What to do with T-Mac at this point?

[smapor]

Lets wait till he is fully recovered, before we trade his ass.

Brilliant.

Because he is worth crap now, once he recovers he won't be 2005 Mcgrady. So stop dreaming, he is going to return to form.

His attitude is horrible. Lets bring in some players who play 100% every day and doesn't whine about injuries. Or attempts to play and sit at the 3pt line, I think he was busy making a campfire and roasting marshmellows.

[T-Wack]

Lets wait till he is fully recovered, before we trade his ass.

Brilliant.

Because he is worth crap now, once he recovers he won't be 2005 Mcgrady. So stop dreaming, he is going to return to form.

Make up your mind. He isn't 2005 McGrady, but he is going to return to form? Please try to articulate your thoughts better.

We don't even need him to be the same guy he's been the past couple of years, we just need him to not be absolutely pathetic. If he can get healthy enough to start scoring in the high teens consistently, we'll be much more dangerous.

[bballmaniac27]

If we do get rid of Tmac we should probably trade Yao as well. I'm not convinced that he can be a first option on a championship team. He's a good player and an excellent second option but he's just too easy to take out of the game.

Do you know why he is the 1st option this year? Because nobody else on the team can score. Sure its easy to take him out, pack the paint, when the rest of your team is busy building a house or scared to drive to the paint.

Trust me i hate Yao too (mentally weak), but you don't get rid a Top 3 center in the league, just because the rest of your team can't pick it up. If anything, if we traded T-mac for billups and Prince, Rockets would be balling.

If T-mac actually played 50%, alot of those losses would of been wins.

I'm not blaming Yao at all, like I said he's been the best player for the rockets this season and I appreciate the effort that he gives every game. However, if we trade Tmac for peanuts like some ppl are suggesting then we might as well trade Yao and rebuild because he won't be leading us anywhere other than a first round exit with this current roster.

Being a top 3 center in the NBA today isn't really impressive at all. I've been watching Dwight Howard (most ppl consider him to be the top center) play a lot recently and his game doesn't impress me much either.

[jove9]

Hell, I can do what McGrady was doing tonight, and I won't cost $20 million.

I'll settle for half of what Head makes. Let me play.

[TMU]

TMACFORMVP's idea:
OPTION 5 - send McGrady to the D-League.


Bring Dorsey back!

[jove9]

I'm not blaming Yao at all, like I said he's been the best player for the rockets this season and I appreciate the effort that he gives every game. However, if we trade Tmac for peanuts like some ppl are suggesting then we might as well trade Yao and rebuild because he won't be leading us anywhere other than a first round exit with this current roster.

Being a top 3 center in the NBA today isn't really impressive at all. I've been watching Dwight Howard (most ppl consider him to be the top center) play a lot recently and his game doesn't impress me much either.

On paper, the roster is excellent. What's the problem you have with it? We're one of the deepest teams in the league!

The major issue we have is that we don't play as well as we should, given the depth and quality of our roster.

[TMACFORMVP]

TMACFORMVP's idea:
OPTION 5 - send McGrady to the D-League.


Bring Dorsey back!

Could you imagine? Him being all happy and excited that he gets called up if he performs well enough.

[T-Wack]

It's on Adelman at this point. Morey's done a fantastic job of constructing this team, now it's on the coach to get them to play up to their potential.

It's just a shame that he has the injury excuse. His lineup is different every night, so he's going to get a pass, but he's blown so many games with his horrible decisions.

[smapor]

If we do get rid of Tmac we should probably trade Yao as well. I'm not convinced that he can be a first option on a championship team. He's a good player and an excellent second option but he's just too easy to take out of the game.

Do you know why he is the 1st option this year? Because nobody else on the team can score. Sure its easy to take him out, pack the paint, when the rest of your team is busy building a house or scared to drive to the paint.

Trust me i hate Yao too (mentally weak), but you don't get rid a Top 3 center in the league, just because the rest of your team can't pick it up. If anything, if we traded T-mac for billups and Prince, Rockets would be balling.

If T-mac actually played 50%, alot of those losses would of been wins.

I'm not blaming Yao at all, like I said he's been the best player for the rockets this season and I appreciate the effort that he gives every game. However, if we trade Tmac for peanuts like some ppl are suggesting then we might as well trade Yao and rebuild because he won't be leading us anywhere other than a first round exit with this current roster.

Being a top 3 center in the NBA today isn't really impressive at all. I've been watching Dwight Howard (most ppl consider him to be the top center) play a lot recently and his game doesn't impress me much either.

You'll be singing a different tune if it was D-Wade and Yao

Its been proven when both are healthy the Rockets are damn good. I don't even know what their Record is when a healthy T-mac and Yao play together. Problem is they are never healthy enough together, especially going into the playoffs.

