The emotional lift scrubs like Duncan, Parker and Ginobili get from seeing T-Mac wear that jersey cannot be overstated. You take T-Mac from this Spurs team and they're not in the playoffs.
~lol~ Nice. What is even more important is that T-mac did LeBron impersonation in practice so dem scrub Spurs have no problem defending him in actual game.
Seriously though, TMAC probably helped by telling his teammates how to defend player like Lebron, who is similar in talent/size as prime TMAC.
You know who's always had mad respect for T-mac? Lebron James. In fact, he wore his signature shoe in high school. Now adidas re-released Mcgrady's first shoe with a shoutout to Lebron. http://www.adidas.com/us/product/me...1?cid=G65986&breadcrumb=svZu2Z1z13y9kZ1z13071
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>LeBron wasn't the only one with a triple double last night. Tracy McGrady had 12 high fives, 11 fist bumps, and 10 water cups filled. Beast.</p>— NOT SportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/NOTSportsCenter/status/343027289770049538">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Quotes from today's practice interview with TMac... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>"[Jordan] played against men. There's a lot of boys in our league right now." -- Tracy McGrady on MJ vs. LBJ</p>— Ben Golliver (@blazersedge) <a href="https://twitter.com/blazersedge/status/343066145512902657">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>T-Mac certainly still supremely confident. Mocked idea other guys who went China route - Marbury, Arenas, were anywhere close to his level</p>— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) <a href="https://twitter.com/WolstatSun/status/343063465897906176">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>McGrady said if he'd stuck w the Raptors: "I think Toronto could have been a team that would have competed w/the Lakers for championships"</p>— Sean Deveney (@SeanDeveney) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanDeveney/status/343066031687884800">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>One more bit from Tracy McGrady, abt his time w Hawks: "I felt like I was lied to. I don’t want say names. But I was lied to."</p>— Sean Deveney (@SeanDeveney) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanDeveney/status/343066651505340416">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>All class McGrady: "Are you ready to play in finals if you're called?" Is a pig's p---- pork?"</p>— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) <a href="https://twitter.com/WolstatSun/status/343068698682195968">June 7, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
New team, Same T-mac. I do have to say his fans and him are similar. Jeremy Lin is different, he's completely different from his fans. He's not obsessed about himself.
Oh god...TMAC talks and Miami comes back to sweep em...remember the ORL Detroit...Hou Utah..TMAC...shut ur mouth...please... - Sincerely Tim, Manu and TP
Stephen Jackson left the team because he wasn't happy that Manu will get more PT than him. Now he takes Jackson's place as the guy who's thinks he better than Manu.
