In fact, the difference in number of games played is staggering. Bryant: 1,059 games (39,018 minutes) Garnett: 1,064 games (41,848 minutes) McGrady: 815 (28,832 minutes) That's 3 full 82 game seasons LESS wear and tear on McGrady's body, AND he's younger, yet he's the one breaking down. If you look at it by minutes played, it's actually worse. Tracy has only played about 70% of the minutes that Kobe and KG have in their careers. This is why I never want to hear Tracy making excuses related to age and mileage. Everyone goes through that, and most others seem to deal with it just fine.
Blew right by? Umm. What exactly were you watching? Even he looked surprised to have shoveled it in. It's absolutely painful to watch Grady play right now. It's how David Robinson would have looked in his last season if he was a guard and suffered from Rik Smits' foot problems. The man simply cannot move. Here's to hoping he hasn't fully recovered as he claimed.
Did you not hear how he has scoliosis? Or how that he has had to compensate for his lack of strength in his back by putting too much stress on the other parts of his body. His body broke down because it wasn't built for the NBA
The days of putting T-Mac in the same sentence as future hall of famers is over. Most people will likely agree with me. Whatever the reason, injuries, laziness, loss of passion or a combination, he isn't elite. Doesn't mean he can't contribute and we still must have to even consider a deep run in the playoffs. But please stop the comparisons!!
It's kind of funny people think TMac is done. He put up sick numbers in the playoffs just last year. He has surgery for the first time in his career and is slow coming back, and everyone pronounces him done. Everyone will be changing their tune come the end of the season. Believe It. (Again.)
If he is declining as fast as some of you say he is(Bobby Jackson looks like an athletic freak compared to Tracy right now) then we should showcase him and deal him while we can so we don't have to go through another 2 years of this bull****.....
He may not be done, but he has to *want* to come back and play hard. Kobe and KG have the desire to excel and win. TSlack only hopes that it will happen and that he will look good in the process.
i agree. Playoff time, he will play his heart out -also its his first game back, and he is trying to fit in, not taking over or ball hogger. To me he is trying to fit in to the system and doing what its best for the team, since he know that the offense that we been running its very effective, so why change it?
Damn...well that pretty much debunks the whole "I gotta lotta mileage on my body" myth that Tracy Lamar and his Band of Merry Fans has been spouting all year................NEXT! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
