Dear Houston Rockets

When you're on the bench this long, you might as well get to know the journeymen...

Trevor Ariza is cool. T-Mac was cooler. Aaron Brooks is a nice point guard. T-Mac was a better player. Whatever your team has now, T-Mac was doing it from before them. Rockets, you're team is good, but Tracy McGrady would dump on any of them in his prime. That's not to say that the man lost a step in his injury-riddled career. He very well might be a former shell of himself. However, shouldn't it be your prerogative to explore that theory? What if T-Mac can still be dunking on people, dropping buckets left and right and can be the spark you guys need? Let's face it, at times your team can be flat offensively, and you need some guaranteed scoring. If T-Mac has fully healed from his injuries and can do that again, then what are you waiting for?

You guys have McGrady riding the pine pony, still earning the same amount of money from his insane contract. Don't you owe it to yourself and to your money to see if this man is worth the $20 million you gave him last year? And then, if it turns out T-Mac isn't back to his super-self, you could assess his value, and maybe look for a trade, or just release him. That all pales in comparison to the fact that you have one of the greatest scorers EVER chilling on your bench. The man destroyed the league for 6 years, and if not for injuries to him and Yao (I might have given up on Yao, though), would have had the squad as a huge contender in the West. I'm not saying that you have to give him his old minute, because that would honestly screw up your team's chemistry. But at least give the man a shot. You and I both know a healthy T-Mac will murk Trevor Ariza, and won't be putting up 3-14 nights like some of your swingmen. And at the least, T-Mac would definitely sell some seats, if not help you guys keep your head above water in the Wild Wild West...