We have yet to truly see the real identity of this team. The shooting percentages are terrible, and we have yet to see any third scoring option help out Yao or McGrady.
And yes, we could blame the six-game skid on the fact that McGrady was out of the lineup, but at some point the rest of the team needs to step up and play. Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey spent a lot of money in the offseason making this team as deep as the likes of San Antonio and Dallas, it would be nice to see one of those players bring their game for once.
One problem and bit of blame I can see lies within new head coach Rick Adelman. His new style offense is still being adjusted to by Yao and the other post players. Adelman responded to the adjustment by saying:
"What's happening, Yao's not used to the speed and the number of (options). He sees the cutter, but he doesn't see the defense yet so he's making passes into the teeth of the defense, rather than seeing who's open because of that cut. That's what made Vlade and Brad and Chris (Webber) special. They would see the cut and they'd see the play and they'd throw it to the right guy. If a guy was open, he got it. If he wasn't, the next guy did. Yao threw two or three passes in the Clipper game he threw it right into the teeth of the defense when there were people open on the weak side. That's just a process he's got to go through, I think."The only player to seem to be working hard out there right now, besides the two superstars, is Steve Francis. Francis has averaged seven points, four assists and three rebounds in limited minutes as of late. So my question is, who is going to be the next to step it up?
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