Right Now the Eastern Conference's standing are, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Indiana, Charlotte, Milwaukee, and then Detroit at 11. But like I said Detroit doesn't really care about the playoffs anymore. T-mac's goal right now is to get healthier for next season, and how he can improve to get better for next season. He wants to help his team next year in every possible way to help them win a ring. He said he would help rebuild in D-town. But after the deadline, I think he and everyone else knew he wasn't staying in detroit, because the so called boycott, and being benched.
I think it would be good for T-mac and the organization if he left after this season. I think it would be good because they are trying to rebuild as T-mac is trying to win a ring. I also think he could be a good fit in Miami, as he is the missing key player to put that organization together. I think T-mac should go to the Lakers, Heat, Celtics, or Bulls. I think he should go to the Bull first out of all of them though.
Last night verse the Pacers, T-mac was DNP with a sore back. He will be in the line up next game I bet verse the Pacers again. This should be a one day deal. Even though their next game is in the middle of the week. Over than NBA news, T-mac has been paying attention to the NCAA Tournament. He didn't go to college and went straight to the NBA as you know, but he was going to go to Kentucky if he went to college. So his twitter this month has mainly been about Kentucky, and the NCAA Tournament.
I think T-mac will do fine with his back spasms last night. My prediction is that he plays the next game. I also have to agree with him during March Madness. I do think Kentucky will win it all now. I bet you T-mac was mad that he couldn't go out there and play last night too. He is always hungry for a win and to play. I think he wants to show the world he can play.
Jeff Van Gundy (T-mac's old coach from the rockets) said at a conference that tracy was never a good practice player. He said that is un earthly god given talent got in the way of his maturation. Gundy said that his skill level made it to easy for him to do new things. He said that Tracy could have been arguably one of the best players ever if he worked a little harder. But don't get him wrong he thought T-mac was the best player he has ever coached by far. Tracy said he doesn't see it that way. Tracy said he doesn't think that would make him a better player. When Tracy was asked for his response to this he said, " I just wasn't a great practice player. I just wasn't. I wasn't". Tracy said he doesn't have harsh feelings for what Gundy said.
I agree with both of them. I think Tracy tried very hard in practice. But I also think he could have gotten faster, stronger, and maybe tried even harder than he did in games. So for me it is hard to say who is right, but I have to say I think T-mac could have been a little better of a player. I also wonder if this would have made him in better condition so that he didn't get that hurt knee that messed up his career. “I just wasn’t a great practice player,’’ McGrady, a Detroit guard, said in an interview with HoopsHype. “I just wasn’t. I wasn’t.’’ just wasn’t a great practice player,’’ McGrady, a Detroit guard, said in an interview with HoopsHype. “I just wasn’t. I wasn’t.’’ I“I just wasn’t a great practice player,’’ McGrady, a Detroit guard, said in an interview with HoopsHype. “I just wasn’t. I wasn’t.’’just wasn’t a great practice player,’’ McGrady, a Detroit guard, said in an interview with HoopsHype. “I just wasn’t. I wasn’t.’’
Wednesday night T-mac went back into the starting line-up! I was glad to see that. He also had a really good game, and impressed Kuester with 15 points, 9 assists, and 7 rebounds. He was so close to a triple double. It is also going to be cool getting to watch him tonight! I hope that he just goes off. I am pretty sure he will be starting shooting guard, or small forward. I don't think he will start point guard because coach Kuester said that he has a trick up his sleeve. Kuester said players will be getting a lot of minutes and play different spots.
Just getting to see T-mac play in person will be very fun, and exciting. I haven't seen him play in person in a long long time. Seeing him in person is way different than watching him on T.V. T-mac last night tweeted, "In KD's city, whats good OKC?" I wanted to get a picture so I went to their hotel, but he didn't come down stairs. I did see Tayshaun Prince, and Ben wallace though. They said no to a picture though. I predict that the Pistons and the Thunder have a very close game and T-mac scores a lot.
If you didn't know about the Pistons so called "player lock-out" on February 25. Two of the Pistons players said they were ill. The two players were Tracy McGrady and Tayshaun Prince. Rodney Stucky and Austin Daye said they didn't know what time the bus was leaving, Ben Wallace had a brother that died, but the Pistons already knew about that. Now Rip said he was at his families house, and he has had a lot of drama this year, and he said he made up with Kuester. Tracy McGrady has been the only one that still hasn't played and he was a starter. This has made not only him mad, but me! T-Mac has not played the last 5 or 6 games, and is questionable tonight. I think Coach Kuester will get fired this season. It seems that Rip and T-Mac have switched spots, because Rip was benched for a long time. Knowing me from OKC, I want to see T-Mac play!!!! I have literally waited the whole season for this game, and now he's benched. Coach Kuester did say he wouldn't be suprised if T-Mac gets another chance soon though.
Tracy has basically said he is not going to play with the Pistons next season because of being benched. Heres what he said,
“Oh, of course. Of course,” McGrady said (of thinking of leaving). “I left my family back in Houston and I came here to dedicate myself and get back healthy and help this team win, and this is going on? Of course I’m going to think about it. I’ve already thought about it.
