them, don't look for me on the offensive end," McGrady said. "Myself and Yao, we're going to get the ball and make plays and make shots. You guys stay aggressive. "It is something positive that came out of this. Guys gained confidence. They gained a rhythm. They are playing well. Hopefully, I don't come back and ruin that." What's not to like? With that, McGrady chuckled. Adelman had been laughing at questions about reintroducing McGrady to the mix. By now, he has his preferred analysis down pat. "I'm never worried about getting a guy who scored 25 points a game, was your leading scorer and assist guy back," Adelman said. "If we can have everybody with their confidence at a higher level when he comes back, it has to help the team. "We've been trying to implement a system all year long with more ball movement. He has seen our guys grow in the last two weeks as a team. I think Tracy is the type of player, when he gets on the floor, he sees that. He's a very unselfish player. He is willing to give the ball up to people. Other people are doing their job; he is more than willing to do that. "Between him and Yao, when we need a basket, we need to stop the other teams' run, the game is on the line, they're going to have it. During the course of the game, I think he sees that if we can get other guys involved, it helps him in the long run. There are still stretches, he can take the game over. He is just like Kobe (Bryant) or Le- Bron (James). But we need the other people to step up if we're going to have a chance to be any kind of factor at all." Time for practice A homestand with ample practice time next week might be the Rockets' chance to become the sort of team that can be a "factor." When they got back from a road-heavy schedule last month, they retooled. This time, they can fine-tune and try to make a move. "We have some practice days, which is always good," Shane Battier said. "We'll get Tracy back in this homestand. It's big for us. For us to be any good this year and make some noise, we have to win at home. Every playoff team wins at home. "We feel no lead is insurmountable. Look at the Portland Trail Blazers who started out 5-12, and they're still on a heck of a run. Confidence is an amazing thing in this league. You get a few games under your belt, you never know how many you can run off." jonathan.feigen@chron.com
1, please let Rafer keeps the ball running, it is his job, your job is to SCORE! 2, you have to prove that the TEAM and TEAMMATES is better with you
I don't think Mcgrady thinks before he speaks, this and the "yeah, I always think about what would have happened if I played with Howard" is not helping his likability. Even if he really believes this he shouldn't say this kind of stuff publicly.
I am not sure why we always worry about fitting in and disrupting chemistry when one of our superstars try to come back from an injury. Last year, Yao was out for a while and we were winning without him, ppl question whether he will disrupt the team when he comes back. Now, similar case with TMac. I have rarely heard of such thing in other teams like when TDuncan was out or Manu was out, or when Amare was out, they have no worries on such things. I have to say, a championship team will try very hard to win whether or not there are any injuries or not and will continue to win whether there is new inclusion of players or superstars. The concept is simple, it's all on the coach. I believed when TMac join the team back he will have some rust and may even slightly lost in the team offense or defense. But it's Adelman job to see that and make sure he contribute positively. He is not helping much with a lot rust, and look ISOed then Adelman should sit him and ask him to watch from bench and learn. From time to time, Adelman will have to intorduce TMac to make him get comfy with the team and gel with the others as time passes and as game goes by.
T-Mac's not the most popular guy with teammates because he breaks off plays and looks out for No. 1, not the first time he's been accused of being selfish
T-Mac's not the most popular guy with teammates because he breaks off plays and looks out for No. 1, not the first time he's been accused of being selfish.
Mcgrady has worn out his welcome in Houston. He might not be happy in Houston, but we're not happy with him. When things come out like (He's told people that he doesn't think the offense can work) and comes off with "Why would I adjust?" sums up the bad Karma he gets. Comments like "it's on me" and "I can turn it on anytime" result in his Me-mac label. You can talk big but you better back it up, which he has not. Has he ever come up BIG in a truly big game? NO, he disappears. "It's on me", "I can turn it one anytime", don't tell me show me, I'm still waiting. You guys can believe whatever you want. But me like many of my fellow Houstonians are tired of his act. We use to stand up leaders, not wanna be leaders. Leaders that take the responsibility not pass the buck. After the lost to Utah he passed the buck onto not having good enough PF and PG. How about he did a Houdini and disappeared. Yao is a stand up leader, Mcgrady is nothing more than FOOLS GOLD. He wasn't happy in Toronto, in Orlando and now in Houston. Want can you say about somebody who quits and/or doesn't give it his all? Will he be happy anywhere? Sometimes if you look to the past you can get a good grip on the future. Let him come back, I hope he makes me eat my words. But I also hope if he disrupts this teams play that Rick, Les and Morey send him somewhere he will be happy. Doesn't think the offense can work? Maybe because you would rather be ISO'ed! Why would you lock a thread that has also come out in a public newspaper? Because you don't people to read the things Mcgrady says? Some you guys want to discredit anything about puts your favorite player in a bad light. I thought this was a Rockets forum, not a forum for Tracy only fans.
Tmac is a solid player but takes quick and bad J's..their great on his good nites and anguishing on his off nite. Only issue i got right now is if we are up 6 pts late in the 4th please don't take a poor jumpshot with 20 secs on the clock I believe when he comes back we will be dominate if not then there's our answer and i hope we get SF in shape after the all star break
Is the speculation that Tmac says he doesn't believe in Adelman's offense based on a previous interview where he said, to some effect, "We're not running, I thought we would run and I don't see it". I wouldn't interpret that as a resounding loss of faith. Just throwing it out there.
