Yao Ming: Tracy McGrady Needs Sacrifice to Adapt to Systems

Great post.

 

Every time yao spoke up to the chinese media and pryuen posted the article, how he will lead the team, how the team improves etc., the rockets lost the next game!
So I expect a loss tomorrow! Amen!

 

Quick, ban pryuen! Or at least iso him!

 

The translation is a bit off, but not far from the original. And, yes, the thread title is a bit misleading. The original Chinese title is: Yao: everyone needs to make sacrifices, t-mac should learn to fit in the system.

The quote from Yao in the second bold translated paragraph is quite accurate (the other parts of the paragraph are not). Yao clearly says everyone IS sacrificing part of their game for the victory.

Isn't there a saying: no sacrifices, no victories? From this point of view, Yao didn't say anything wrong or offensive. Basically Yao is saying: let us make some sacrifices for the victory.

 

Actually, it is the chinese article said that rather than Yao!

 

I believe, if someone asked Yao about Tmac, Yao would say that the team will be better when Tmac is back and it wouldn't be a problem for Tmac to adapt to the system.

BTW, as the most talented player currently in NBA, I believe Tmac can adapt to any system. It is no need for fans to worry about it.

 

I think he meant 13 points in 35 seconds.

 

Those words are in quotes, i.e. direct quote. I don't think they are made up. That reporter has been following Yao IN[b/b] Houston for quite a few years now, he has credential in my book.

Again, I don't find it offensive. Maybe sacrifice is a big word in English, or maybe telling someone to make sacrifices is considered offensive in western culture. To me Yao is just being direct and frank, and I think he and Tmactrust each other enough to be direct and not be misunderstood.

Yao being more vocal and less subtle is a good thing. A while ago when he said the team is soft, many posters jumped on that. Looking back, the actual impact of that comment is at least not negative.

 

Really? If it is true, I have to think Yao trust wrong person.

I find it is very arrogant! Again, I believe Yao and Tmac are good friends, and thus, Yao will say those word directly to Tmac rather than to media.

I don't think so. I think those commets should take some responsibility for the rockets' bad record.

 

LoL, Pryuen, You will ISOED by us, LoL

 

Almost agree with you. It is not appropriate for Yao to say that and I dont believe that he will ever ever do that!!!

 

I think I will just agree to disagree.

Anyway, RA is good on coaching offense. He won't just blindly apply one system, he will mix things up. For motion offense itself though, it won't work well if someone dominate the ball. Tmac used to do that, mostly because of lack of other options. That part of his game will change, which might or might not "sacrifice" his personal stats. But I truly believe that personal stats is the last thing on Tmac's mind.

Tmac once said (before his injury) that there is no reason for him to be great every game if others don't step up (don't remember the exact words, but it's on chronicle, not from translated chinese article ). Now that everyone step up and actually winning some games, I think he will happily try hard to fit in the new system.

Engaging his teammates more will only lighten his workload, we all know t-mac love coasting.

 

the most talented player tag is like those "potential" tags that you put on players that still have a lot to prove. mcgrady can do some incredible things on the court but he doesnt seem to have the constant drive all the time. i wish someone would anger him before every game, i mean he would go off for 50 every night and take smarter shots that way

i mean kg goes all out every night if tmac was that way he wouldnt be the most talented player in the nba, he'd be the best player in the nba. i dont know about you guys but i like the latter tag better.

 

Sorry but your assumption abouty T Mac- setting up guys and closing out qtrs is not his any more!! If he is adapting to the system!!!! Tracy will be given many oportunities to score, this will be determined by the passer who sees that Tracy is open for a high persentage shot. Tracy will no longer control his own game, he will play at a greater efficiency and will score with ease.

 

Why wouldn't TMac want others to shoulder more of the load offensively? It means less mins, less wear and tear on his body, and being more fresh once the post-season starts. Does he solely want to win or does he want to win and dominate the stat sheet as well?

 

This is an article from "sina" and i'm sure the writer is wangmeng . I never belive sina and wangmeng. They are disgusting. They used to twist other's opinion.

 

The "system" isn't just taking shots while moving off ball...early in the year when Adelman was really toying with what T-Mac could do (when T-Mac was scoring 29PPG on 47% shooting pre-injury), he would open the game with a few off ball plays for T-Mac, then go to iso's at different parts of the floor. Basically his philosophy for T-Mac is to get him the ball in places he LIKES, unlike JVG who would run him off countless pick and rolls (which Adelman used a lot of during the 6 game losing streak to get other players involved). Where Adelman needs to make adjustments is how many iso's he runs for T-Mac. At some point during the season he simply was running too many iso's fo T-Mac, and that had other players simply standing there, waiting for T-Mac to take a shot or pass it to them, rather than making hard cuts off ball.

Basically Adelman needs to use T-Mac as a designated scorer and THE go-to guy when the team needs a score, not a do-it-all player (ie be the main scorer AND playmaker) as that ends in a stagnated offense.

 

If Mac have a soldier' heart,nobody can stop him!

 

Yao Ming sounds like a communist with all this talks of virtue and collectivism. Now that the vicious capitalist Van Gundy has left, it is apparent that Shane Battier is not the only communist on the team.

So, do y'all like Adelman's commie basketball?

 

Even the commentator said T-Mac didnt have any easy baskets last season. Someone must be dumb and doesnt know how to get his players easy baskets.