June 22, 2007, 8:14PM McGrady upbeat about next season Rockets star likes tempo of new coach Adelman but believes GM still has work to do By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle For a while, Tracy McGrady couldn't have sounded more positive and confident if he were one of the Spurs floating his way through the River Walk parade. He was "excited" about playing a more up-tempo style with Rick Adelman and thrilled with the prospect of having more of the Rockets' offense brought to him, rather than having to trigger so much of it. He believed he would get his wish to have Bonzi Wells back and stopped mid-thought to stomp any flickering life left to the rumor that there had ever been a rift between him and Mike James, his former and once-again teammate. His back, McGrady said, was still fine. He described himself as still in game shape. But as always with the recent Rockets, the bottom-line reality tempered everything else. McGrady said he was still too disheartened from the Rockets' first-round loss to watch the NBA Finals. "Not because the Finals weren't that good, but I couldn't watch it," McGrady said, speaking at the opening of a learning center at Ross Elementary School. "It was just disappointing because we put ourselves in a great position against a really good basketball team (the Utah Jazz), and we failed." Wanted: help for Hayes With that in mind, McGrady suggested that as encouraged as he has been with what he has heard about Adelman and as pleased as he is about James' return, general manager Daryl Morey still has work to do. "Obviously, we don't have a power forward now but Chuck Hayes," McGrady said. "I'm sure the organization is in the works of getting us another power forward. I still think we need a guy on the perimeter that can create, play defense. We need a guy that can rebound. All these things I speak of, the organization is aware of, and I'm sure they're working on." Offense shifting gears Though he made his admiration for former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy clear, McGrady said he was happy with how the changes will affect him. "He (Adelman) is more of an up-style-type tempo coach," McGrady said. "That's beneficial to me. He seems like he is a pretty nice guy, a laid-back guy. "It's going to be interesting to see when you have a 7-6 guy (Yao Ming) out there, 300 pounds. It's going to be tough to get up and down the basketball court. We'll see how he structures that and see if he can make it fit. "(Running the offense) really doesn't have anything to do with Jeff's system. That's what I had to do. We had nobody to do that. I had to be on the ball. I had to make plays. Mike James is a good addition to our team because he can create his own shot; he can create for his teammates. I'm looking more to playing off the ball and getting a lot more easy baskets. I used to hate playing Sacramento when Rick was the coach because there was just so much offense, it was hard to guard those guys." That does not mean, however, that McGrady, twice the NBA's scoring champion, has his eyes on Kobe Bryant's scoring title. "I'll leave that to Kobe," McGrady said. "I'm trying to win now. I'm trying to get what he already has, and that's three rings." As upbeat as he sounded, McGrady did not claim the Rockets were there. Yet. For now, it is enough to be heading in that direction. [email protected] 其实已经是旧闻了...囧> 简单的用破英文列出几个重点: 1.T-MAC对於Adelman能为火箭带来快节奏的比赛感到很兴奋 2.接下来火箭的进攻会更注重在T-MAC的身上,而不只是总是由他来发动进攻 (意味着本季又可以看到得分机器卖龟弟了吗? 囧 真令人期待) 3.T-MAC相信帮鸡喂儿子一定会回来,并且极力否认他跟伪MJ有不合的乳摸 4.T-MAC说他因为没有进入第二轮而无心看上一季的总决赛 (我也是= = 再说总决赛组合完全不吸引我XD) 5.他也说火箭虽急须一个堪用的大前锋,但是还是需要海爷的篮板能力 6.他说在老范系统里在进攻方面没有什麽能做的事(看的出来...),所以他必须担任Trigger 的角色.这个时候又再度称赞伪MJ,说他不仅可以自己干,更可以帮队友制造进攻机会.所 以他可以专注在於无球跑位,以及得到更多的easy baskets.还说他以前最讨厌对上Rick 执教的国王队,他说太难守了XDD 7.对於Kobe的得分能力以及得分王的头衔,T-MAC已经不在意了,他所要的只是胜利,只是一 枚冠军戒指 新球季...真是令人期待啊...希望不要又开高走低>"< --

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