In this video, we’ll answer how good was McGrady actually, why he never won in the postseason, and why Kobe called him the toughest opponent he ever faced. This is the retrospective of T-Mac’s peculiar and glorious career filled with ‘’What Ifs’’.
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How Good Was Tracy McGrady Actually?
McGrady left Toronto,Orlando, and the Spurs way too early.The only weakness he had was his patience.
*his ego
He was too jealous of his cousin to be on the same team as him.
So true
Still 1 of the best to ever play 1 of my favs
@@trappenweisseguy27 nah Tmac said that the raptors coach didn’t really try to give him much of a chance
TMac is one of the biggest what ifs a HoFer can actually be. He either left teams too early, got injured at crucial times, or had teammates get injured at crucial times
Or he was a choke artist that got sonned by baron Davis. Or led his team to the 15th seed. He wants to be compared to Tim Duncan when Tim’s team had like 60 wins and won the finals while TMACs team had like 43 and lost in the first round
@@ACLA23spoken like a true moron.
@@ACLA23Choke artist don’ average 29 in the playoffs
Tracy McGrady on the rockets was insane. The man was unstoppable. He looked almost non human
That insane scoring spree he went on against the Spurs is one of my all time favorite sports moments.
cant imagine how much damage a prime tmac and yao would do to the league without injuries
it's nice 2 meet you but that wasn't a playoff game
@@admplayz1175 yao should have gotten leg shortening surgery
His best years was when he was on magic, 2x scoring champ when he was on magic and scored his career high when he was playing for magic
As a magic fan, this hurts a lot. Two consecutive years, we had a chance to win or tie the game to move to the 2nd round. Two consecutive years, T-Mac had the ball for the final shot. Two consecutive years, Baron Davis stripped the ball as T-Mac pulled up to take a jumper.
Had the pistons by the balls and choked it. Shit sucks man.
Enjoy the games but don't put too much investment into a corporation that doesn't care about you. They would leave for a bigger market if it allowed for bigger profits.
Magic fan also. Us fans tend to gloss over a lot of the not so good things TMac did as a player. he really wasn't as clutch as people remmber him being
I never noticed how close prime tmac and young Dwight howard were to almost playing together on Orlando. That would've been a nasty duo until McGrady knees gave out if he stayed there. Dwight went pretty far without him them early days.
@@Dnero518 could they have gotten the 1.01 with tmac playing?
He was a definite baller for about 4-5 years. Absolutely a beast
More than that about 7 or more years and he was top 3 in the league for 2 or 3 years
@@aimwrld3970 exactly. 7x all star (beast from 00-07)
@@chrisisslick YES BUT HIS NOT GREAT ALL 7 YEARS BUT I REMEMBER FROM 1999 HE WAS BEAST IN BLOCKS FOR SF/SG HE PLAYED WITH CARTER BOTH SWITCH SF/SG BUT T-MAC DEFENSE WAS GREAT. THEN 4 YEARS IN A ROW HIM AND GARNETT WERE BEST PLAYERS IN NBA. THEY DIDNT HAD BETTER HELP. HIM IN MAGIC KG IN SOTA. SO WHAT IF MCGRADY PLAYED IN LAKERS INSTEAD OF KOBRICK OR WHAT IF GARNETT HAD SUPERTEAM LIKE DUNCAN NEAR ADMIRAL AND OTHERS.
8 years...
Dude scored 20+ ppg for 8 years straight. I think it was a bit more than 4/5...
You know what got me into loving the NBA? I remember getting NBA live 07, with TMac on the cover. The game had these highlights of NBA players, and one them was those legendary 13 points against the spurs. And for me, this was before having easy access to the internet, so those highlights were all i was able to get my hands on. I remember watching that so many times!!! I've never seen something that ridiculous before! From then on i was a basketball fan, mostly because of TMac, that's why he's one of my favs! It's a shame he had a short career :(
Almost the exact same scenario for me xD
He has won a playoff series…. Just in 2013 when he was riding the bench
Yeah his playoff history is ass cuz of his team
He didn't play a single minute
Take the L 🤣
That doesnt count a lot of people didnt count it Because he only play limited minutes
He got out the first round twice when he was hurt they beat the blazers
He really retired before the spurs got revenge the next season 😭 he could have had a ring
add it to the list of "what if's"
I just realized that, the basketball gods are cruel beings
@@roldinpabs-garnon1451 ain’t no basketball gods
@@Man-lw1vp no shit he was joking
@@SaucyTy2324 bad joke
Tmac is probably the best example of a player born a little bit too early. Imagine him in today's game. He's literally the same size and built as most of the 4's today and he legit move like a 6ft pg with insane leaping abilities. He was also an underrated passer and a very good defender if he puts his effort into it.
fr he like a 2k build
on top off that too he was one of the few players who wouldve been able to keep up with todays 3ball takeover being such a good shooter himself
"Every team has a hero, and every hero has a team" -TMac I cannot forget this words from his Addidas days..
