when the doctors initially said that his injury was something he had to “play through”, they were wrong and McGrady was right all along? Huh.

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.