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From SLAM Online (via of all things... the New York Daily News)

McGrady Bad-Mouthing Yao?

Well, this is fun: "This is the fifth season Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming have played together in Houston, so you’d think by now that everyone would be comfortable with their roles. Apparently not. McGrady has been privately complaining to friends in recent days about Yao taking too many shots and not being tough enough. Like McGrady has never been accused of either."

Yeah, haha.  It's a nice rumor, but consider the source (NY Daily News?  Puh-leeze.)

Second, the moment I stop seeing pictures like this:

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and instead start seeing more pictures like this:

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well, that's the moment when T-Mac might re-gain some credibility.  That isn't happening any time soon.  Furthermore, Yao averages fewer shots per game than any other All Star in the NBA.  No one is allowed to bitch about how many shots Yao takes.  Especially Tracy.

Lastly, we all know Yao is somewhat slow and by no means the definition of quick, but he is also by no means "soft" - not with everyone beating on him on every play and Yao still finding a way to be a 20/10 guy.  Yao is not the problem.

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so...

Crazy Pills is gone for a week.
T-Mac is gone for two weeks…

is this a good or bad thing?

Viva Von Wafer!

by grungedave on Jan 12, 2009 11:31 AM CST up reply actions  

Good thing.

T-Mac needs to rest up. Whether it’s a physical thing or a mental thing, he needs to get healthy instead of doing this “on a day, off a day” crap. Same thing goes for Ron.

It might not be so great for when they play the Lakers Tuesday, but maybe they’ll learn to just feed the ball to Yao.

by Only_A_Lad on Jan 12, 2009 2:09 PM CST up reply actions  

Definitely a good thing

I’ve said all along that T-Mac shouldn’t have ever came back until he was ready to bring it on both ends of the court. Because genius Morey has given us a competent bench, there’s absolutely no need to have T-Mac playing hobbled. Same with Artest.

We’re going to make the playoffs, make no doubt about it. The primary goal the rest of the season should be to begin the playoffs with the core healthy to play playoff level basketball. Anything else comes secondary to this.

by goingforthecorner on Jan 12, 2009 2:10 PM CST up reply actions  

He's reading the story

“how to Lose your Friends in 2 weeks”

by spoiled on Jan 13, 2009 7:28 AM CST reply actions  

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