That one year, when we had T-mac and Yao against Dallas, i refuse to acknowledge we lost that playoff fair, since its been discovered that some foul play was involved.

Than in the Utah series with t-mac and Yao, i believe Yao just came back from a fracture?? So he wasn't exactly healthy in the playoffs.

But this year, i can't except T-mac's attitude, if the guy is injured, than sit and don't come back. If we think its Ric who won't allow him to sit, than its Ric fault. But somebody needs to do something now, we can't have this version of T-mac playing for the whole season.

[Amel]

pack him with Rafer, Hayes and Head for a top notch PG and a good SF

Mac, Rafer, Head and Hayes for Deron Williams and Kirilenko

[TMACFORMVP]

They wouldn't do that for Deron alone, let alone adding Kirilenko.

[jove9]

TMACFORMVP's idea:
OPTION 5 - send McGrady to the D-League.


Bring Dorsey back!

Could you imagine? Him being all happy and excited that he gets called up if he performs well enough.

Pssst. Hey, you know you can't send a player to the D-League with more than two years of experience, right?

Just making sure.

[bballmaniac27]

I'm not blaming Yao at all, like I said he's been the best player for the rockets this season and I appreciate the effort that he gives every game. However, if we trade Tmac for peanuts like some ppl are suggesting then we might as well trade Yao and rebuild because he won't be leading us anywhere other than a first round exit with this current roster.

Being a top 3 center in the NBA today isn't really impressive at all. I've been watching Dwight Howard (most ppl consider him to be the top center) play a lot recently and his game doesn't impress me much either.

On paper, the roster is excellent. What's the problem you have with it? We're one of the deepest teams in the league!

The major issue we have is that we don't play as well as we should, given the depth and quality of our roster.

That's exactly the thing. On paper we should be a strong team, but in reality most of these guys suck. Without Tmac we basically have one play : pass the ball to Yao and watch him try to score over 3 defenders (90% of the time this results in a turnover or badly missed shot) . Meanwhile the role players stand around with their hands up their asses. When Yao does pass it back out to open shooters they put up bricks which results in the key being even more clogged. Ron Artest can take over occasionally but you can't rely on him to do it consistently.

I just don't see how we're going to go anywhere like this. If Tmac continues to play like a little b*tch then this team is hopeless.

[jove9]

So really your problem isn't the roster (as you stated above), but that T-Mac is playing like crap and the team has no chemistry.

Ok. I understand you now.

That's really no reason to blow up the team, though. Or to trade Yao.

[bballmaniac27]

So really your problem isn't the roster (as you stated above), but that T-Mac is playing like crap and the team has no chemistry.

Ok. I understand you now.

That's really no reason to blow up the team, though. Or to trade Yao.

That wasn't my point initially.

I wasn't saying that we should blow up the team or trade Yao. What I meant was, IF we do trade old brokeback for an expiring contract, a bunch of scrubs, or a bag of dog sh*t like some posters are suggesting, we better make sure that we somehow get our hands on a star wing player who can become the number 1 option on this team. Otherwise, we won't be getting anywhere with Yao alone.

You know what? my heads not clear at all right now. I've had a ton to drink and watching us get raped by the Raptors isn't really helping my condition. I'm not even sure if what I said made any sense. Anyways, I'm going to bed.

[40Cal]

I think we should hold on to him till 2010 and see how the rest of this season and next season turns out. McGrady knows that he cant get another opportunity to play with a team that he has played with for the last 4 seasons. It has to be frustrating as a key player to your team to be losing to under 500. teams and being injured.

Now 1 question, wuh if we go deep into the playoffs this year and next year with a healthy OR near healthy McGrady leading the way?

[jove9]

I understand you now.

Bed??? It's early!

Stay up and have another drink.

To your health!

[Sports Arsenal]

I think we should hold on to him till 2010 and see how the rest of this season and next season turns out. McGrady knows that he cant get another opportunity to play with a team that he has played with for the last 4 seasons. It has to be frustrating as a key player to your team to be losing to under 500. teams and being injured.

Now 1 question, wuh if we go deep into the playoffs this year and next year with a healthy OR near healthy McGrady leading the way?

If for some reason he gets healthy...(Ya right!) and leads us through the playoffs this year and then plays solid until the deadline next year, we trade him while he has value.

[TMACFORMVP]

If he were to return, doubtful, why would we trade him? We'd stick with him till his contract runs out, trading would be dumb if we actually advanced and did something in the playoffs.

[rsavaj]

Just sit him out for a year and make sure he rehabs like hell. If that still doesn't work, he'll have value as an expiring and then you can trade him.