ISH How good was Orlando Tracy McGrady?

[zay_24]

Never better than Kobe

[D.J.]

He was a taller version of Allen Iverson. Prime Shaq wouldn't get along with him, it would be stupid to watch. Toooo egotistical, doesn't get along with teammates. Impatient, shallow.

Iverson could play with Prime O'Neal in 2001. Prime Grant Hill couldn't.. Lebron could play with prime O'Neal. Vince Carter, not really. Tracy McGrady, no. Just not a very interesting person.

McGrady on 2004 Pistons? Poetry, probably.

Iverson was a volume scorer and shot sub 40%. McGrady at his worst was still around 41-42% and was regularly between 45 and 46% in Orlando.

[Steve212]

Man, I was in H.S. during his hey day, and the T-Mac/Kobe convos would damn near end up in full blown arguments.

[Bigsmoke]

Those are really good stats but without going through the better competition of the later rounds when teams tend to be better defensively how much do they actually mean????

Baron Davis, Paul Pierce, and AI were all able to lead mediocre teams to at least the 2nd round during the same period of time. Yet what some call the 2nd best scorer of this period wasn't able to do the same.

he speaks the truth.

[8BeastlyXOIAD]

Tracy McGrady had a few seasons as a Rocket better than his Orlando years outside of that 03 season, way better than his 04' season. He just was less efficient during the Rocket years, due to loosing a little athletism.

yeah i know that

[scm5]

Offensively, Tmac was better than Kobe in that 03 season.

However, Kobe was playing out of his mind defensively during that time period. This was basically when Kobe built his defensive reputation... combine that with his offensive numbers being near that of Tmac's... and Kobe was the more complete player.

I will say one thing though...

For a volume scorer and distributer, Tmac had a VERY low turnover ratio. While in Orlando, he never reached 3 turnovers a game.

[King Kong]

Man, I was in H.S. during his hey day, and the T-Mac/Kobe convos would damn near end up in full blown arguments.

thats funny

[D.J.]

Offensively, Tmac was better than Kobe in that 03 season.

However, Kobe was playing out of his mind defensively during that time period. This was basically when Kobe built his defensive reputation... combine that with his offensive numbers being near that of Tmac's... and Kobe was the more complete player.

I will say one thing though...

For a volume scorerand distributer, Tmac had a VERY low turnover ratio. While in Orlando, he never reached 3 turnovers a game.

He was not a volume scorer. Volume scorers shoot low percentages.

[TheMiz]

Think Kobe with a more consistent jump shot.

[L.Kizzle]

Man, I was in H.S. during his hey day, and the T-Mac/Kobe convos would damn near end up in full blown arguments.

It escalated into a fight one time when I was in school.