Rafer Alston answered some questions in this SI.com article regarding the issues brought forth as Tracy McGrady soon returns to the team while the Rockets are playing so well. I like one of the things he said (highlighted in bold below), but I didn’t like another thing he said (highlighted in italics):

“He lines his guy up and goes into his move and then sometimes he’ll go on the low blocks and work on his game down there. So we’ll tell him we want to get up and keep moving, I think that’s how Rick Adelman’s style is. We want to move the ball, move our bodies and I think down the stretch we’ve always come to him and just give it to him and tell him to take us home.”

My problem with the part I italicized is that I don’t think McGrady’s got that great of a track record of “taking them home” down the stretch. Remember Game 7 against Utah last season? Someone please tell Adelman to not be tempted to try that strategy. We tried that under JVG, and it hasn’t turned out that great.

Thankfully, Rafer ends it with this encouraging quote:

“Now when Tracy comes back, we’ve got to keep our rhythm, got to keep the same tempo. Guys got to continue to be aggressive.”

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