Rockets vs Utah Game 2 (Pictures)

[Keyan]

Thats a huge problem, considering theres no way they could get fair trade value for him. I've watched him play for a long time, he is one of the most incredibly skilled players ever, but doesn't have the mental make up of a winner. There's very little difference between T-Mac and Kobe talent wise, T-Mac might even be more physically gifted. The difference is Kobe has the mentality of a cold-blooded killer always out to prove something, while T-Mac is a whiner and a complainer with little heart and passion. Its a shame he never developed that as his career went on.
I'm sure the Rockets could get a good package of young players and draft picks for him if they decide to rebuild.

I wish we picked up Kobe at the beginning of the season when he wanted to leave.. It would of been perfect. I saw his interview.. I and alot of people here in houston thought it was ridiculous too. I don't know If I would want to get rid of him, maybe retune the team. Perhaps pick up TJ Ford and a few others next year.. because as you said.. I just dont think we'll get anything for T-Mac.. I've heard all different types of things. Let's just see how the rest of these games go about

[persianbruin]

Typical T-Mac, never ceases to amaze me what an unprofessional baby he is:
Houston Chronicle -
Mocking those who blame him for not being able to get any team he has played on past the first round of the playoffs, Rockets' guard Tracy McGrady was vocal and sarcastic on Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.
"It's my fault," McGrady said. "It's my fault we missed free throws. It's my fault we lost both games. Blame me. It's my fault we fouled to tie the game up. That's my fault. It's my fault they get easy layups. It's my fault we're not executing well on the offensive end. It's my fault a couple people in the stands ordered Heinekens and they got Budweiser. It's my fault. I'm sorry."
Told the beer reference might have revealed his straight-faced sarcasm, McGrady rolled on.
"I am serious," he said. "It's my fault. Everything is my fault. It's my fault. It's T-Mac's fault.
"Everybody's blaming me. The Suns (for being down 2-0 to the Spurs). I mean, everybody. That's what it seems like. It's my fault. I'm out there by myself." [READ]

he is experiencing about 2% of what Kobe has to go through every year!!

[Babak]

Typical T-Mac, never ceases to amaze me what an unprofessional baby he is:

Houston Chronicle -
Mocking those who blame him for not being able to get any team he has played on past the first round of the playoffs, Rockets' guard Tracy McGrady was vocal and sarcastic on Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle is reporting.

"It's my fault," McGrady said. "It's my fault we missed free throws. It's my fault we lost both games. Blame me. It's my fault we fouled to tie the game up. That's my fault. It's my fault they get easy layups. It's my fault we're not executing well on the offensive end. It's my fault a couple people in the stands ordered Heinekens and they got Budweiser. It's my fault. I'm sorry."

Told the beer reference might have revealed his straight-faced sarcasm, McGrady rolled on.

"I am serious," he said. "It's my fault. Everything is my fault. It's my fault. It's T-Mac's fault.

"Everybody's blaming me. The Suns (for being down 2-0 to the Spurs). I mean, everybody. That's what it seems like. It's my fault. I'm out there by myself." [READ]

[Babak]

Thats a huge problem, considering theres no way they could get fair trade value for him. I've watched him play for a long time, he is one of the most incredibly skilled players ever, but doesn't have the mental make up of a winner. There's very little difference between T-Mac and Kobe talent wise, T-Mac might even be more physically gifted. The difference is Kobe has the mentality of a cold-blooded killer always out to prove something, while T-Mac is a whiner and a complainer with little heart and passion. Its a shame he never developed that as his career went on.

I'm sure the Rockets could get a good package of young players and draft picks for him if they decide to rebuild.

[Keyan]

I think its time for the rockets to trade T-Mac to a team where he accepts a lesser role and is the #2 option later in his career if he ever wants to get out of the 1st round.
The guy is notorious for being an incredibly weak p#ssy (physically and mentally). Time for the Rockets to move on, Yao-T-mac combo won't work.

But the question is, who do you bring to replace T-Mac?

