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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#41 » by Mike12345 » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:19 am

Guy986 wrote:Tmac is the engine that makes this team go. He makes everybody on the floor better, especially Yao.


Yea will only go as far as tmac takes us this year. I love when he gets a decent look at a 3 but fakes it and whips a pass to yao down low when he gets better position. Tmac and battier are so important to this team especially getting yao the ball in the right places.

Liked the aggressiveness of yao,,,,,i like when he just shoots over ppl on the block without hesistation so the double team cant trap him
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#42 » by Mike12345 » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:21 am

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smapor wrote:if AB keeps on doing this, he should start.

With AB in the game with Yao and T-mac, defense's can't cheat on double teams. Even if he shoots poorly, his speed, driving to the hoop is a threat.

I can't wait to see him match up with Devin Harris


Harris will dominate him. Brooks is too small for him. We may see some Head action against New Jersey.



Agreed but i expect yao to completely dominate brook lopez and boone,,,,,,the ball should go into yao every posession against jersey.

Does anyone notice tmac isnt putting more arc on his 3 pointers,,,,,,he was doing it in the orlando game and washington and was just on fire,,,,,,now hes back to those line drives i dont get it
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#43 » by ShaY » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:24 am

Guy986 wrote:
smapor wrote:if AB keeps on doing this, he should start.

With AB in the game with Yao and T-mac, defense's can't cheat on double teams. Even if he shoots poorly, his speed, driving to the hoop is a threat.

I can't wait to see him match up with Devin Harris


Harris will dominate him. Brooks is too small for him. We may see some Head action against New Jersey.


We are better off letting Yao guard Harris than Luther Head.

Luther Head is so soft it's disgusting , I am really sick of him , I want Barry to come back fast.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#44 » by A.J. » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:27 am

ShaY wrote:
Guy986 wrote:
smapor wrote:if AB keeps on doing this, he should start.

With AB in the game with Yao and T-mac, defense's can't cheat on double teams. Even if he shoots poorly, his speed, driving to the hoop is a threat.

I can't wait to see him match up with Devin Harris


Harris will dominate him. Brooks is too small for him. We may see some Head action against New Jersey.


We are better off letting Yao guard Harris than Luther Head.

Luther Head is so soft it's disgusting , I am really sick of him , I want Barry to come back fast.


Barry was supposed to come back tonight, but I dont know what happened. And where has Wafer been lately? I would much rather have them play than Head.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#45 » by Guy986 » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:35 am

Mike12345 wrote:
Guy986 wrote:Tmac is the engine that makes this team go. He makes everybody on the floor better, especially Yao.


Yea will only go as far as tmac takes us this year. I love when he gets a decent look at a 3 but fakes it and whips a pass to yao down low when he gets better position. Tmac and battier are so important to this team especially getting yao the ball in the right places.

Liked the aggressiveness of yao,,,,,i like when he just shoots over ppl on the block without hesistation so the double team cant trap him


I agree. Tmac is the undisputed leader on this team. His presence alone makes everybody on the team better. He is such a gifted passer. He'll be one of the most beloved Rocket of all time if he's not so mentally fragile.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#46 » by Yao21 » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:35 am

I liked how Yao was used exclusively in the low post tonight and it pay dividends of 30 pts, 4 asts, and 3 blocks. He's just so much more effective in every facet of his game when he operates down there.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#47 » by smapor » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:37 am

Guy986 wrote:
smapor wrote:if AB keeps on doing this, he should start.

With AB in the game with Yao and T-mac, defense's can't cheat on double teams. Even if he shoots poorly, his speed, driving to the hoop is a threat.

I can't wait to see him match up with Devin Harris


Harris will dominate him. Brooks is too small for him. We may see some Head action against New Jersey.



Thats what people said about Billups.

If we use Head, you may as well let Devin shot open jumpers all day.

We seen Rafer get burned so many times when Devin was in Dallas. Like i said, i would love to see AB go at it, he needs the experience.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#48 » by smapor » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:41 am

Yao21 wrote:I liked how Yao was used exclusively in the low post tonight and it pay dividends of 30 pts, 4 asts, and 3 blocks. He's just so much more effective in every facet of his game when he operates down there.



Thats because when you go down low, Yao will pass the ball out, if he doesn't have a good shot. Its up to the rest of the Rocket team to knock the shot down or quickly pass it.

Inside out baby. When done effectively, it makes the game easier.

Also helps that T-mac is going to be committed to this offense. As other folks said, whats really going to drive this offense is T-mac. T-mac has to buy into the system of inside-out with quick passes. We can't have this ISO crap anymore. Yao needs to be mentally strong "attack attack" not "meek meek"
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#49 » by abcdef » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:51 am

Yao21 wrote:I liked how Yao was used exclusively in the low post tonight and it pay dividends of 30 pts, 4 asts, and 3 blocks. He's just so much more effective in every facet of his game when he operates down there.


Absolutely. I think any notion that Adelman had of using Yao like Vlade Divac should be dispelled by now.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#50 » by TMU » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:54 am

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Yao21 wrote:I liked how Yao was used exclusively in the low post tonight and it pay dividends of 30 pts, 4 asts, and 3 blocks. He's just so much more effective in every facet of his game when he operates down there.


Absolutely. I think any notion that Adelman had of using Yao like Vlade Divac should be dispelled by now.


So now can we keep Adelman? :D
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#51 » by moofs » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:33 pm

Guy986 wrote:Harris will dominate him. Brooks is too small for him. We may see some Head action against New Jersey.


Devin Harris ain't exactly big - 6'3" 185.

If AB can get a little better at distribution and defense we may be seeing Alston lose his starting spot soon.
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Re: Game Thread For Today ( against the Kings ) 

Post#52 » by TMACFORMVP » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:01 pm

Good win, but it was to close for comfort, our defense was horrible.

And Yao is literally UNSTOPPABLE when playing in the low post in single coverage.

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