[Game 11] Houston Rockets at OKC Thunder Game Thread

[Iggyemu]

Bout time for Mac. I just don't know who told him something like that would heal if he kept playing on it. He honestly would have been better off taking November off and coming back in December like a lot of us on the this board had said during the preseason.

McGrady is one of those types of players that can simply fit in. So him shutting it down will help Artest get into the offense a little more and McGrady when he comes back can just fit in. He has been hobbling around on that thing all month. It obviously wasn't working. If the MRI is good and they tell him that he just needs to fully strengthen it then thats what he should do and come back afterwards. We are not gonna win without him being healthy. Yao, Artest and Battier when he comes back can take care of things. When Battier comes back Artest will get to focus on his offense more.

[MaxRider]

Holy crap. How do the Rockets 3 best players all get hurt in the same half of basketball??? Who started the game thread???

now i know why no one want to sign up to do this game thread

[ShaY]

Yao has nothing it seems , Artest is injured a little bit but can probably play through it.

And with T-Mac to me it looks like it hurts his confidence more than anything , he just needs to sit right now and be healthy later.

I appreciate his effort to play through but coming back too soon from injuries never works.

When you play scared to get hurt there is only a bigger chance you will get hurt because of that , this is how it works in basketball.

We just gonna need Yao to step up , Artest to step up.

When Battier comes back it will be like a fully healthy team from last year only with Artest instead of T-Mac , Brooks instead of Jackson and Barry instead of Head so we should still be able to win games.

[Mike12345]

Bout time for Mac. I just don't know who told him something like that would heal if he kept playing on it. He honestly would have been better off taking November off and coming back in December like a lot of us on the this board had said during the preseason.

McGrady is one of those types of players that can simply fit in. So him shutting it down will help Artest get into the offense a little more and McGrady when he comes back can just fit in. He has been hobbling around on that thing all month. It obviously wasn't working. If the MRI is good and they tell him that he just needs to fully strengthen it then thats what he should do and come back afterwards. We are not gonna win without him being healthy. Yao, Artest and Battier when he comes back can take care of things. When Battier comes back Artest will get to focus on his offense more.

Exactly what ive been saying last few days,,,,,,mac shouldnt have been out there playing and this could have damaged his knee further. When mac was playing so on and off each game everyone was saying it was mental but clearly it was physical,,,,,,and knowing that adelman should have benched him

[jove9]

Yao has nothing it seems , Artest is injured a little bit but can probably play through it.

And with T-Mac to me it looks like it hurts his confidence more than anything , he just needs to sit right now and be healthy later.

I appreciate his effort to play through but coming back too soon from injuries never works.

When you play scared to get hurt there is only a bigger chance you will get hurt because of that , this is how it works in basketball.

We just gonna need Yao to step up , Artest to step up.

When Battier comes back it will be like a fully healthy team from last year only with Artest instead of T-Mac , Brooks instead of Jackson and Barry instead of Head so we should still be able to win games.

Head is still here. Pick someone else for Barry to replace. How about Bonzi?

[Iggyemu]

Yao has nothing it seems , Artest is injured a little bit but can probably play through it.

And with T-Mac to me it looks like it hurts his confidence more than anything , he just needs to sit right now and be healthy later.

I appreciate his effort to play through but coming back too soon from injuries never works.

When you play scared to get hurt there is only a bigger chance you will get hurt because of that , this is how it works in basketball.

We just gonna need Yao to step up , Artest to step up.

When Battier comes back it will be like a fully healthy team from last year only with Artest instead of T-Mac , Brooks instead of Jackson and Barry instead of Head so we should still be able to win games.

Head is still here. Pick someone else for Barry to replace. How about Bonzi?

I dunno dude..your boy Wafer replaces Bonzi. Wafer to me already shows more potential of fitting in with the Rockets than Bonzi did. He can make 3s and when people run at him he can put it on the floor and get to the basket. Honestly...can't ask for much more from a role player...he just has to do it consistently.

[ShaY]

Yao has nothing it seems , Artest is injured a little bit but can probably play through it.

And with T-Mac to me it looks like it hurts his confidence more than anything , he just needs to sit right now and be healthy later.

I appreciate his effort to play through but coming back too soon from injuries never works.

When you play scared to get hurt there is only a bigger chance you will get hurt because of that , this is how it works in basketball.

We just gonna need Yao to step up , Artest to step up.

When Battier comes back it will be like a fully healthy team from last year only with Artest instead of T-Mac , Brooks instead of Jackson and Barry instead of Head so we should still be able to win games.

Head is still here. Pick someone else for Barry to replace. How about Bonzi?

Head is still here but won't be on the rotation , therefore Barry replaces Head.