Vince Carter vs Tracy McGrady Who Was Better?

[lilojmayo]

There have been some good player vs player threads of late to my surprise. I got the idea for this one after reading the who could have been like kobe thread. And the 2 names that pop up to most was Tmac and VC. Cousins. who was the better of the two?

* waits for Sir Charles to come up with +/- stats*

I was doing some thinking just now and to be honest couldnt really decide. Tmac was the closest to reaching his potential but they both didn't. Carter could dunk like a freak monster and could pull up from anywhere.

Thoughts?

[Meticode]

I'm going to go with Vince. He had a longer prime and was less injury-prone than McGrady and made a low-budget franchise in the Raptors get to the playoffs and actually semi-complete while changing the face of the franchise while he played there. A career 45% FG%, 38% 3P%, 5.5 RPG, 4.2 APG, 23.4 PPG player.

In the end Vince Carter was more beneficial to the NBA than McGrady ever was.

[bluechox]

good basketball genes nonetheless. their mothers should have made atleast 10 more and coupld of owned their own team and won a few championchips, and have a family business going

[D.J.]

In terms of offensive efficiency, they were about the same. McGrady got to the foul line a bit more. Vince was a better three point shooter.

Vince had the obvious edge in athleticism.

McGrady was the better and more versatile defender. He could defend positions 1-3 with his length.

McGrady was a bit more consistent.

McGrady was more reliable.


Better player was Tracy McGrady.

[LebrickJames84']

In terms of offensive efficiency, they were about the same. McGrady got to the foul line a bit more. Vince was a better three point shooter.

Vince had the obvious edge in athleticism.

McGrady was the better and more versatile defender. He could defend positions 1-3 with his length.

McGrady was a bit more consistent.

McGrady was more reliable.


Better player was Tracy McGrady.

this. McGrady was better than Carter easily.

[nbastatus]

T-Mac.

[plowking]

Easily Carter. Just because T-Mac had one great season doesn't make him better.

Prime and Career, it goes to Carter. He strung many great seasons together, while T-Mac managed about 2 or 3...

[LebrickJames84']

Easily Carter. Just because T-Mac had one great season doesn't make him better.

Prime and Career, it goes to Carter. He strung many great seasons together, while T-Mac managed about 2 or 3...

That one season was a top 7 greatest individual season according to Hollingers PER

[plowking]

That one season was a top 7 greatest individual season according to Hollingers PER

That means exactly nothing to me.

In this decade Kobe's had 2 seasons better, Lebron has had 1 season better, Wade has had 1 season better, Shaq has had 3 seasons better.

So no, its not even in the top 7 this decade.

[Shep]

mcgrady was on another level

[fefe]

Prime T-Mac
Career Carter

I'd just differentiate prime and peak...
Peak - McGrady
Prime - Carter
Carrier - Carter

[Ace]

McGrady from 00 to 05 was better than any version of Carter.
But yeah T-Mac had a ridiculously short prime, to think that he peaked at 23 and started to lose his athleticism at 25...

[Pimpdaddy311991]

Tmac at his peak was better than vince at his

[The_Yearning]

T-Mac at his peak was even better Kobe lmao this ain't even a question.

[ChuckOakley]

I would look at it this way.

You're a GM who can have either VC or T-Mac for all of the 2000's to date.
Clearly you would take VC, knowing what you know now about T-Mac's injuries and equaly inconsistent (if not more so) effort.