Iggyemu wrote:King Roosk wrote:
Although the emergence of Scola...especially that 15-17 footer that he has on lock would make a McGrady/Scola PnR near impossible to defend. Gotta keep in mind that McGrady has never played with Scola the way Scola is playing right now.
I think the reason Scola has been playing so well is because Mcgrady is out of the lineup. With Mac outta there it gives Scola many more opportunities to fulfill his potential, and he's done exactly that in Tracy's absence.
I disagree. Scola still scores a lot of his points off jumpers and hanging around the basket. The only difference is he is much better at finishing now than he was last year and his jumper is much better. Yes he'll get his a few post ups but he got those with McGrady as well. I don't really see a difference in the way Scola plays now than he did last year other than the fact that he is just better at it now. And right now nobody can run a legit PnR with him. I see us having Battier run PnRs with Scola and he completely misses him especially on the baseline...not to mention the fact that Battier is a not a threat to drive or pull up.
And this is part is not at you KR...I am generally speaking here....
I just don't think we should forget what a healthy T-Mac is. Don't forget that we were not #2 in the West last year around this point...we were #1. We won 55 games. We are at 45 now. The roster was much worst..we had no Yao and Scola wasn't even close to this good....
What is such a big difference from last year as opposed to this year? What have we accomplished this year without McGrady that we didn't last year with him? In fact we are gonna probably get swept by the Lakers in the season series whereas we won 2 from em last year. We beat the Hornets, Spurs twice...we did that last year too. We were better against the East last year than we were this year...
I am actually gonna jump in with TMU on this one and reserve judgment until the playoffs. Because there is nothing this team has done this year that we didn't do last year...now if we finish with a higher seed than 4th...and we win a playoff series...oh let the trade scenarios begin because even Tracy McGrady himself will want out.[/quote]
This is what I keep telling all the haters in Houston. Yes, this year we are better without an injured T-Mac. But everyone is so quick to forget how good he has been in recent years with Houston.
A HEALTHY Tracy McGrady would be the perfect fit next to Artest and Yao Ming.