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T-mac no Kobe, Rockets beat Spurs

by james on January 20th, 2008

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.

Now the Rockets beat the Spurs with Tracy McGrady back in the lineup.

Sounds like a recipe for success, but maybe it isn’t.

While T-Mac was out the Houston Yao’s were 7 - 4 with losses to the Boston Celtics and the red hot Hornets mixed in there.

There has been talk that Tracy needs the ball too much for the Houston team to win.

Without T-Mac in the lineup the Rockets pass around Yao and more players seem to get good shots. With T-Mac the ball goes to Tracy and never comes back.

T-Mac came back and does not feel that way at all.

“We not only played hard, we played smart and under control,” McGrady said. “We played together as a team.” source

Doesn’t Kobe play that way?

No, Kobe has found a way to make the team win. He attracts defenses, but will dish to open players and take less bad shots.

The Rockets may have to give up McGrady to make this team a better team.

The trade rumors persist, but Rockets management had only this to say.

“There have been no trade talks,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. “None. Nothing.” source

Reading between the lines there, could there be a deal going on?

Ok, there were not even two lines to read between, but if Houston could get a scoring forward and another front line player, don’t you think they would take that deal?

The T-Mac / Yao combination has not resulted in a ton of victories.

It looks good on paper, but just has not worked on the court.

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