About McGrady The Player

Yeah, the only Rockets in recent years who combined ability and feel for the game, although in entirely different packages, to a degree that T-Mac does were Barkley and Pippen, although both were pst their prime, and to a degree Sam I Am, although he was not yet in his.

Drexler had a good feel for the game, but was more of a reductionist's dream: checked all the boxes in terms of physical ability and skill, but wasn't quite as good as the sum of his parts should have been. And Hakeem had off the charts athleticism, work ethic, and will to win which later translated into unprecedented skill for a big man, but he was never a natural, if you know what I mean. He had to really work to get things like team play and passing out of the double, the kinds of things that come naturally to a guy with a real feel for the game.