I watched this guy almost beat my pistons in a playoff series by himself... and these were the elite championship going to work pistons.. dude was a MONSTER
If we gave rings to those who earned it for talent or hardwork then tmac definitely deserves one
He had the Pistons down 3-1
@@brandenvibez6051 yes he did I remember that series VIVIDLY... that was the cause for the decision to put tayshaun Prince in the starting lineup to try and slow him down..
@@michiganpride389 that one game Tay was called The McGrady stopper. Next year we get Larry Brown and we’re Champions
Those were not the elite pistons yet stop it
5:57 He wasn’t being arrogant, he was confused. The format has just changed from best out of five which it was for many years in the first round, two best of seven so he thought that he was moving on.
Nah he was definitely arrogant you don’t play a whole year and 4 playoff games before you find out they changed the format
@@austin4511 its not that he found it out, it's that he forgot in the moment
Facts he literally thought he won he forgot they just changed it that playoffs
@@austin4511 he wasn’t being arrogant was u even old enough
@@funnydude3071 this makes sense
Tmac is one of the most talented players ever he could do everything he was unstoppable it sucks that such a talent was ruined because of injuries
he was SEMI elite not facing legends like jerry west larry bird magic johnson kareem abdul-jabbar oscar robertson wilt chamberlain and bill russell
@@youtuber3328 Man you can't compare players from different eras
@@youtuber3328 and in no other sport would you ever say aw man he ain't good he ain't played those cats from the 70s and 80s. Those guys were the best. Before and after that time wasn't as good. Just that little sliver of time and in this one particular sport huh?
@@youtuber3328 ma boy he played in the peak era of the nba 90s to 2000s he was goin up against guys like Jordan Kobe shaq and so many others lmao that the dumbest comment ever
imagine him being in his prime today..........
When I was a teenager, I idolized T Mac. I wore his shoes, tried to play like him(people even called me T Mac), and would argue with anyone if they said something bad about him. As an adult, I realized T Mac just didn't know how to win. Winning is more than putting up big numbers, it's doing it at the right time. He had many times where his team was the favorite and lost.
he's had so much what-if moments in his career... - what if tmac and carter tried to grow together in toronto - what if the tmac/hill/duncan superteam happened in orlando - what if tmac and yao never got ravaged by injuries in houston - what if ray allen never hit that 3 pointer
Honestly he should’ve made top 75 7x All Star 2x First Team All NBA 2x Second Team All NBA 2x Scoring Champion
Facts. He should've made it over Damian Lillard.
@@fusionn4316 True Lillards resume isn’t that good
That’s not enough accolades to make top 75
@@SANDMAN_7 Yes it is. Dame has less accolades than T-Mac and he still made it.
@@SANDMAN_7 bro dame made it, yet is accolades are not that cool
I remember how intense them games were against Lakers in when he played in Houston. Him and Yao made this city feel good for a while.
yeah that was the team I feared the most as a lakers fan during that era. it wasn't the spurs suns or Mavs. it wasnt even the celtics. it was when the rockets got Ron Artest and they had tmac, yao and Artest. I think most people would agree if they were healthy they would of won those championships not the lakers and celtics.
Being a Canadian living in the greater toronto area I died laughing when they showed tmac's quote " It was depressing and i was lonely" hahaha, welcome to Canada buddy.
I think he was just young at the time. Toronto has always been a big time city, he couldn’t take advantage of that.
I'm moving to Canada in the summer...is it really that bad? Everybody keeps saying its depressing
@@shakenblake4533 Winters here are long and Cold. You get daylight from 8:30 to 4:30 in the coldest months. Other then that I mean friendly people, very diverse. You will find alot of opposing views with your own but may be surprised how many people share your views. Its not THAT bad but i hope you like the cold :P
Ya
@@Spellfire460 I'm moving to Vancouver, how bad is the weather there??...
