This is the most ridiculous Rockets' thread I've ever seen in the last twenty years? WTF is wrong w/ Yall?
This is just as stupid as when you guys all wanted to trade Tmac for Iverson? Such fair-weather fans those of you
who think the 'team is better w/o Yao'. I guess I have to state the obvious, TMAC WASNT PLAYING? I think that's a
significant factor??? No Kirk, No Bonzi til a few weeks ago, totally new team, w/o Howard in the rotation? Hayes
in the starting lineup? That whole first month was Jeff's poor coaching IMO, Tmac was not in shape and still being
"a soldier" and playing in siginificant pain? Yao carried us thru til Mac's return, Bonzi and Rafer's up/down play,
Spanoulis taken out of the rotation. We should thank Yao/Battier/Head for keeping up pretty consistent play all season
thus far? If Juwan had played in Nov we win more games? But Jeff thought going small and w/ Padgett was a better rotation
WRONG. Tmac is the playmaker/scorer guy, Yao is your low-post threat/defensor of the paint, you need both to win a
title people? Why don't you ask Magic if he'd rather play w/ Kareem or without? Tracy openly says, he's just carrying
the team til Yao gets back into form, and they can "both lead the team into the playoffs" to a title run. Let's not turn this into a "Shaq/Kobe saga" about whose team it is, who needs more shots, who the offense should run
thru and what-not? They've already started it on ESPN, or as I call it the "especially stupid pinhead network"; to try
to make a "fued" between Yao/Tracy, but thankfully both of our guys are team/win guys, who like each other and respect
each other immensely. Let's just hope we can make the 5/4 spot in the West, to win the first series.
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I think this Minstrel post explained it very well:
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McGrady is so involved with everything the team does, and in making the offense go, that the team loses a lot of rhythm and direction without him.
But Yao (if McGrady is there) is what makes Houston elite. With just McGrady, the Rockets have a very respectable record. With McGrady and Yao, they have a great record.
If McGrady can stay healthy, when Yao returns, Houston is going to be a real contender. The Battier deal will really pay off then, when he's the third-best player and facilitator, rather than depended on to be the second gun.
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IMO an aggressive McGrady is the key here. Everything else falls into play with him making his shots. If he could play like this with Yao ON the court, we are better than Dallas and serious contenders to go to the WCF this year.
__________________ "He's the best center in the NBA on one end now," Mavericks swingman Jerry Stackhouse said. "The team has to focus on him more than any center in the NBA, even Shaq."
"He's 7-6, turning and fading. You want a guy to turn out, unfortunately he was hitting the shot," Brown said. "What could I do? I had a hand up. I was, '(Man), another one.' Now I know what it's like when guys play against Kobe (Bryant)."--- Kwame Brown on Yao's 16-25 shooting performance
I haven't watched the Rockets in a while, but you would expect a team with a franchise perimeter player and a bad supporting cast to perform better than a team with an equally good franchise center and the same supporting cast. These back-to-the-basket centers rely more on their teammates.
Call it ugly, but the way the offense looks with Yao there is kind of how it's supposed to be. And it's easier for guys like T-Mac to adjust to a slower pace than it is for Yao to adjust up.
Much was made, in past years, of the Lakers having a better record with Shaq out and just Kobe Bryant than with Kobe out and Shaq there. Were they a better team without Shaq? Not at all, but losing Kobe dropped the level of the ball-handling, passing and perimeter focus. With Kobe gone, defenses could collapse entirely on Shaq and the offense stagnated. With Kobe and no Shaq, the team was more easily pushed around in the middle, but still had a more diverse attack.
The underlying problem, for those Lakers and these Rockets, is that they're built for one perimeter superstar and one interior superstar. Therefore, when one goes down, especially the perimeter guy, things grind to a halt much more. If a team didn't have the perimeter superstar, only the interior superstar, the team would be built differently (more and better shooters, perhaps a bruising rebounding power forward, etc) and the team would function fine without that star on the perimeter. But when you're built to exploit the talents of two superstars, one alone has troubles, especially when that one is a big man who can't create for himself and others at will.
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One thing that will be really exciting to see is, if the Rockets will be able to throw two completely different styles of play at their opponents come march. Half court play centered around Yao and running down the clock... and then free flowing run n' gun with T-Mac running the show (and maybe Yao getting his rest!?)!?
If the team can turn it on and of, day in day out... then that might be a difference making weapon come playoffs. (San Antonio and Dallas are able to do the same... San A actually managed to run with the Suns on occasions)
One thing that will be really exciting to see is, if the Rockets will be able to throw two completely different styles of play at their opponents come march. Half court play centered around Yao and running down the clock... and then free flowing run n' gun with T-Mac running the show (and maybe Yao getting his rest!?)!?
If the team can turn it on and of, day in day out... then that might be a difference making weapon come playoffs. (San Antonio and Dallas are able to do the same... San A actually managed to run with the Suns on occasions)
Yeah,! Das what i just said only louder, longer, and angrier
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It's a two man show, remember two years ago when the Rox were absolutely nasty with Yao and Mac? It's due to injuries that this combo has been rendered ineffective, but now the new game plan with Yao out is to basically have Tracy revert to his old ways of scoring a bunch while playing point guard also. In the last 5 games he scored 30+ in all of them except one, where he had those 10 asts, but the point is that Yao and Tracy have not been able to fully click this year yet due to all these injuries, when they're all fine, then we'll see the Rockets that were meant to be.
Yao has improved TMAC is coming back to his old self.
Put them together and we will be dynamite. All bad news today read Yao was out till mid/late March then we lost to Dallas despite a great game by TMAC then TMAC leaves with a sore back in the 4th..........
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I have been always waiting for YAO to be traded to LA. YAO and Kobe would be another dynasty combination. Isn't it the right time?
Yao+Kobe
Yao+LeBron
Yao+DWade
Any of those can win rings.
As much as I like TMac, Rox ain't going anywhere with him on and off like this. Rox have to bring in more stars and a coach that knows how to deal with stars. JVG just puts anyone he doesn't like in the dog house.
As much as I like TMac, Rox ain't going anywhere with him on and off like this. Rox have to bring in more stars and a coach that knows how to deal with stars. JVG just puts anyone he doesn't like in the dog house.
Its kinda funny such a post would come from a user named "yaontmac"
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Houston better without Yao??
only louder, longer, and angrier