“I want to play. It’s a very frustrating time for me right now.”
I want the Pistons to realize that they had a winning record when T-Mac was starting, they beat the Celtics for Christ's sake! I just hope that T-mac will play friday night, so I can see my favorite player ever play.
T-Mac and his Pistons fall short by eight points to his former team the Houston Rockets. Like last time the rockets couldn't contain him, but basically all of his stats were in the first half. T-Mac ended the game with 10 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steals, 2 blocks, and 3 assists. If T-Mac has these types of games there is a good chance he will get traded at the deadline. If he had had the same stats the 2nd half he would have had 20 points, and 14 rebounds. For some odd reason I never found out is that T-Mac only played 21 minutes last night.
It will be doubtful that T-Mac will get traded because Joe Dumars says that he would love to have Tracy back for next year. He will only get traded if the Pistons get something good in return. If Tracy plays well through out the season he can get really good offers from teams next year. Maybe he can sign with the Thunder so I can see him every home game. But instead on focusing on trade deadline stuff, I am just glad he has been playing good.
Tracy McGrady might be traded this All-Star break. He is said to be one of the top 5 guys that would best fit in the heat's team. He could possibly go to the Bulls, he would already be with the Bulls, but coach Tom Thibideau didn't want to take any risks. He said that he thought T-Mac would have the mind set of just trying to score the balll. I just hope he gets a ring, so it wouldn't bother me if he got traded. If you are a subscriber to ESPN at ESPN.go.com, then you can see what Stephen A. Smith said about Tracy McGrady's future about 3 days ago. I don't subscribe to it because I personally think it would be a waste of money for me, but I am not you.
It think Tracy McGrady getting traded would be a good thing. I mean the Pistons have Austin Daye to look ahead to, and he has been playing good. This will give Austin a chance to prove him self, so it would be good for Austin and Tracy. Tracy McGrady really needs a ring to complete his career. Also Derrick Rose said he would love to have T-Mac play for the Bulls.I would love to see T-Mac get a ring, because if he did he should most definately get into the Hall of Fame in my opinion.
This is the worst game to see be played. It is the worst game to see be played because the Rockets are still my favorite team, while T-Mac, my favorite player is playing them. I don't know who to cheer for because they both need as many wins as possible. The Pistons are in 11th 4.5 games away from 8th place. The Rockets are in 12th 5 games from 8th place. So therefore I will go for the Rockets, but I hope T-Mac has 25 points.
The Pistons need to get a true point guard and let T-Mac start Small forward and trade Tayshaun Prince and Rip Hamalton for a good PG. T-mac needs to start scoring the ball as the Pistons make a playoff run. Why not try this because everything they have tried with T-Mac has been a huge success, especially signing him. Pistons Joe D said that the Tracy McGrady experiment has worked out way better than they planned. So this is just my opinion to getting the Pistons in the playoffs.
Tracy McGrady and the Pistons faced the Indiana Pacers last Wednesday night. The Pistons won the last game before the All-Star break in over time, which is always a good thing to do. It helps relieve stress going into the fun weekend. T-Mac had a good all around game scoring 15 points, racking up 5 rebounds, and dishing 4 assists. T-Mac has been playing 30 good minutes a game, it makes me feel good to know he is healthy. Also the Joe Dumars ( Pistons G.M) said next year they point Tracy and small forward. This is a good thing because it will allow him to score the ball.
In this game Tracy passed a landmark, which he now has over 18,000 total career points. This means if Tracy moves to forward he could possibly reach 20,000 career points, which is another thing you could add to his career achievements. This All-Star weekend could have been better if T-Mac was put in the All-Star game. It would be cool if T-Mac also was put in the All-Star game at least 10 times. Right now he has 7 All-Star appearances ( all starting guard).
Last Night the Pistons and the Hawks battled it out. The Hawks came on top winning by 15. Tracy McGrady was the leading scoring for the Pistons with 14 points. Tracy's statistics were 14 points, 4 assists, 1 block, and 2 steals. Pistons had a 15 point lead in the game and then the Hawks started slowly creeping back into it. The Pistons need to work on closing games out. For example they were beating the Heat the whole game and ended up losing by 1 point, 86-87.
I think to finish games Tracy McGrady needs to have the ball in his hands to end the game because he is a veteran and knows how to close games. If anyone says otherwise explain the 13 points in the last 30 seconds to beat the Spurs by 1 point. That spells C-L-U-T-C-H! Tracy has one of the highest basketball IQ's in the NBA. I would totally have faith in him to end those games. It seems like the Pistons do better when Rodney Stuckey isn't in the game. Don't get me wrong he is a good player, I just think he is out of control and is not a good point guard. Why not give it a try let T-mac make the decisions on the court when the game is in the line? When the Pistons put him in the starting line up they have a winning record I saw the record somewhere on the internet, but i can't seem to find it right now.
