In T-Mac's Defense - Perfecting the Upset's current article

Excellent article. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely true. T-mac criticizers always pull this "no heart" crap. Its the easy way out.

 

I don't think T-Mac criticizers are claiming he was that way his entire career. There was a clear point, however, when his lack of interest began to show (generally during the 07-08 season, but definitely in the seasons after when the "injuries" really started kicking in).

 

I think you are confusing "lack of interest" with playing while injured.

 

I think the article is a worthless piece of fluff that glosses over the worst about McGrady. To say, McGrady was always one of the most efficient players in the NBA completely blows the writer's credibility. I guess fluff pieces have their place but they are a waste of time to read when you know better.

BTW, I feel the same way about "hit" pieces that are totally negative.

 

Typical Tmac defense article, blame everyone else for not being good enough. I don't even like Lebron but look at his garbage 05-06 roster he took to 50 wins and the second round. Yes, I know it was the east but Tmac had his chance in the east too.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CLE/2006.html

 

Funny how Houston passed first round without McGrady.

 

We played the number one seed and took them to 7 games in 05. He averaged something like 35 ppg 7 assist and 6 boards in that series.

Played Utah the next two years who was a better than team than us. Didn't help Boozer dominated Yao.

The Portland team we played was no where near as good as the Dallas and Utah teams we played. Tracy in the playoffs was a far superior player on both sides of the ball.

 

Tmac is still my favorite player, I dont care what yall say

 

Dallas was #4, Rockets were #5 in 2005.

 

All you need to see is the TORONTO game, where he wasn't even interested in being involved in the offense. What is THAT called?

 

Finally we have an answer

 

McGrady's career isn't defined by the Dallas playoffs series meltdown after being up 2-0. Whether he made the 2nd round one time or zero times, his talent far exceeded his heart. This is the main reason so many people despise him.

 

Outside of a group of Rocket/Magic/Raptor fans, the general NBA fan does not despite McGrady. When he was still relevant (i.e. up till 07-08), he was one of the top 5-6 most popular players in the NBA.

 

I don't dispute that, but it's interesting he ticked off mostly the 3 sets of fans that knew him best.

If only his heart matched his talent.

 

Re-read what you just wrote.

There's something seriously wrong when there's 3 different groups of fans that despise you. Especially when you played in your prime for 2 out of the 3 teams. NY/DET don't even count cause he's no longer relevant like you mentioned.

 

The ENTIRE TEAM gave up on that game... I dont kno if you remember but we played our bench for the entire 4th quarter... He was injured and the game was out of control, and as I remember McGrady sat out several games afterwards to rest his knee. That game wasn't a blow out because of Mcgrady.. He was at least hurt and had an excuse for not going 100%... No one seems to blame the rest of the team for that awful performance.. The guy was trying to play injured...obviously if he could go back in time he wouldnt have even played in that game..

 

nobody cares! might as well write an article about bonzi wells

 

"I’m a fan of Yao only because the man always says and does the right thing and has a lot of heart. But heart only gets you so far." thats bogus.