I say let him recover until the All-Star break, we need him for the playoffs…

I was surprised that McGrady came back as quickly as he did. When I saw his lack of mobility and explosiveness I realized he was back too soon. In my opinion he was trying too hard to shake the “always hurt” and “quitter” tags by toughing it out when he wasn’t ready.

I hope three weeks will be enough. On the bright side, now the offense can start running plays for Artest, instead of the sort of random 3 point heave with time running out we’ve seen too often. I still think the offense will start to get sorted soon, as it spent much of last season looking much like it does now – fractured.

I’ve only seen two games where I thought Houston looked good on both ends, and maybe three total where I thought the offense was synced for 3/4 of a game. It shows the absolute top level talent of this team that they’ve won 11 games while not getting an “A” for any outing yet.

Given a bit of luck, or a slightly less sadistic schedule, Houston could easily be 14-4.

I’m very happy to hear that McGrady will be resting. He was clearly struggling on the basketball court, and I was fearful of an increased risk of either a setback or long term damage to his recovery.

I’m very happy with this news