How Good Was Tracy McGrady Actually? 

McGrady left Toronto,Orlando, and the Spurs way too early.The only weakness he had was his patience.

Tracy McGrady on the rockets was insane. The man was unstoppable. He looked almost non human

He has won a playoff series…. Just in 2013 when he was riding the bench

He was a definite baller for about 4-5 years. Absolutely a beast

He really retired before the spurs got revenge the next season 😭 he could have had a ring

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

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.

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

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 :(

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

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.

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.

"Every team has a hero, and every hero has a team" -TMac I cannot forget this words from his Addidas days..

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.

Honestly he should’ve made top 75 7x All Star 2x First Team All NBA 2x Second Team All NBA 2x Scoring Champion

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

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.

My all time favorite player. Definitely one of the best all-time talents in NBA history

Prime T Mac would easily dominate todays NBA

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.

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.

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.

There has never been anything like prime T-Mac! Ever! Was ready for the league as a junior in HS.

I been waiting for another video like this

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

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🏀💖

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

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.

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.

One of the greatest offensive player in NBA

Once T-Mac found his stride, he was incredible. Those injuries really knocked him down to just another what if type of player.

My #1 Fav Basketball Player Of All Time ! T-MAC

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.

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.

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!

Love this content

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.

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

Tmac is my favorite all-time player so i really enjoy this video

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.

Imagine doing all this while also having a crooked back, legendary

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

Great breakdown !!

T-Mac and Agent Zero are two of my favorites

If Kobe said that you're the hardest guy to guard, you know you're a threat

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

finally im addicted to these vids

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. 🤯

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.

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

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

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.

On your next "How Good Was [NBA Player] Actually?'" you should do "How Good Was Dirk Nowitzki Actually"

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.

Carter and McGrady were the Tatum and Brown of the league back then.

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...

Great content

Gotta love this .

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.

Yo channel be helping me win hella debates😂

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

He was amazing! I remember I was always excited about watching Tracy Mcgrady and Allen Iverson playing back in the day

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.

T-mac is player with GOAT potential. One of my favorite players of all time

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.

He did everything Kobe could do, and skill wise, while being taller. That says enough

Teams and teammates win championships… this man should be proud he did good 🔥

THANKS FOR the video tmac was amazing

At his peak, he was KD before KD, maybe a slightly less talented shooter, but insanely athletic

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

One of the most explosive and athletic wing players of all-time.

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.

McGrady has always been one of my favorite players... wish he would've won a ring

The what ifs are crazy bruh

imo he would have been a top 5 sg if he never got hurt so much

Man his my favorite and idol my TMAC.

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. . .

The slight mention of the HAT VC was wearing on draft night would have gotten a bit more love…from me.

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 🤔🏆

He did everything just amazing

Tmac was unstoppable during his prime days until Injuries ruined his career

Can u tell me what sound tracks u used

T Mac fav of all time

Man t Mac went toe to toe wit Kobe. T Mac my favorite

Not only that in the early 2000s Tim Duncan was almost about to go to the Magic with T Mac and Hill. Everyone thought it would happen there were billboards in Orlando with Tim Duncan as a part of the magic. Unfortunately he never signed there and the rest is history.

Tracy most underrated player of all time and that’s facts

McGrady was easily my favorite player in that era.

T Mac was my favorite player broooooo

I seriously considered him being Kobe's level player, even their style is very similar. But as I recall he managed to be like that for a very short time for various reasons.

Both were about 6' 7" / 6' 8", both were explosive offensive players, both struggled with injuries throughout their career and both wore #1 for Orlando, but who do you think was the better player? T-Mac or Penny? (I got to see more of Penny so I'm going with Penny).

TMac was exciting to watch dribbling, shooting, drive and dunk with the the best of them.