McGrady can't finish practice, Mentally not ready to play

Rocketsterps · Post #1 » by **Rocketsterps** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:20 pm

"Mentally Im not ready to play." WTF?!?!?!?!?!? Weak.

McGrady Remains Uncertain Of Return -- may pull out of all-star game

Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady talked about his knee injury after practice today.

http://www.click2houston.com/video/15077347/index.html

McGrady can't finish practice, doubts Saturday return
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hea ... 64283.html

Unable to finish his first full practice since his knee injuries, Tracy McGrady left Toyota Center on Thursday doubting that he would be ready for his first game back by Saturday. McGrady had targeted Saturday

Iggyemu · Post #2 » by **Iggyemu** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:42 pm

McGrady has flair for the dramatic. If he isn't on the court on Saturday I'll question this. Right now he is just garnering some attention. "Pull out of the allstar game". Really. Did he forget his 2006 season...he didn't pull out of it then.

I say lets see what happens on Saturday. Right now to me this just sounds like McGrady blowing things out of proportion to get some headlines and rouse up us Rocket fans.

hayden · Post #3 » by **hayden** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:00 am

Iggyemu wrote:McGrady has flair for the dramatic. If he isn't on the court on Saturday I'll question this. Right now he is just garnering some attention. "Pull out of the allstar game". Really. Did he forget his 2006 season...he didn't pull out of it then.

I say lets see what happens on Saturday. Right now to me this just sounds like McGrady blowing things out of proportion to get some headlines and rouse up us Rocket fans.

If that's the case, then Tmac is the biggest sympathy whore in the league!

DynastySS · Post #4 » by **DynastySS** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:00 am

T-mac makes me want to kill myself sometimes. What I would do to see him get a heart...

Baller 24 · Post #5 » by **Baller 24** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:09 am

This sucks....I guess its 2006 all over again.

Post #6 » by **Vator** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:28 am

Oh lord

MaxRider · Post #7 » by **MaxRider** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:49 am

t-mac is reading my mind
lottery time!!!!

TiMacMania · Post #8 » by **TiMacMania** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:49 am

this is some hardcore bs

ALPHAandOMEGA · Post #9 » by **ALPHAandOMEGA** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:22 am

Im so sick of hearing TMAC talk about being weak mentally. This is the wimpiest thing I've ever heard. I bet those guys sitting at the end of the bench arent really mentally ready to play but when their number is called they tipically are thrilled to have the opportunity to earn some pt. TMAC you play basketball for a living. If your hurt, let the doctors do your talking and sit your drama queen ass down in your $3,000+ suit and watch the rest of Yao's team (after this it is no longer Mac's) play. If you dont have a medical reason to stay off the court, grow a set and get on the floor. Tmac makes me want to scratch out my eyes.

grond · Post #10 » by **grond** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:35 am

ALPHAandOMEGA wrote:Im so sick of hearing TMAC talk about being weak mentally. This is the wimpiest thing I've ever heard. I bet those guys sitting at the end of the bench arent really mentally ready to play but when their number is called they tipically are thrilled to have the opportunity to earn some pt. TMAC you play basketball for a living. If your hurt, let the doctors do your talking and sit your drama queen ass down in your $3,000+ suit and watch the rest of Yao's team (after this it is no longer Mac's) play. If you dont have a medical reason to stay off the court, grow a set and get on the floor. Tmac makes me want to scratch out my eyes.

He didn't say he was "weak mentally", he said he wasn't "mentally ready" to play. In context, I took this to mean only that he wasn't %100 confident in his knee because of pain performing some mvts. Anyway, as I said in another related post I'm guessing another week before he comes back. Like he said, either he has to be confident in it, or he shouldn't bother.

On the lighter side, did anyone else crack up when he said: "It is ... what it was" :rofl:

sigh.

T-mac_1_175 · Post #11 » by **T-mac_1_175** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:38 am

If his knee isnt ready then it isnt ready, whats the point of him coming back limping and re-injuring himself just because we want to see him out there?? The worst thing you can do is return while not 100%, if he cant get up then of course he aint going to be mentally ready.
If injured myself a tonne of times and it plays on your mind and your not 100%. Give the man a break, dosent sound like a plesant injury.

Teckon · Post #12 » by **Teckon** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:55 am

Post #13 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:16 am

Just like two seasons ago. Whenever there was a target date for McGrady to return it kept getting delayed and delayed until it was over. The same will happen this season.

Might as well blow it up. What's the point of building a team that's not mentally tough enough to win a championship? Isn't that a goal? Rebuild, get some young players, develop them and try again in three years.

tmacformvp07 · Post #14 » by **tmacformvp07** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:45 am

mcgrady wrote:
My whole game is based on explosion and cutting.

i stopped reading after that.

how can t-mac say such a thing, he's like anti-explosive now and walks up the court and does no cutting whatsoever

Amel · Post #15 » by **Amel** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:50 am

someone give him a tissue...

MaxRider · Post #16 » by **MaxRider** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:08 am

i'm telling you the new logo is bad luck
we need to change our logo back to the early 90s one

A.J. · Post #17 » by **A.J.** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:13 am

MaxRider wrote:i'm telling you the new logo is bad luck
we need to change our logo back to the early 90s one

nah i think we need to move back to the compaq center...lol

MaxRider · Post #18 » by **MaxRider** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:33 am

A.J. wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

nah i think we need to move back to the compaq center...lol

we can't
it's a church now

A.J. · Post #19 » by **A.J.** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:38 am

MaxRider wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

we can't
it's a church now

i know, they can go back to the old one
well on second thought, we did have to wait two hours to get to my house where they was a first...lol

bballmaniac27 · Post #20 » by **bballmaniac27** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:02 am

I'm one of his biggest fans but this kind of pisses me off. No i'll be honest, this REALLY pisses me off. C'mon Tmac toughen up.

why does he have to say " I'm not ready mentally"

Why doesn't he just say " My knee is still injured, I'm not ready to play" that way people wouldn't think he's such a pussy.