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] 其實已經是舊聞了...囧> 簡單的用破英文列出幾個重點: 1.T-MAC對於Adelman能為火箭帶來快節奏的比賽感到很興奮 2.接下來火箭的進攻會更注重在T-MAC的身上,而不只是總是由他來發動進攻 (意味著本季又可以看到得分機器賣龜弟了嗎? 囧 真令人期待) 3.T-MAC相信幫雞餵兒子一定會回來,並且極力否認他跟偽MJ有不合的乳摸 4.T-MAC說他因為沒有進入第二輪而無心看上一季的總決賽 (我也是= = 再說總決賽組合完全不吸引我XD) 5.他也說火箭雖急須一個堪用的大前鋒,但是還是需要海爺的籃板能力 6.他說在老范系統裡在進攻方面沒有什麼能做的事(看的出來...),所以他必須擔任Trigger 的角色.這個時候又再度稱讚偽MJ,說他不僅可以自己幹,更可以幫隊友製造進攻機會.所 以他可以專注在於無球跑位,以及得到更多的easy baskets.還說他以前最討厭對上Rick 執教的國王隊,他說太難守了XDD 7.對於Kobe的得分能力以及得分王的頭銜,T-MAC已經不在意了,他所要的只是勝利,只是一 枚冠軍戒指 新球季...真是令人期待啊...希望不要又開高走低>"< --

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