The legacy portion at the end was fantastic. This earned my subscription to this channel. Facts and Statistics are one thing, but I love the analysis and breakdown of the play style.
My all time favorite player. Definitely one of the best all-time talents in NBA history
Same
T-Mac will always be my favorite basketball player, I remember getting so inspired to go out and play basketball after watching his games with the Rockets back in the 2000s.
Prime T Mac would easily dominate todays NBA
There has never been anything like prime T-Mac! Ever! Was ready for the league as a junior in HS.
it's really nice to see basketball channels talk about T-mac again ...my Idol🤘 that 13 points in 33 seconds is the reason why I love basketball🏀💖
I know T-mac migt be tired of hearing this, but to me he is the greatest what if player in NBA history, he's got a lot of what if's in his NBA career. For me, the Toronto Raptors you mention that was his first "what if" might be wrong, It might be the 2nd or 3rd what if in his career, I'm not sure about this but I just heard stories that T-mac was almost traded to the Bulls for Pippen and he was also almost traded to the lakers in the 1997 NBA draft
yeah that Ray Allen three just pains me a lot my Idol would have won his 1st championship, I know he would have not like to win like that cause he really did not contribute to the spurs, but it would have been really great to him win a ring cause he really deserve it😔
My favorite player of that generation. Wish his body held up better and he made better decisions. Nothing but love and respect for him regardless
I been waiting for another video like this
My #1 Fav Basketball Player Of All Time ! T-MAC
T-Mac is my favourite player of all time! Thank you for doing this video!
Tmac's foot landing was dangerous that's why it severely damaged his back. He used to land his heels instead of his toes when jumping.
Hows your fight with dracula belmont? Haha
@@joshuaesteban1120 we took a break because of this Pandemic. It's deadlier than any of our attacks TBH.
Also he has flat feet
Tmac was & still my fav SF of all time. He had everything at his prime. Kobe said it was his nightmare to play against him bcs he could everything what Kobe did. I think without injuries he would be a Top 20-10 all time great NBA player. Tmac is the reasons why KD is one of the best SF of all time is. Of course i don’t overlook LBJ,Bird,Dr.J,Pippen,Pierce,KD etc but Tmac was special. A „what if“ legend💯
Kobe was always my favorite player and I always knew he was the best. But Tracy was so serious and he was the first player that whenever he shot the ball, I thought it was going in. Insanely talented.
Once T-Mac found his stride, he was incredible. Those injuries really knocked him down to just another what if type of player.
i hate that ppl don't recognize the greatness of TMac. Kobe had a wayyyy better career. But he played with a healthy Shaq and Pau Gasol and won all 5 chips with the goat Coach in Phil. Tmac? He had Doc Rivers who now blew three 3-1 leads. And GHill and Yao both were perpetually injured. If Kobe had a 60% Shaq and/or Pau, Kobe would have been denigrated like Tmac. Both are great players but one had the major injuries prior to age 27.
Love this content
The man has to have a curse, he is the unluckiest person I’ve ever seen. 2001 joins the magic, Same year Toronto pops off and grant hill gets injured. Joins the rockets and the very next season magic get healthy grant hill and Dwight Howard. In Houston whenever he’s healthy Yao is injured and whenever Yao is healthy he is injured. Finally his only chance of a championship ended by ray allen
Unluckiest person? 🤣🤣🤣 the dude plays basketball for a living and get paid millions to do so. How is that unlucky? Take the L kevin L 🤣🤣🤣
@@stansb37 Someone's poor not his fault that u couldn't make the basketball team
He was not getting in pt with the Spurs anyway
Impatient, not unlucky.
Retires then the spurs win the championship lool
Interesting comment about how landing affects your body. I'll have to keep more of an eye how LeBron does so. I know that Wade, Rose, etc played hard and that all takes its toll.
Tracy Mcgrady was my first favorite player before Kobe. He was a beast.
My favorite NBA player of all time and the player I grew up watching when I was a Rockets fan and most memorable playing with Yao Ming.
T-Mac and Agent Zero are two of my favorites
Great breakdown !!
finally im addicted to these vids
For real grant Hill was scary before he got hurt. I was never a fan of his because I dislike Duke. Truth be told he was comparable to MJ at one point. I lived it remember that doubters.
Tmac is my favorite all-time player so i really enjoy this video
One of the greatest offensive player in NBA
Gotta love this .
Great content
His 2002-2003 Season is the most talented player I've ever seen. He was unstoppable even when Zone defense and handchecking were both allowed. plus he was younger than Kobe!
