Now that he's officially retired, will T-Mac make the Hall? Interview with him earlier today on CSN Houston... <iframe src="http://player.theplatform.com/p/zT2_HC/iEazkwCwmKPM/embed/select/VGD3dr9c3f6R?params=zone%3Drockets&autoPlay=true" width="480" height="270" frameborder="0" seamless="seamless" allowfullscreen>Your browser does not support iframes.</iframe> JVG says "Yes, with exclamation point"... <iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CvYQ0Mhi6q0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
hard for me to say anything nice about a guy that quit on our team. i think he has a chance because of the scoring titles. but all other awards and career totals are low. i'd say definitely not first ballot, and probably not at all.
What does that mean? Reggie played his heart out in the Playoffs. Retired with one team. As stated (even I posted in another thread) TMac had nice accomplishments, but his career isnt deep enough. 10 years at least before he is considered. That is if people dont fall in love for his highlights.
I would like to ask this question to other Hall of Famers. Should Tracy Mcgrady be in the Hall of Fame? I would like to see their response.
Hall of Fame - not Hall of Accomplishments (lol). McGrady was famous, so he deserves to be in. Seriously, some inductees they have I have never heard of.
This isn't Cooperstown. He'll get in. Much easier for basketball players with borderline HOF qualifications to enter Naismith than baseball players trying to enter Cooperstown.
This Since he had some comparable numbers to Larry Bird and Lebron and being one of like 8 players to accomplish a certain stat line over NBA history, the scoring titles, all-star appearances and all-NBA appearances, I think he gets in eventually.
I think the ultimate answer to the argument between the T-Mac haters and his supporters lies somewhere in between the 2 extremes (not surprisingly). I agree that his playoff teams were always pretty lousy (someone made the point that RYAN BOWEN played significant minutes during the first playoff run very indicative). I also agree that T-mac did not shy away from the big moment as his stats in the playoffs always rose and he was a pretty clutch player for the most part. All that being said, I do think that there is “something missing” from T-mac… a certain quality of leadership and “will”. You could argue that his Orlando team should never have been up 3-1 to begin with, but still – to lose 4 games in a row? OK, so let’s say we cut him some slack on that one. Then comes the Houston – Dallas playoff series – this one is the most painful for me. After winning the first 2 games IN DALLAS, we end up not pulling out the series, not to mention get absolutely spanked in Game 7. Yes, this was the Rockets team that gave significant minutes to Ryan Bowen, but still – you’re up 2-0 and heading back to your home court! One gets the impression that instead of getting the troops focused and ready to go up 3-0 and SEAL THE DEAL, T-mac relaxed… as did the rest of the team. These little things matter. However, as with most things, the result emanates from a confluence of factors. If T-mac had a better team, then his “missing something” wouldn’t have affected the bottom-line. If T-mac wasn’t “missing something”, then he probably would have gotten past the first round even with crappy teammates. Unfortunately for T-mac, the confluence of factors was never really in his favor – and I believe he certainly should take some, but not all of the blame on that.
LMAO. It's already too many in hall, why should every player (scorer) make it? He did nothing in career (!) and I don't see him as HOF in any time. Hope nobody was offended.
Has there ever been a HOFer to not have his jersey retired by a single team??? Just curious because every fanbase of teams Tracy played for (for more than one season) hates him and there is no way any of them would consider hanging his number in the rafters.
Just googled it: Eighteen Hall of Famers played in the NBA and have not had their jersey number retired. 14 of them played more than five years in the league: Paul Arizin, Walt Bellamy, Harry Gallatin, Tom Gola, Cliff Hagan, Bailey Howell, Neil Johnston, Jerry Lucas, Bob McAdoo, Andy Phillip, Arnie Risen, Dolph Schayes, Bobby Wanzer and George Yardley. Wow that is a lot lmao.
