[10th ANNIVERSARY] Tracy McGrady: 13 points in 35 seconds 12/9/2004

t-mac always turns it up in the playoffs UNLIKE james harden.

t-mac career playoff PER: 23.4
harden career playoff PER: 20.98 and a 13 turnover game in a series losing loss, lol.

 

You can have your first round exit glory and your 20 playoff games with the rockets.

The frustration with harden is that he proved it last year he could take us far.

Tmac took us nowhere and you know that despite you trolling like lord of the rings all these years

 

Props to Rocket hero and all time great Tracy McGrady.

 

In that stretch, T-Mac was scoring at a rate of 802 points per 36 minutes. LOL.

 

no one has taken us anywhere since 1995. quit settling for mediocrity and moral victories.

 

Thats irrelevant now, many things go into it to factor out what brought what out of Tracy in every round hes played.

You have to look at teammates first and second, the opponent.

So lets say you swap Harden with Mac during his first rounde exits, he might have similar numbers.

But overall Harden has shown he can will us to victories but there is something fishy going on this season.

- is it partying?
- teammate issue?
- wants a different team?
- has no fire?

Heck you would think once you won a ring you sort of let up and glide, not steph and gsw. And thats what makes James look terrible.

 

it was josh smith that willed us to victory over LAC; NOT harden lolol

 

What do you think this is?
You think parker or tim duncan care about mcgrady that night? Im sure it's a joke to them when they flash each other with championship rings

But make your stupid ass comments about how you think mcgrady is better than harden

If it makes you feel good do it. But you are just lying to yourself

 

Fantastic ending. But Andre Barrett, Scott Padgett, Reece Gaines? Ugh... Was it the season after this one where McGrady was injured for much of it and the Rockets couldn't win a single game without him (at least for most of the season)?

 

talent and physical gift? ofc mcgrady is better than harden. its not even close.

and saying this does not make me feel better.

 

Yes those were the role players that jeff van gundy wanted.

He wanted an all defense team with yao and tmac providing all the offense.

Tmac fans saying they love jvg and blast the rockets role players are dumb hypocrites

 

You have a fast car and win no races against slower ones.

He's not a winner. Yes tmac has skills but skills don't translate to leadership and toughness

 

Trading for T-Slack was an utter waste of time. Years poured down the drain waiting for him to deliver. In the end, all he delivered was empty points.

 

Bingo.

We expected harden to come back with even more fire and dedication, but it was Curry who did.

Sadly this is almost like tmac vs kobe, kobe being the more inspired player and worker.

The tmac laziness infected harden now.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-video" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">11 years ago today. <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_T_Mac">@Real_T_Mac</a> 13 in 35.
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Regardless of the harden and tMac argument it is great to see this video again.

But tMac's story is finished and Harden is still in his prime .... There is hope :grin:

 

i dont dispute this, tinman. but this doesnt change the fact that mcgrady was more gifted.

mcgrady was a ferrari, while harden is merely a corvette.

 

just noticed the title of this thread... has it really been 11yrs? gosh.

 

as a rockets fan, i love great rockets memories. thanks, t-mac! 13 in 35 was truly one to remember.

 

T-Mac was a Ferrari who had his best season before he was ever a Rocket. Harden might be a Corvette but he may end up lapping T-Mac before all is said and done if he can turn it around.

Sadly, last night's game didn't instill much hope that he can.