Not our business, but...WHAT ARE MCGRADY'S PROBLEMS????

what's that boy? the magic suck?

 

Why don't you come trolling when your team actually makes the playoffs, traitor.

 

Depression is a MF. If you've never been there don't judge.

 

I can't believe some of the crap I've read in this thread. As a fan, it's frustrating that Tracy's personal problems are affecting his play, but I've kicked around this world long enough to get my share of grief, and then some. I wish him well, and I wish some around here would grow up.

 

hmm yeah i think this thread solidifies that the magic suck.

 

thank you.

 

= tank?

 

Amen, I'm absolutely amazed at some of the comments posted above. I've had relatives pass away and it has been a huge deal for me because I knew them extremely personally. Even beyond those deaths in his family/friends, there may be other issues that we don't know about.

He's not making **** up or making excuses. He's resorted to counseling and help from others. Most of you have never experienced significant depression so quit pretending like you know what it means or that the answer is "suck it up." This is a serious condition and one that can't be taken so lightly. Go chill with Tom Cruise since all of you seem to know the answer to depression.

Hopefully he pulls through but the last thing he needs is a bunch of immature know-it-alls claiming that the answer is to suck it up because he's rich and he's famous.

 

Well he's gotta man up. If that means he sits out all star weekend I got no problem with it. But if JVG gives him a leave of absense for anything short of illness for him or his family. Than I gotta say that would be very dissapointing.

 

to me, tracy is manning up. he is still playing despite all the things going on with him, the physical injuries and what to me appears to be depression.

and if tracy doesn't want to publicly say that he is suffering from depression, that's fine. i've had depression since i was 12, it has took me a good 8 years to finally be comfortable in admitting it. it's a really tough thing to deal with, and the people on here who haven't been through it seriously need to shut up. it's uncomparable to anything else, and i've been through a lot in my life.

people need to step back and look at this in a different light. imagine what life would be like for a person who does SEEM to have everything in life they could ever want but still be unhappy. that is depression. it simply doesn't matter what type of money or possessions you have, peace of mind is one of the greatest gifts someone could ever ask for. as a college student i'm pretty damn broke, but i'd LOVE not to have depression and worry about the things i do from time to time. i'd rather be dead broke, no education, no food, than go through a deep bout of depression. it can do that to you. that's why i'll continue to stick up for tracy because the more and more i hear about his personal situation, the more i get the inclination that he is going through depression. this is serious, not something you can just dismiss and say that he needs to "man up". trust me if tracy is dealing with depression and a back injury, he IS manning up by playing hard and giving it his all everynight.

the truth is there are probably only a select few on this board who can truly understand what he is going through. and personally i feel for him and root for him MORE than ever.

 

Hmm.. they are talking about t-mac on TNT Right now

 

i heard it and as much as i love charles, he is wrong. he doesn't know the entire situation. does charles have depression? not that i know of. that changes the entire conversation right there. this is a situation that you cannot assume certain things. kenny said that each person's makeup is different, we all handle things differently.

this has very little to do with basketball, and i know to charles and magic that's hard to believe. yes, fellas there is more to life than basketball. i've been in that situation and yes, i gave up my own basketball dreams for piece of mind and a good education. so those guys need to realize tracy is going through something in a totally different way than ever have.

again, depression can't be compared to anything. it's all by itself. stop assuming, and give a guy a reasonable doubt for once.

 

Why am I getting the sense that this is not another family 'illness' and that Tracy is just saying that to cover up for something else? I hope him and his fiance are OK together, because I am not sure what's going on here, but it's scary to hear Tracy say that this is worse than a family death or illness because he's used to that by now.

If it's clinical depression, that's going to be really, really sad and disheartening...

 

yeah , course tracy's not telling the full truth.

on one hand, posters like pgabriel are useless, but bring up a decent point sometimes.

ya wonder what you get with t-mac sometimes.

tmac's already got a history of back problems, and now apparently a history off off-course issues too.

 

As opposed to saying, "I don't care about your emotional crisis. Get back out on the court!" and further strengthening the argument some have that he needs to go?

 

Ditto.

I'm depressed just thinking about how this absolutely hellish season has gone and I'm just average joe fan... I can't begin to imagine the toll it has taken on these players... the guy may be freakin unbelievable on the court, he may get paid millions, be is still human.

 

That's total B.S. I would say that from what I've observed, it seems people in richer countries like U.S. has more emotional issues than people in poorer counrties.

 

i'm glad that jeff has been a good guy about this. but still he has to put or shut up as a coach. he HAS to win this second half of the season, or he SHOULD be gone. JVG has underachieved here, and if you don't think so you haven't been watching enough rockets basketball. i like JVG is some respects. i think he is a stand up man and a good guy but as a coach he just isn't good enough to get us where we want to be. and that is a championship.

 

This is why Kobe is a level ahead of anybody in the NBA. When the rape case is still going on, even though there might be a chance that he will face life in prison, however, he still give all he got when he's on the court, he give 110% everytime he played.

This is probably the biggest reason I have so much respect for this guy, I mean how could somebody still care about basketball when there's a big chance that his whole life will end up in prison?

As for Tmac, excuse is nothing new to him, I don't think he's excuse is anywhere near Kobe's case.

 

not to mean anything harsh, but are americans more sensitive than other nationalities? i mean americans as people born and raised in u.s., not any particular skin color. is it because this country is so rich and that it's citizens have the government to back them up whenever they are down that they can always use depression as an excuse? i mean...i remember my grandmom died years ago. after my mom took a couple days off to take care of the funeral, she got back to work. right back on her feet. why? because she brought home the bacon and she could not just use the loss of her mom as an excuse to not work hard. she cried alot, but still worked as usual. and she's a WOMAN! and about 2 years prior to that her only surviving brother died and she didn't even get a chance to see him for the last time. she still carried on like usual. oh by the way i live in houston.

like one poster mentioned that there are many in worse situations than mcgrady. many, many people CANNOT use depression as an excuse. it seems like mcgrady is spoiled to a certain extent. i wonder how he'd react if suddenly he's fired? would he continue to be like this or promise to give it 110% everynight?