"I didn't sense that as much with Tracy. Ron Harper and Steve Francis have similar numbers and have no shot. That's the true nature of a superstar, a guy who can get better when the competition gets better. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy The party was to celebrate McGrady's induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Tracy went down, then Yao. All Rights Reserved. 17 pick in the 1996 draft.

"Anybody means any individual person. No. "When we lost the team that won (the championships), we started over. You just simply don't average 28.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, and 6.2 APG over 38 playoff games in 7 separate seasons and gets 2 scoring NBA titles and not be in the HOF.IMHO, he definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame (not first ballot however).Yep.

Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady and six-time NBA All-Star Jermaine O'Neal are planning to launch a player representation agency this fall, according to The two former NBA veterans, now 41 years of age, are opting to start Seven1 Sports Group and Entertainment to help young players in their NBA journeys, with a focus on young Black players.

In particular, O'Neal has made connections with McGrady and O'Neal, who now live in Texas, both started their NBA careers out of high school and initially shared the same agent and sneaker brand.

"I gave everything I possibly could.
"Carroll Dawson, the GM who put together the trade that brought McGrady to the Rockets after consecutive scoring championship, cited the 13 points in the final 35 seconds McGrady scored to beat the Spurs in 2004. Are most players who have comparable statistics in the Hall of Fame? He's always been at peace with who he is and what he accomplished in the game. That's extraordinarily difficult. How The 8-0 Suns Missed The Play-In Tracy McGrady was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017. Tracy McGrady has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. Tracy McGrady has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Should Tracy McGrady be in the Hall of Fame? But as they congratulated the guest of honor, who had been surprised by the bash, there was a clear sense that when induction day arrives in Springfield, Mass., McGrady will at last be appreciated for what was, rather than what could have been.McGrady never doubted his own worthiness and said this week he was "one of the greats. [Wojnarowski] David Stern — the Hall of Fame ex-NBA Commissioner — has died at 77 years old. "When I see myself play, there was no doubt I was one of the best players playing. "On Friday, it will be official, the ultimate rejoinder to the debate. "I'm damn proud of going into the Hall of Fame," McGrady said. Tracy McGrady on 2020 Hall of Fame Class: 'It Is Arguably The Greatest Of All-Time' | ALL THE SMOKE

But from the April announcement that he had been selected to the private August celebration in Houston to this weekend in Springfield, McGrady has felt the elation that escaped him as a player.
"What could have been bothered me for a long time," Dawson said. "For McGrady, induction will be the championship he never won.He famously never advanced to the playoffs' second round - he was out with an injury when the Rockets broke through in 2009 - before going along for the ride on the bench with San Antonio in his final NBA season.

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So yes, I was one of the greats. 26th all time in highest NBA/ABA career Player Efficiency Rating (PER) at 22.13 PEROne of seven modern players (Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Lebron James, Wilt Chamberlain, David Robinson) to ever post a 30+ PER in a seasonWas an integral part of the Rockets team that netted the third longest winning streak (22) in NBA historyOne of eight players to average 30+ points in four separate playoff yearsIf you take out his playoffs stats when he was on the Hawks and Spurs as a benchwarmer, these are Tmac's playoffs stats through 7 separate playoffs seasons: 28.5 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 6.2 APG, 1.35 SPGHis career was shortened by injuries.