Imagine doing all this while also having a crooked back, legendary
Carter and McGrady were the Tatum and Brown of the league back then.
great comparison
Now I see why your name is W W
Vince & Tmac are more talented individually.
I'd take carter and mcgrady any day, but yea decent comp.
Decent comparison, but Tmac & Vince we’re a lot more athletic
On your next "How Good Was [NBA Player] Actually?'" you should do "How Good Was Dirk Nowitzki Actually"
Considering he has a chronic back problem that doctors said he wouldn't be able to make the league, he did a tremendous job in his career
I not fan of a basketball but once i saw him playing one time during his Orlando Era Oh My!! this man was Blew me away😲😲😲 Until now this very day still he is My All Time Favorite Player..Nothing Can Replace Him For Me
That's heartbreaking man. I'm guessing the what if's are mainly going to be just one more year (Toronto, Orlando, San Antonio). Damn.
i remember when i was in i think elementary school and i had a really long phase of loving basketball and dont get me wrong i still do love the game but man i always loved T-Mac dude was an absolute beast and was definitely in my top ten favorite players, also for some reason really liked his name, very iconic probably one of the coolest sounding names in the game i think...anyways yeah T-Mac was awesome loved him - kinda wish he had a chance to get traded to either the Heat or the Lakers that woulda been game over back then I think...
Tmac and DWade were my favorite players and I wasn't even watching NBA in those years because of school and lack of cable TV. I just love using them in NBA Live and watching their highlights from the game and internet 😄 I was wishing he came to Miami instead of Spurs.
Damn. You can’t blame a guy for trying to maximize his chances of winning in a small window like pro sports. But it seems T-Mac made a lot of incorrect choices - bad luck rather than dumb actions. I got to watch him in person a few times: against the Jazz in the Playoffs and in the 2006 All-Star Game. Big respect for him.
Honestly i loved Tracy growing up even had his shoes too lol I'm 29 and love basketball so Tracy Kobe Reggie Miller were my era favorites especially since I'm in Indiana and Reggie played for pacers. Either way imo Tracy is the most underrated player ever fr. And when you got Kobe Bryant speaking about how hard it was to okay Tracy and how good Tracy Really was is beyond a compliment especially when it's Kobe saying it and Allen Iverson said Tracy was a beast too and he is being screwed and should be on 75 player ever list and i agree people slept on Tracy but us real NBA fans know how great Tracy really was
THANKS FOR the video tmac was amazing
If Kobe said that you're the hardest guy to guard, you know you're a threat
I picked up the game kinda late. I wrestled until about 7th grade. I got a bit taller then, so I wanted to give it a try. I was pretty average through high-school. I was young for my grade, so right after senior year I went from about 5'11 to 6'3 in my shoes. When I got to college I just got extra obsessed cause I didn't have my other two sports anymore. i played damn near every day at the rec. An older black fellow that was always there playing started seeing how I was coming along. He chatted up everybody. He saw how I dribbled with both hands and even the shorter guys would start letting me run the point after a couple trips down when they saw how i handled. I started going mean to the hole, started using this crazy pull up where I just went as high as I could where most people couldn't get a contest to it. I got some shot blocking going. One of the closest thing too was that crazy behind the back pass to the post. The older guy gave me the nickname White Tmac and it caught on cause people thought it was kinda funny but true. Definately shrinking it down to the rec level, but I was still super proud of that cause if people saw anyyyything like this man they are saying you too tall and too smooth.
Man his my favorite and idol my TMAC.
If his back would've held up, he would be in discussions of one of the greatest of all time. He was my favorite player growing up when he was on those terrible Magic teams but he was incredible
Nah he wouldn't
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My fave player in his prime. Would have loved to see him stayed in Toronto though. I believe he definitely would have won at least one chip minimum.
How good was He? The only NBA game I ever went to as a Kid was when he dropped 62 on Gilbert Arenas & the Wizards. Had he not started to get gassed in beginning of the 4th, or made more free throws I think he'd of broke 70+ definitely. Absolutely unreal. 🤯
Can u guys please make a video about "What is like getting drafted for both the NFL and NBA" I've been asking for it for months now
He was amazing! I remember I was always excited about watching Tracy Mcgrady and Allen Iverson playing back in the day
imo he would have been a top 5 sg if he never got hurt so much
Definitely.
he would be a top 5 sg if he won a chip or at least made the finals a couple times. His numbers are there, but nothing to show for it.
