Yao was a great player , but you could deny him the ball and get him in foul trouble Dude if you name yourself Hakeem the great you better start preaching the glory of clutch city 99ers have clutch city in their dna
Stats look similar but not really equal if you consider different era. Tmac was on a much slower paced team and he actually played defense in playoffs.
I wonder if bulls fans have conversations about Jordan and rose? I'm assuming the Bulls fans appreciate their championships All these McGrady fans don't care about championships They care about hypothetical situations that put their hero above others who are better and accomplished more
Well, Rose has nothing on Jordan so they don't compare them. Just like nobody compares Harden and Tmac to Hakeem. They have nothing on him. However, Tmac and Harden are comparable unless Harden gets a ring.
Yes but people like to romanticize the McGrady era like it was something special It absolutely wasn't. Those playoff exits were the worst ever. The regular season baring a few freak games wasn't fun either. I understand the harden critics but he got us further in less time and he's not a candidate to break down like McGrady. Did he ever play a full season? 82 games Most of the Houston Rockets fans from Houston understand.
I've been watching the Rockets since the Mitchell Wiggins/Sleepy Floyd HSE days. I know my Rockets better than anybody. Your opinion of Tmac is clouded in emotional hatred (all do I agree with you on other things). Tmac was great most of his time as a Rocket. The thing that stopped him was his injuries, which can be applied to Yao Ming as well. Basketball wise, Tmac was elite with his size & skillset. He was just dealt a bad hand, give it up Tinman
Those Houston teams weren't talented around Yao and T-Mac. The one year we had a stacked team T-mac was injured but we made the 2nd round anyway. If T-Mac had been healthy that team would have rivaled the Lakers.
Did injuries stop him against Dallas and Utah? Did injuries stop him for talking to Stephen a smith? Rep status has Yao, why not McGrady?
That team was better off with Artest and Battier starting at SG and SF. The thing that held that team back from beating the Lakers was Yao and Mutombo getting injured.
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You can't compare a loser who never took his team out of the first round to a superstar who led his team to the WCF.
Remember that McGrady was a 7-year veteran by the time he played his first game for the Rockets. He was about the same age then as Harden is now. People in their early 20s are r****ded (All due respect to the youngsters out there, but this is a fact. You'll see). Most people don't really start maturing until their mid to late twenties, and Harden is just starting to get to this point. So it's not fair to compare the two yet, but we can start comparing over these next few years.
I'll have some of what you are taking. Hardens garbage play is what brings him down a notch, which puts him in a debate with Mac. His potential is so high that he could of by now been so far ahead as was projected for him, but his bum attitude and lack of commitment to the sport is his downfall. The guy does not care and i can show you compilations... whereas you only show me the Toronto game.... CF is famous for hyping up players when they are on the roster. He committed last year in the run to both ends but now regressed more than his first year here. He treats the game like a 9-5, does not care one bit, careless passes and turnovers. The same way tin takes credit away from Mac in the 22strk, Harden gets credit taken away from him in the wcf run. He was not the one who initiated the spark to beat the Clippers if you recall... Harden gets one more chance to prove himself this year. The way the team is headed there is no excuse for him not to have a breakout year. It is up to him.
Never mind Kobe or Tim Duncan or lebron, McGrady fans think he's the most wonderful player of all time. And he's better than them if you put the "what if" on it I'm not a millionaire , but I can put "what if" and I win !
"I've been watching the Rockets since the Mitchell Wiggins/Sleepy Floyd HSE days. I know my Rockets better than anybody"? Anybody? Big E, Murphy, Rudy T, Malone....that's quite a bit of Rockets history that you NEVER saw!!!
I don't believe this guy. In my opinion, anyone who has even seen the 86 Rockets and the Clutch City teams understands what a true superstar does and what true playoff dominance is. If he truly saw the 86 Rockets, that's the real "what if" team And Moses Malone would make Tmac cry
Nobody dealt Tracy McGrady a bad hand, he had a pot of 162 million dollars and folded before the flop , no turn and obviously no river.
