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oh dang dat sucks

bball4lyfe32 | 04/28/08, 07:24 AM

This is just frustration. McGrady knows that, without Yao this season, the Rockets don't have much of a chance to get out of the first round, which will all be put on him again. Adelman, who has his own history of not being able to get over the hump in the playoffs, is just doing what he used to doing. Being outcoached while his team is outplayed.

Hoffa The Great | 04/28/08, 07:30 AM

thats why T-mac will never be a champion...period

antonio | 04/28/08, 08:21 AM

First off, Yao is injured. Second, you can't put yourself in a position where it becomes this close. Look at the stats

Tracy McGrady.

9-25 FGM-A
1-2 3PM-A
4-8 FTM-A

Rockets together (including McGrady)

26-79 FGM-A
7-22 3PM-A
17-25 FTM-A

I Like Turtles | 04/28/08, 08:31 AM

I don't think that is considered calling out your coach. He said the same thing that Adelman was saying.

Keelee24 | 04/28/08, 08:42 AM

This article is much about nothing. He's saying things that were clear to see in the game. As much as T-Mac loses in the 1st round, he always stands up and doesn't usually try to blame others. Last year when he lost, he sat at the podium and cried when he could have been mad and blamed others.

jj730 | 04/28/08, 08:44 AM

Tracy McGrady apparently can do no wrong and his poop smells like cherry blossom.

NYY lifer SF49 | 04/28/08, 09:22 AM

The Rockets are simply undermanned against Utah. It's noone's fault, but without Yao, they aren't going to be able to get it done. MCGrady is just frustrated that once again he is one and done.

Hllywd: Old Schoolin' | 04/28/08, 09:24 AM

Bottom line is that for all the talent you posess, you are not a true superstar
- quit trying to put the blame on others

you are 6-9 tracy....not 5-10, you should be able to box ANYONE out, but you are lazy & play no defense. That is why you have NEVER won a 1st round series. Facts are Facts-

jgb | 04/28/08, 09:42 AM

Me-Mac is a whiny little female dog who refuses to take responsibility for anything that he does wrong. It's always somebody else who didn't come through. Great players carry their teams through the playoffs (or at least to the second round). Do you think Lebron's team was good enough to go to the finals last year. He carried them there and if they lost, he shouldered the blame. That's the difference between a real superstar and a wannabe. If Me-Mac hadn't wanted out of Orlando (because the GM didn't call him on his birthday), he could now be teamed up with Dwight Howard. This should be a wake up call to other so called superstars (see Jason Kidd), the grass is not always greener.

nolesdabomb | 04/28/08, 09:45 AM

I'm sorry Tracey. I'm usually on board with you, but this time... Nah!. "Most" fundamentally sound basketball players know to block out on any shot. I wonder how Shane Battier would have responded in the same position. No Tracey. No excuses. You didn't get the job done regardless of who was in the game. I hate to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, but "You play the game with the team you have on the floor".

Eeewwww!!! That feels nasty. Yuck!

Vocal Point | 04/28/08, 09:52 AM

He has some nerve calling out Coach Adelman when he has failed to deliver every time he's in the playoffs. Get a life T-Mac! You'll never get out of the first round.

EastCoastJessie | 04/28/08, 10:17 AM

T- Mac & Adelman are both playoff busts!!!!

I'm Rick James **** | 04/28/08, 10:35 AM

Vocal Point,

Very funny paraphrasing.

PileOfCrepes | 04/28/08, 10:43 AM

with 6 secs left, you want guys who can score a put back, not just get the rebound. Also, Okur is not exactly Bill Russell on the glass. No issue with Adelman's non-substitution. big issue with McGrady who cements his reputation for wilting in the spotlight. Blaming the coach is real weak here after another lame performance.

bronxbomb | 04/28/08, 10:47 AM

This is not the same team that won all those games in a row this season. McGrady deserves some of the blame and so does Adelman but the fact is this they are playing a better team in the Jazz and must realize they never really had a great chance of making the next round.

c note (Back from the Boonies) | 04/28/08, 10:57 AM

We're talking about Mutombo today... not Mutombo of eight years ago..... nice second guess..... the kind you do when you're frustrated & about to lose.

Sir Robin (as himself) | 04/28/08, 10:58 AM

YOUR TEAMMATE HAD THE REBOUND DUMBASS! T-Mac tipped it away from him. If he'd concentrated on his own side of the lane Houston would have had the ball. Classic fight-your-own-teammate-for-a-rebound mistake.

it seems he will NEVER develop the attitude of a winner. Actually, he makes dumb and selfish comments on a regular basis.

ontherange | 04/28/08, 11:01 AM

I agree, McGrady will never be able to step up his game with that kind of attitude. He keeps shooting below 50% too.

Gr8 Chewbacca | 04/28/08, 11:12 AM

McGrady is always going to be one and done. This is exactly why we call him three-quarter McGrady... because you can only find him for the first three quarters. One point in each of the first two games in the fourth? Atrocious!!! but consistently true. He'll never go past the first round with or without Yao!

cruse1 | 04/28/08, 11:28 AM