But when Tracy McGrady couldn't make his own shots...
Jeff Van Gundy couldn't possibly go out there and perform the shots himself, could he?
After coming to Houston, the biggest change for McGrady was that as his weight increased year by year, his once-prided speed in starting had become increasingly sluggish.
Historically, due to back injuries, McGrady's true shooting percentage was only 49.4% in the 05/06 season.
Injuries indeed affected McGrady's performance.
But more importantly, under Van Gundy's tactical system... those ineffective long-range two-pointers that McGrady took were like a grand spear without a tip.
Many times, even when he had cleared the space to shoot, McGrady would decisively give up the three-pointer to step forward and gamble on his long two-pointer percentage, which was around forty percent.
The decrease in penetration frequency and too many inefficient shots...
