Poll: What to do with McGrady?

by grungedave on Jan 4, 2009 9:07 AM CST in Blogging stuff

We all know that the current plan for McGrady is to sit out every other game when the team has back-to-backs (4 more to go in a row!). But even when T-Mac plays, he's been uninspiring. So, I submit the following... what do you think:

Poll

What should the Rockets do with Tracy McGrady?

Continue letting him play every other game. The Rockets are still winning, after all.

5 votes

Trade him. Now.

48 votes

Don't let him play until he is 100% healthy and willing to take the ball to the basket

105 votes

Give Crazy Pills "5 minutes alone" with T-Mac to knock some sense into him

70 votes

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whoa

Never thought I would say this, but I actually agree with Richard Justice.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/6193178.html

by grungedave on Jan 4, 2009 9:16 AM CST reply actions

Is it bad,

that every time I think of Tmac now, I think of Marbury?

by SackLunch on Jan 4, 2009 10:39 AM CST reply actions

ouch

that is harsh… but becoming more and more true.

by grungedave on Jan 4, 2009 12:28 PM CST up reply actions

Marbury is worse

At least T-Mac doesn’t hog the ball on offense. He just forces us to play 4 on 5.

by Cornholio on Jan 4, 2009 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

The chron article

when the Rocket player said they “feel wanted” when McGrady is off the court. That isn’t T-Mac’s fault. Even when T-Mac is playing, the other players have to play their game. Why isn’t Adelman emphasizing this? Despite McGrady only playing with like 50% health, the role players stand around watching him waiting for him to create like he’s 100% healthy.

This is exactly what we saw in the Toronto game. They kept passing to T-Mac instead of running the offense by moving and cutting. T-Mac must’ve been thinking, why the hell do you keep passing me the ball?

by goingforthecorner on Jan 4, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions

Seeing how Crazy Pills doesn't have any sense himself

I can’t see how he could knock any sense into another player. Because all the attention is focused on T-Mac, everyone forgets how terrible he’s been playing on offense. Like I thought before we acquired him, the dude is a total ballstopper and isn’t playing like a team player. He hasn’t bought into this system at all.

The offense looked a lot better in the Hawks game because T-Mac AND Artest weren’t playing. Adelman’s challenge this season was to further integrate those two players in the offense. It’s been a total failure so far, and their injury situation are making it worse.

by goingforthecorner on Jan 4, 2009 1:37 PM CST reply actions