Maybe if you're looking at negative threads also. Then yes, McGrady is discussed more. The title of this thread alone proves my point. "A rare McGrady Appreciation Thread". I lurk this board all the time and I can say it's extremely rare to see any positive threads about McGrady. The fact that this is a 4 star thread and there are so many posters making a negative out of what is such a positive thing mcgrady is doing should key you in. If this were about Deke or Yao it'd be five stars no question and there would be no negativity. You just don't get it. What McGrady is doing is WAY beyond basketball and your negativity is embarassing.
But its the fact that he has an appreciation thread after he has helped out. Where are the deke and yao threads devoted to them after they had already done the service? Mcgrady visited and donated to darfur a while ago. Why does he get another thread now...?
I really should never have even said anything, we can both agree on that. I was just merely thinking out loud.
So basically, any celebrity/athlete can do something to help others altruistically?? They have to do it for attention?? Why is it so hard for you to believe that you he's doing this simply because he feels bad about the situation? I commend you for what you've done, but you of all people should know that this isn't about credit. This is about doing stuff for people in need. Honestly, I think Deke gets the most attention out of any athlete for helping out, especially since he was able to get many NBA players to donate to the cause. Yao got more coverage a few years ago, when he took Steve Nash and others with him to host a charity game, and went to a place for children whose parents died from AIDS. The only thing I've seen from Tmac was on Youtube. He is making a documentary about it with a director, and he did change his #, but I don't see how thats bringing attention to himself? He's doing that to raise awareness about the situation. Deke and Yao didn't ask for extensive media coverage. But the NBA noticed it, and decided to give that more awareness as well. Its amazing that a person who gives themself, can actually criticize how another person is giving...simply sad. How would you like it if people out there said you went to Peru for attention, or that you lived as a homeless man for a weekend for attention, or took part in a 30 hour famine for attention and credit? How would you like that?? Its not fair to criticize anybody for giving, because in reality a person doesn't have to give anything at all, no matter how rich or poor you are. Everybody's time and money is valuable to them, but the fact that he along with others int he world are willing to give both their time and money speaks volumes. Honestly, you should stop criticizing how or how much a person gives and stop comparing how different people give differently...thats just a horrible attitude.
Dude, even casual fans know what Deke does for his country, and every time Yao is mentioned on national broadcasts you always hear about how he's a loyal servent to his native country. When Mcgrady's name comes up unfortunately all you hear about are his shortcomings and how he "can't get out of the first round."
The documentary thing is what gets me the most. There has already been a documentary, recently about darfur. I think it came out a year or 2 back. Plenty of big named actors were attatched to it. I just dont understand why he is making a documentary... Isnt the documentary about his visit to darfur? So its basically a cameraman following him around the 3 villages he visited? Hes still doing something AMAZING there. AMAZING. I just dont understand why he needs a cameraman filming him.
Well, who is going to get on the internet and suddenly go.."Hey!! lets see how people are suffering in DArfur" If Mcgrady makes this happen, it will shed more light on the devestation there and hopefully raise the awareness...Videos are way better then him trying to explain what is going on there
Once again, the boards. Im talking about the boards. I wouldnt have this problem if yao and deke got reoccurring threads a year and a half after they visited the place they were helping.
And I officially give up. I'm truly sorry you are incapable of understanding what really matters about what McGrady is doing in Darfur.
There is already a documentary on that. I agree, hes helping people, so I dont know why I talked in the first place. But just something bothers me about it. Like, there is already a documentary on it, why does he have to make a documentary about himself in darfur...?
Well, if the situation in Darfur wasn't an issue, there wouldn't be a need for another documentary. But we all know that the situation is still horrible there. Actors can appeal to certain types of people. But an NBA player, will appeal more to sports fans, including youths,teens, and college students. I fit that age group. I don't keep up with whats going in hollywood everyday, but I do keep up with the NBA daily. To see an athlete, doing what Tmac is doing, is amazing. You can never have enough documentaries, news reports or movies about a situation. Last year, Slumdog Millionare was released, but if they released another movie about India this year, then I would be all for it. Even though the movie brought attention to some of the issues in India, theres still 100 millions of people who live in slums and in poverty, and many orphans with nowhere to go as well. I mean, so what if he makes a documentary about it...isn't that better than just making a donation in private?? There's only so much ONE man can do in such a bad situation like Darfur...hopefully this documentary brings a lot more help to the situation.
Wow. If the documentary's primary focus is on McGrady and not Darfur...if it's really some cover for Mac's latest rap CD or a poorly guised marketing ploy for his new Spinners...then by all means flame him. Don't even give hin time to grab his custom made, brand new, Armani Flame r****dent Suit. I'm talkin Scorched Earth Mother F....! However, since you likely haven't seen the documentary, its probably prudent to keep an open mind. Maybe...just maybe the Darfurian atrocities are still occurring, and he feels the need to continue to draw attention to IT not HIM. And if this is how he chooses to use his celebrity, then my Fedora goes off to him. Or is there a one-film limit on Darfur? A moratorium on bringing the world's attention to one of the world's true tragedies? I certainly hope not...
My mom bought a Vanity Fair magazine about 1 1/2 years ago which had the (Red) orginization which many people contributed to like Bill Gates, Bono, Brad Pitt, Alicia Keys etc. There were many articles all over on sports Atletes who have contributed imensely. Lance was rated 1st. Deke was rated 2nd Yao was rated 12th Tmac was not on the list of the 30 athletes. Tmac does not not a 2/10 of the recognition Deke or Yao recieve which is fine. It's just dumb to make posts like you did since there is a McGrady appreciation every 2 years...
WIDER audience is the key as many people on this thread have said... Mcgradey changes his number to three for this..makes a documentary...nba tv and espn will be all over it...NBA cares will make like a momento to it..this will urge many fans to go and atleast see some of his documentary... Now some may say its for selfish reasons and he wants fame...but if u think about..no matter what his intention..it will still end up helping those in need in Darfur..so where I stand...it doesnt matter what his side intentions are..atleast he got up and did it
I dont fully see why he needs a documentary about himself over there, but hey, if it brings money, food, water, and attention to those in need, Im all for it. I should never have spoken. Whether its his good will doing this or him wanting to help himself, hes helping. And I guess to the people who he is helping, they could care less. So I should care less as well. I was wrong, Mcgrady does need an appreciation thread. But I think yao and deke should get one as well. I think those 3 threads should be stickied forever. And any other thread that talks about one of our rockets helping out those in need.
Yao and Deke don't need reoccuring threads. They get more than enough attention for what they are doing in their NATIVE lands. This thread is about Tracy McGrady & his desire to help out those less fortunate than him that he does not a direct association with. To make light of his efforts is the equivalent of harming the people of Darfur yourself. Many celebrities give to the same charities over & over again but they are recognized the world over for bringing attention to a situation. But here we are so blinded by our feelings about a basketball player and the way that he has handled some things that tear him down for doing the right thing. If your perspective is that skewed trade places with the citizens of Darfur & then tell me whether of not Tracy is getting the credit he deserves.
Like, you've watched a basketball game once already, why bother watching another one? It's called different morals and virtues, inside of different people than yourself. You keep making the point of saying "I DON'T UNDERSTAND"... Maybe you need to see things from the shoes of someone else. Like the people around the world in countries like Darfur, who might be sitting there homeless, without water or food, thinking to themselves... "Does anyone care, does anyone know?" How exactly do you know this documentary is about HIM? You assume much and generalize a person based off of your own ideals and what YOU think they are doing... To each their own, but i personally wouldn't be so judgmental, nor would i dedicate so much animosity towards someone i don't personally know.