He did everything just amazing
He did everything Kobe could do, and skill wise, while being taller. That says enough
I remember being a kid & watching the game where he alley ooped it to himself off the backboard . I had never seen that b4 nd i was sold. He was a monster
He’s one of my favorite shooting guards of all time But he could play power forward small and point guard as well. He’s one of my favorite players for that reason that he’s a slasher a good shooter and has good handles and can post you up and back you the hell down
Tmac definitely couldn't and never played PF, respectfully.
That 13 spurs playoff season was all about getting tmac ring the whole city was rooting for him to get one and they were one rebound and one free throw away from happening
A straight beast
T-mac use to be one of my favorite players, not for his entire career, but during some of his Houston Rockets years. Sure he earned millions of dollars from the Nba, has a family and an overall respectable life, but I still feel bad for him going through serious injuries during his career, and losing in the 1st round too much.
I learned a valuable lesson watching this.. Don't get in your own way, and do your best to remain patient. Praise Jah.. Because this was directed 1000% to me.
The what ifs are crazy bruh
Favorite player
T-Mac may be one of the unluckiest players in the NBA, but that doesn't mean he is a terrible player. His energy was absolutely monstrous, much like Derrick Rose. That's what makes him so popular from basketball fans.
For those 33 seconds against the Spurs, Tracy McGrady was the best hooper to ever live, and nobody can ever convince me different. For those 33 seconds, he was the GOAT. And now look at the Rockets. . .
Tmac was unstoppable during his prime days until Injuries ruined his career
Could have had 3 rings what if moments
The slight mention of the HAT VC was wearing on draft night would have gotten a bit more love…from me.
I went to that game 5 2003 1st round game T-Mac @ Detroit. The palace was sold out and insane that nite. The pistons used their best impressions of the jordan rules to shut McGradys water off and it worked bigtime. Chauncey Billups scored 79 combined points in game 6 and 7 combined and the pistons blew the magic out 3 straight games.
T Mac fav of all time
T-mac is player with GOAT potential. One of my favorite players of all time
I remember reading a SLAM magazine article saying how tmac was just on another level above everyone else at that time. People forget how good he really was. If I had one player to start a franchise around, it's prime TMac
TMAC in my opinion was one of the greatest of all-time. Definitely a fan favorite in my generation. I remember at one point NBA Elite Players were Kobe Bryant, Shaq, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Tracy Mcgrady, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd.
This dude was so entertaining to watch. I used to watch him all the time when he was on Orlando. He had no help. He carried. He was better than Kobe a couple years. Then when he got to Houston idk what happened. He had Yao but I always felt like Yao was a little overrated.
On Orlando Magic, for a couple years he went up to a level I believe no one else has touched individually.He was averaging 32,7 and 6 on a time where games were played to 90 points. He didn´t have a team good enough to win on the play offs and this is what makes people not remember him enough. On the Rockets injuries plagued him(and also Yao) when he finally had a team good enough to contend.
We didn’t need a summary of the video my guy
God bless you 🙏❤
T Mac was my favorite player broooooo
McGrady has always been one of my favorite players... wish he would've won a ring
Teams and teammates win championships… this man should be proud he did good 🔥
At his peak, he was KD before KD, maybe a slightly less talented shooter, but insanely athletic
KD never got tmac's explosiveness and talent it's not even close.
@@ryosukeyagami6334 talent?
@@ryosukeyagami6334 i kneel
KD admitted to watching a lot of Tmac highlights in hs. But TMac said yeah but I’m not a 7ft that shoots like you loll
@@ryosukeyagami6334 talent? You smoking crack KD is way better than tmac even before injury stop it. Y’all love to hate KD
One of the most explosive and athletic wing players of all-time.
Man t Mac went toe to toe wit Kobe. T Mac my favorite
My favorite player ever! 💪🔥🏀
Anyone notice the vocals are from the guy from the no sleep podcast??
He was literally Kd before Kd
With better handles, dunks, steals and hops for blocks and rebounding I believe. Dude could oop it to himself in games
5:37 damm what a badass quote.
I feel like Dame Lilliard carrying the TrailBlazers reminds me of a prime T-Mac carrying the Magic on his back and not getting to the NBA finals until the end of his career as a role player on the Spurs. But I hope Dame can get a ring before he retires but don't see Dame winning a chip in Portland 🤔🏆
dame gon be the definition of wasted talent if he don't leave portland
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