[Babak]

I think its time for the rockets to trade T-Mac to a team where he accepts a lesser role and is the #2 option later in his career if he ever wants to get out of the 1st round.

The guy is notorious for being an incredibly weak p#ssy (physically and mentally). Time for the Rockets to move on, Yao-T-mac combo won't work.

[ShahHouman]

nice pics man, keep it up

[Keyan]

Thanks for the pics, bro. It was a tough loss. Maybe ya'll will get one in Utah and bring it back to Houston. Despite all of their injuries, Houston led and had a chance to win both. Y'all couldn't finish 'em off, and Utah closed out both. Maybe the Rockets'll rise to the occasion and make some noise on the road. I liked McGrady's comments on K!rilenko flopping. LoL! He was right. He needs to bring out that passion in game 3...

thanks, it was a tough one. we really needed rafer alston, not that he's a godly point guard.. but we've been playing with a below average point guard both these games.. I mean the outcome of both these last games would of most likely been different

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-080422

The one that had the Rockets seeing red was an offensive foul on Luis Scola with 45.4 seconds left. McGrady had recovered a loose ball in the left corner and was passing the ball crosscourt to an open Bobby Jackson for a potential game-tying 3. But as ***ilenko charged out to defend McGrady, Scola put his arm out and nudged him toward the sideline.

***ilenko embellished the contact with a swan dive into the crowd that would have made Greg Louganis proud. Meanwhile, replays seemed to show referee Tony Brothers looking away from the play until he noticed ***ilenko completing his second somersault and tucking into the pike position, and only then making the call. It wasn't his call anyway -- the outside ref is supposed to make it, and he took a pass.

It wasn't a great idea by Scola to put himself in that position -- why do it? -- but as you might imagine, the Rockets were upset by the call.

"He put his hand on ***ilenko's shoulder and ***ilenko fell back like a truck just hit him," said Adelman. "And you're going to make that call at that time, in this game, when six seconds before Luis went to the basket and got hammered and the same guy didn't make the call?"

"I have a really hard time with that. [***ilenko] literally flopped. If Luis was that strong, we'd be holding these guys off the boards a whole lot better than we're doing."

(at least one reporter got the story straight)

free throws ruin basketball games, they should think of another way
you shouldnt be able to gain points without losing any time off the game clock
they stop the game for free throws and you can just add points without the clock running...that aspect of it doesnt make sense.
p.s. kevin you were sitting way up huh? i can tell from the angle that you took pictures, thats how staple center is

yeah they need to just modernize the rules a bit and come up with an agreement. Our tix we're actually in 300 section.. it's basically the deck before the very top, so it's still under the suites and the nose bleeeds lol (that cube screen is actually lower than it looks)

[Rostam]

utah will go at least to conference finals.

They've got to get past the winner of LA-Den. If it's the Lakers, that's unlikely. It could go either way though. Utah could give LA a run for their money, and it might go seven games. In the end, the Lakers should take it. They're too strong this year...

[Behzad12]

utah will go at least to conference finals.

[EKBATAN]

free throws ruin basketball games, they should think of another way

you shouldnt be able to gain points without losing any time off the game clock
they stop the game for free throws and you can just add points without the clock running...that aspect of it doesnt make sense.





p.s. kevin you were sitting way up huh? i can tell from the angle that you took pictures, thats how staple center is

[Rostam]

Thanks for the pics, bro. It was a tough loss. Maybe ya'll will get one in Utah and bring it back to Houston. Despite all of their injuries, Houston led and had a chance to win both. Y'all couldn't finish 'em off, and Utah closed out both. Maybe the Rockets'll rise to the occasion and make some noise on the road. I liked McGrady's comments on K!rilenko flopping. LoL! He was right. He needs to bring out that passion in game 3...

[Keyan]

man that game was disappointing. they are called FREE throws for a reason...

tell me about it

[Arzhang]

man that game was disappointing. they are called FREE throws for a reason...

[Keyan]

These we're decent mid section tix that i got for a decent nice price (obviously I didn't get the same type of tix as I did for the suns game)




















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The aftermath can be pretty messsssy

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Utah can kiss my ass