Surprised to see any B-ball fans cuz australia is a paradise for cricket rugby etc...and proly the only developed country not to show the NBA {shows how tasteless we are}.
Well to answer ur question, maybe it's never cuz T-mac simply sucks....the rockets boss must be out of their minds to trade francis and mobley and cato for this piece of shit. He is nowhere near Kobe's standard and Yao is nowhere near Shaqs standard. Yao tries hard and has developed into a very good player, but some of his physical features limit him from becoming dominant, He cant jump and his arms are short, which is why u see him getting blocked by ppl heaps shorter than him.
While for Tmac...he is the kinda player who doesnt noe how to play in a team (look at him when he was in Orlando)...
To be honest Jeff Van Gundy's tactics is out of fashion, which is the biggest reason why the rockets are going down. Look at the top teams rit now like the sonics and the suns, they both use a very mobile sort of offense based on fast breaks and outside shooting, a new style of offense that is sweeping the NBA atm. Van Gundy is still sticking to the old half court offense, wait for Yao to get into the paint and waste a coupla seconds before passing to him or sometimes dun even do so, they just keep on passing the ball around until they turn it over.
It's really depressing to watch the Rockets nowadays, why did they trade francis!!