What's so hard to understand the part of me saying "people saying he is having surgery so he's not traded. Hell some people have come up with the ridiculous theory that he is having surgery to sabotage the Rockets.
This thread is crap. There shouldn't be room for stuff like this in the GARM. It all seems like something some stoner made up in his own head. None of it is based in reality. A Gigantic reach.
why didn't he make this up last year when trade rumors around him were rampant too? why not go to a lottery team and bump up those stats for the free agency in 2010 so he can get a bigger contract if all he cares is about himself?
Oh yeah, one more thing. My guess? T-Mac's throwing a hissy fit because he's no longer the center of attention. The team's moved on without him, they don't need him, and he's throwing a tantrum.
Ok, new theory, based on some comments in this thread: Maybe he's decided to "shut it down" because he just doesn't think he'll be able to play like he wants to any time this season, and/or he feels that the Rockets may be better off without him. And the microfracture surgery stuff is sort of made up for the time being so he doesn't look like a total wuss. But he won't actually go through with the surgery ultimately, instead saying that he's chosen to rehab it and come back next year hopefully healthy.
didn't bother to read past the part about threads popping up in his defense. are you blind? did you not see all the threads knocking him before he even got a chance to get healthy? no you aren't doing anything new, he's having a major surgery and you are saying worst wishes for tracy? nothing excuses that, seriously man...i don't even know what to say except you are a sick person, sports are sports, but a person is a person and you don't HOPE everything goes wrong for them after they have to get a surgery like this. go to hell
I don't think trades have anything to do with it. I think there's every possibility that T-Mac's just decided to call it a season, that he's done with basketball, and he needs some excuse. Blinebury predicted in his last video with Feigen that there was a better than even chance that T-Mac would call it a season after the All Star Break, by the way.
You aren't reading everything being said. I'm saying he won't go through with the surgery, he's just using this as a diversion to block any trade. I don't believe anyone would get a surgery done just to block a trade, if that happened T-mac should be sent somewhere for some real help.
My goodness Is there a conspiracy theory for every single thing that happens in sports? There is a conspiracy theory for the Steelers winning There is a conspiracy theory for the Cardinals getting to the Super Bowl. Last years NBA Finals had a conspiracy theory. T-mac possible season ending injury has a conspiracy theory. Lord do you people walk around making a conspiracy theory for everything?
I know what you said. That wasn't directed at you. My comments was directed to people actually saying that stuff.
Good question. But who really knows. One possible scenario is that he plans to retire when his current contract is up.
At his own press conference the guy said that he wasn't going to have surgery and that he would play after the All Star Break. He's a head case.
What I don't understand is why does he need microfracture knee surgery all of a sudden. Did doctors improperly diagnose his condition last season when he went in for minor knee surgery? You don't go from one day feeling fine to another missing cartilage in the knee. There wasn't any point during this season that would have caused him to have microfracture knee surgery. He didn't land awkwardly or have any scary tumbles. So, either it was a wrong diagnosis last season by team doctors or McGrady is seeking an opinon that coincides with his, which is to undergo microfracture surgery to end his season. I don't understand the man. Maybe some of the Tmac apologists on the board can explain to me his reasoning behind all of this. You have a player in the NBA ,and I am assuming everybody's dream is to win a championship, that has extremely minor surgery in the offseason, who is on a team that recently got Artest and Barry and is thought to contend for a world championship. And all he has to do is rehab with some sense of urgency or vigor for him to make this dream come true. I just don't understand. It's like you have all the pieces in place to make this wonderful thing happen, the only thing is it's on you to do your due diligence to make it happen, but you decide to dog it? Why? Someone explain this to me. It defies logic altogether to be honest.
It's interesting. I saw the thread title and came in ready to flame away. While I do not have "worst wishes for Tracy," it is pretty hard to argue with the OP's points. I have been a supporter of Tracy's for a while, but I think this has to be the end. Regardless of how I feel about Tracy, there is one thing I cannot deny this season. It has been much more enjoyable to watch the Rockets without McGrady than with him. They seem so much more in sync, and I think that is almost undeniable to anyone who watches this team.
People are so disgusting. They rip a guy who tried to play hurt when he needed surgery...and the team doctors totally missed an injury... Give the guy a break. Just because he's injured doesn't mean he should be bashed.
No he knows exactly what he's doing. He's blocking a trade pure and simple. Bravo ....T-mac .....Bravo. Can't we just pay him to leave?
McGrady said surgery was a last option, I thought -- he never completely ruled it out. What Feigen just wrote: [rquoter](Rockets will not comment. They were stunned with the report. That doesn't mean it is not true, at all, only that they had no heads up that he was talking to Stephen A. The fact that they will not tell me even without comment leads me to believe that they have not heard anything that definitive from doctors. They certainly cannot believe that is not where it will end up. -- Jonathan)[/rquoter] Maybe their doctors have told them differently. Or maybe it's a case where microfracture surgery could be an option, but just not one that their doctors felt was really necessary. I'm not sure if they were "stunned" because of the idea of microfracture surgery is a surprise, or if they were stunned because McGrady chose to discuss it with Steven A. Smith with their permission.
He said surgery would be the last solution. He didn't flat out say he wouldn't have surgery. Well at least I don't remember him saying that, but I could be wrong. That bolded part I agree with right now.
The surprise here isn't that McGrady is calling it a season. It's that he's claiming he needs microfracture surgery. I don't think Blinebury ever even hinted at that possibility. Maybe he ultimately doesn't go through with the surgery. But if he does, and if there is legitimate medical reasons to do so (remains to be seen), then he gets a pass from me for his woeful performance this season.
