Is Tracy McGrady the worst player in the NBA?
Well, maybe not. But when he is bad, he really is B-A-D. As in "not good." As in "kills his team."
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Tim Legler, professional sycophant for ESPN, as well as Greg Anthony and John Saunders fell all over themselves kissing McGrady's ass tonight on the broadcast. They weren't watching the same game as we at Apartment404 were.
Ever since T-Mac scored bunches of points in his first year in Orlando, there has been something of a cult in the league about what an amazing talent he is. He is a talent. But does he make his team better? We say "no", at least when he is doing his own thing. Horrible shot selection, streak shooting that only seems to blow hot when his club is up or down double figures, a seemingly lackadaisical attitude to most things not involving his own offense, the T-Mac strut, and a "me first" attitude do not win games.
They just get the man breathtakingly stupid commercials.
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Yao Ming on the other hand, has little athletic ability despite his gigantic frame, yet seems to take pleasure in his teammates successes, might be the best passing big man since Bill Walton, and shoots an amazingly high percentage from the floor and line.
Listening to the trio of ESPN announcers harp on Yao's lack of offensive rebounding, (in their opinion) mediocre passing ability, and his lack of personality (What? No idea what they're talking about. The man is funny and put his ass on the line this summer with comments regarding China's lack of progress towards a medal challenge in the upcoming Olympics basketball tournament.), we find ourselves in agreement with the new media types who bash ESPN for their humorless approach to all things.
Whatever happened to Olbermann? Oh yeah. Well there were other guys who could wink at the camera, like Jack Edwards. They are long gone.
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The final? Rockets 94, Heat 72.
Yao had 34 on 11-19 shooting and 12-13 from the line, as well as 13 rebounds. McGrady shot 6-18 and was killing Houston until the 4th quarter when he finally decided to pass the ball. And did so very well, but the game was pretty much decided at that point thanks to Yao's dominance on the offensive end.
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Man, we hate to feel we are on our own planet here in the confines of Apartment404. "Studio 60" is just about the best show on tv, yet gets lousy ratings. "Borat" is a wickedly funny movie, yet its distributor thought so little of it that it opened small, costing them millions and millions. We don't boo the Pats, like several thousand assholes this afternoon. Yao Ming is our favorite non-Boston athlete. And we thought that Theo Epstein had just about the worst year in memory for a baseball GM, but of course we still have hope for next year. OK, maybe not a lot. But some.
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We also don't think that retarded lunatics who drown their three children should be put on trail for triple murder. Yes, the DA must go through the motions in order to get this women into a psych prison, but does that same DA have to take such pleasure in spouting diatribes about "punishment?" As the nation learned from Andrea Yates, living in that head must be punishment enough.
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Tim Legler, professional sycophant for ESPN, as well as Greg Anthony and John Saunders fell all over themselves kissing McGrady's ass tonight on the broadcast. They weren't watching the same game as we at Apartment404 were.
Ever since T-Mac scored bunches of points in his first year in Orlando, there has been something of a cult in the league about what an amazing talent he is. He is a talent. But does he make his team better? We say "no", at least when he is doing his own thing. Horrible shot selection, streak shooting that only seems to blow hot when his club is up or down double figures, a seemingly lackadaisical attitude to most things not involving his own offense, the T-Mac strut, and a "me first" attitude do not win games.
They just get the man breathtakingly stupid commercials.
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Yao Ming on the other hand, has little athletic ability despite his gigantic frame, yet seems to take pleasure in his teammates successes, might be the best passing big man since Bill Walton, and shoots an amazingly high percentage from the floor and line.
Listening to the trio of ESPN announcers harp on Yao's lack of offensive rebounding, (in their opinion) mediocre passing ability, and his lack of personality (What? No idea what they're talking about. The man is funny and put his ass on the line this summer with comments regarding China's lack of progress towards a medal challenge in the upcoming Olympics basketball tournament.), we find ourselves in agreement with the new media types who bash ESPN for their humorless approach to all things.
Whatever happened to Olbermann? Oh yeah. Well there were other guys who could wink at the camera, like Jack Edwards. They are long gone.
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The final? Rockets 94, Heat 72.
Yao had 34 on 11-19 shooting and 12-13 from the line, as well as 13 rebounds. McGrady shot 6-18 and was killing Houston until the 4th quarter when he finally decided to pass the ball. And did so very well, but the game was pretty much decided at that point thanks to Yao's dominance on the offensive end.
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Man, we hate to feel we are on our own planet here in the confines of Apartment404. "Studio 60" is just about the best show on tv, yet gets lousy ratings. "Borat" is a wickedly funny movie, yet its distributor thought so little of it that it opened small, costing them millions and millions. We don't boo the Pats, like several thousand assholes this afternoon. Yao Ming is our favorite non-Boston athlete. And we thought that Theo Epstein had just about the worst year in memory for a baseball GM, but of course we still have hope for next year. OK, maybe not a lot. But some.
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We also don't think that retarded lunatics who drown their three children should be put on trail for triple murder. Yes, the DA must go through the motions in order to get this women into a psych prison, but does that same DA have to take such pleasure in spouting diatribes about "punishment?" As the nation learned from Andrea Yates, living in that head must be punishment enough.
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