smapor wrote:I disagree with one thing.
T-mac brings stats to the playoffs, however when its 2 mins left in the game and we are down by 2 points. T-mac will taking that fking long 3pt shot, you know he will do it. T-mac lacks the killer instinct, where he just rips the heart out of his opponent. That also includes Yao (personally he should of demanded the ball and shot at least 25+ FG attempts to try and help win the game)
We simply lack a player who has that killer instinct. Maybe Artest has it.
I agree that T-Mac lacks the killer instinct , when he is hot he will shoot a heat check 3 instead of driving when the refs will call a foul for sure because he is hot.
But he still was never the reason we lost in the playoffs and he elveates his game in the playoffs.
Not just stats , his defense and everything.
TMACFORMVP wrote:It's just so frustrating man, rebuilding is obviously not an option, but I think it should heavily be considered if it doesn't click after this season. We have the talent, we have the perimeter scorers, we have the defenders, we have the hustle/defensive minded players, and most importantly, we have the efficient, at times a dominant big man. We have all the tools, we just don't have the mentality to be a great team, we're content with not playing 100% every game, and being mediocre. This team isn't hungry, they lack the attitude to be great. I hope it comes, I'm a fan of this team and want them to succeed, but I'm just not sure of anything with this team so far.
I know how frustrating it is man , I am disgusted about these losses just like you.
And you are right it looks like we have the talent this year , but it still didn't play together.
Ron will come back soon , Barry too but now it looks like Alston is injured , we will be fully healthy imo soon , or at least I hope.
If we fail to get out of the 1st round T-Mac will probably get traded next off season , if we make a deep playoff run we will just give him another year then let him expire.
Thats the best way to go , keeping this team gives us the best chance to win , we will rebuild if we don't win in the next 2 years , now it just won't be smart to do that.
And just one last thing , we have a ton of flaws that we will see in a long regular season , like not having the right attitude all the time , but if we are healthy in the playoffs , T-Mac will bring it every night and everybody else will also , don't knwo how good they will play but they will try hard every game , and we have talent this year.
It's better to have talent that underachieves sometimes and hope they get it together , than to have less talent that go hard everynight but doesn't have enough talent.
With T-Mac and Yao we have 2 guys that are underachieving , thats why it's so frustrating , they show us how good they can be but then sometimes look like utter crap.
The T-Mac and Yao era has one year left imo , if we go on a deep playoff run they will have another chance next year , if we mess it up like in the past we blow it up in the off season imo.
