Comments on: On McGrady – Part 3

By: Game review of the Houston Rockets win over the New York Knicks | Red94 | essays and musings on the nba & houston rockets

Sat, 01 May 2010 02:31:58 +0000

[...] To be effective, Tracy McGrady needs the ball in his hands, and at this point in his career, his abilities don’t warrant such high usage. On the other hand, while Martin will never be half the player Tracy was in his prime, his [...]

By: Game review of the Houston Rockets' win over the LA Clippers | Red94 | essays and musings on the nba & houston rockets

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:44:42 +0000

[...] his production as the season progresses. Last night, he looked better than he had in any of the four previous outings. For the good of the team, if either via trade or integration into the offense, we’ll have [...]

By: On McGrady – Part 4 | Red94 | essays and musings on the nba & houston rockets

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:37:04 +0000

[...] said in my assessment that, overall, I didn’t think Tracy was helping this team. He did however look much better in [...]

By: NetsAreScorching – New Jersey Nets Blog – Nets News, Rumors, Analysis, Podcasts, Salaries, & Statistics » Blog Archive » Bloggers Talk: Houston Rockets

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:31:20 +0000

[...] via free agency, or can the team find some value in return for T-Mac? I go into depth on McGrady in these three articles. He won’t leave via free agency because, contrary to popular opinion, the team [...]

By: thirdcoastborn

thirdcoastborn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:40:02 +0000

Coach has been right all along in that McGrady is not ready to contribute major minutes yet. The good thing is we do not need him right now, so he can gradually make his comeback. We will need him in the playoffs, especially if Yao wont be back by then. In the plaoyoffs teams will slow down our fast breaks, and slow us down to a half court offense. When this happens McGrady will be most needed to take defenders off the dribble, and create for the team. McGrady is also a great shooter, so with Landry and Scola playing like All Stars get doubled he can knock down the shot. The bottom line is jermaine oneal or eddie curry will hurt the team not help. With Von Wafer back now we have a real deep team, but does not look good for McGrady staying.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:15:33 +0000

did you see TMAC score 10points in just under 8 minutes, EAT THAT!

By: tobepg

tobepg — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:08:13 +0000

Thank you. I see. I assumed it's 1 year adjusted +/-.

By: salmiller

salmiller — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:21:51 +0000

Last game vs LAC 10 pts in 8 mins of play of the bench,are we realy watching T-mac here or are we his absolute critics.Nothing can keep Great Players down but themselves and T-Mac is confident that he has made the right decision in his career at this time.This is definately T-Mac's and the Rockets Championship Season and with the return of Yuo Ming two more.The ball is in the court of Management and Coach to appreciate and respect the team they have at this time because Championship teams are not easy to come by.

By: durvasa

durvasa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:28:42 +0000

The adjusted +/- cited in the post is for the prior 3 years (i.e., “recent past”), not this season. But you're certainly correct that we can't draw conclusions from the +/- numbers this season.

Happy Holidays.

By: tobepg

tobepg — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:46:09 +0000

Before tonight, T-mac only played about 30 mins in 4 games, so far his adjusted +/- is not exact at all due to the limited sample of time. Hence, I don't think it's wise to utlize this kind of advance rating on him.
Awaiting for the episode 5. Oh, Merry Christmas!

By: rahat_huq

rahat_huq — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:26:51 +0000

Alituro – I too hope his minutes are increased, though I can see Rick playing Lowry and Brooks in tandem more heavily.

David – The Rockets won't have any type of significant cap space this summer without dismantling their core.

By: rahat_huq

rahat_huq — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:45:58 +0000

hometown: still feel the same. what i mean is that best case sees us trading for an impact player - but that's just best case. i think its highly unlikely that thats possible. i just dont want to completely rule anything out.

as far as the surgery. he'll never again be the "old" mcgrady. best hope would be 2008 mcgrady.

thanks for reading.

By: hometownfanhouston

hometownfanhouston — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:37:03 +0000

Rahat:”I still think that the most favorable option for the team would be to trade Tracy McGrady for an impact contributor. The problem is that barring the unexpected, the fruition of that scenario is looking incredibly unlikely”

and what IMPACT player would you trade for? more importantly, a few posts ago,(I dont have time to go look, im at work..haha), you said to to me, that you agreed that anything we can get this year isnt any more valuable than what we have now? Has your opinion changed in a week, I am just having a hard time following what you are trying to say….Tracy is coming back off a major major, sometimes career ending surgery, and hes back early….I honestly thought he would be close to the OLD McGrady by the playoffs…isnt this more realistic anyway?
Just really confused your opinion changed so fast!

By: durvasa

durvasa — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:17:21 +0000

Unless the Rockets make a trade this year, I don't think the Rockets will have more than the MLE to offer a free agent. The only way they could free up significant cap room would be to trade Battier (and that doesn't look likely). Alternatively, they could try to sign and trade for a star towards the trade deadline, but that seems even less likely right now. We'll see.

By: durvasa

durvasa — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:14:43 +0000

I'd like to see McGrady play more, but Adelman says not to expect any changes these next few games. After Christmas, his minutes could ramp up. It will be interesting to see how the rotation changes when Chase is ready to return. Adelman has said in the past that he doesn't like players losing their spot in a rotation due to injury.

By: David A

David A — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:57:17 +0000

I continue to think holding onto McGrady for the remainder of the year will be the Rockets best option, as I just can't see us getting anything of value in return in a trade. That being said, I'm not sure what the Rockets will be able to do in free agency this season. People seem to think we'll have a chance to land Bosh or J Johnson, but I don't know that the Rockets will have the cap space, even with TMac's $23 million coming off the books, since the cap will be significantly lowered next season.

By: Alituro

Alituro — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:58:49 +0000

Chase is out for a couple weeks, ESPN reports. Luckily for our team because of the team chemistry and the ability for anyone in our rotation to shoulder some bulky scoring (except Hayes), as we showed with Landry's absence we are able to absorb the minor injury of a player. That being said, I think these next couple weeks could be used to play McGrady in his stead. Chase avgs about 18 min/game, now it would be nice to see what T-mac can do for that time. Time to take the next step in his evaluation, andf give him some real minutes IMO.

By: scalito

scalito — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:39:24 +0000

Houston Rockets fan chilling in Mexico. McGrady straight-up blows. He should've waited until February to come back b/c he isn't ready. Just waiting for the announcement: “McGrady to sit-out the remainder of the 2009-2010 NBA season”