Tracy McGrady 34 pts,5 ast vs Lebron James 32 pts,6 ast, season 2006 rockets vs cavs

[@jeremyunderground41]

Tmac = underrated. He can dunk, shoot 3 points consistently, do no look assists, rebound block, he has a high basketball IQ. He played with greats like Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson, Kobe, Lebron, Dirk Nowitzki, etc... He's just as good as his cousin Vince Carter. Too bad McGrady's injuries forced him to retire back in 2013.

[@mashwork6615]

Jeremy Asuncion man he was better than Vince. Easily

[@joshromero-burgan9860]

@@mashwork6615 over a time period yeah but when vince was in his early Toronto prime I'm not sure . Tmac may have led the league in scoring but he shot low %s very often . In 99 to 01 vince may have easily been not only the best guard but a top 5 player his averages PER were almost top 3 in every important offensive category.

[@Wedonewit2020bball]

Mac was better then Vince

[@vmoya1820]

Tmac in his prime was considered as the best offensive player right there with Jordan. Just look at his movements with and without the ball shit just silky smooth just straight up scorer now we have Kevin Durant who has a similar game as Tmac . Shit crayz that tmac was 6"9 and played like a pointguard that made him unstoppable just sad he had so many injuries

[@stan2x]

Not even close to Jordan

[@josephshillabeer]

Stanley Zhu "considered as the best offensive player right there with Jordan. " Did you read this properly? CONSIDERED, RIGHT THERE WITH - Yes he was considered up there. Apparently you didn't watch nba basketball during Tmacs prime? They said he was one of the best OFFENSIVE players. Not overall, or greatest, but OFFENSIVE!. quit with your stupid opinions when you didn't properly read the post.

[@stan2x]

Jordan would literally put up 30-40 on above 50% shooting. Mcgrady would do that on 40% or below. Jordan was literally unguardable. He had the post fadeaway he pretty much had everything.

[@xtmac13x]

Joseph Shillabeer lmfao not even. 20 year old lbj played better this game. Lebron fg% was way better. lebron team made 15/45 lmfao i could play better

[@josephshillabeer]

McConnell I have no idea what you just said.

[@Bobmarley-uf4mj]

My two favorite basketball player of all time

[@aamirmohammed6761]

Top three A.I.

[@Messenger136]

Rookie LeBron was playing MVP Level Basketball..my lord....This is why I’m always pissed at LeBron for not taking many Mid-Ranges. Look how smooth he was ? He used to be great at it in his early years until the analytic deviated him from it. Can you imagine how deadly he would be if he kept improving it ??? But boy T-Mac was unreal. Holy crap

[@ozzee5094]

Mike G did you not see the 2018 playoffs lebron was hitting midrange fall away after midrange fall away. Look at what he did to the raptors in 2018

[@bjr0467]

This ain't rookie lebron

[@UNGETABLE7]

I jumped on 5:34.. TMac, what a smooth and exciting player man..

[@DraikonZ3]

Yeah I was thinking he was gonna pull that 3 lol Got my ass

[@Firestorm2814Sector]

My lawd TMac was insanely gifted offensively

[@gameboykook]

mcgrady rules him

[@dhatkidB]

+凌阳 LBJ was 21...

[@gameboykook]

+terabytee so what truth is Tracy rules him

[@thejasonhero]

K. Lebron rules him now

[@ozzee5094]

Lebron at 21 was better than mcgrady ever was. And prime mcgrady was amazing. Let that sink in.

[@Oscar-kv6qm]

@@gameboykook There's no one all-star player would say he "rule" a rookie in a game, that's ridiculous. Why you say that just because Yao Ming once played with T-Mac, and you're a Chinese.

[@cesarcarbajal21]

T Mac used to be a beast scoring champ

[@chuckbarrientos6848]

thumbs up if u imitate tmacs jumper in a game haha

[@PEchasedolla]

Dope.. I remember this game.... I remember the game from Christmas too when Bron played TMac for the 1st time when he was on Orlando

[@playmaker011]

TMac in his prime is better than Kobe. Period. Too bad his prime didn't last long due to injuries though. Still, TMac all day!!

[@xtmac13x]

this was a prime t mac who couldn't hold a 20 year old lebron. lebron this game shot a way better fg%. lebrons team shot 15/45 lmfao r u kidding me.

[@EnduringArts]

tj mcconnell Prime Tracy Mcgrady was Orlando.

[@DaForest]

tj mcconnell u don't know nothin lmao,that's like sayin wade is in his prime now.he was done at the end of 2007,dipshit.

[@xtmac13x]

Da Forest done at the end of 2007? are you brain dead? last time wade was a superstar was 2011.

[@DaForest]

im talkin about t-mac u fukkin idiot

[@cheguevarabball]

Love the early Lebron highlights, keep them coming.

[@suntravelmongolia6630]

We love TMAC!

[@AndreiKenshin24]

TNT Thursday January 5, 2006 Houston-Cleveland, 8:00, TNT. Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, Craig Sager Indiana-Golden State, 10:30, TNT. Kevin Harlan, Doug Collins, Cheryl Miller

[@johnpaulino1565]

Tmac was seen as Kobe's equal around this time... too bad he never had a solid team and was always injured...

[@deadismarth7]

Anyone else look at rudy gay and think hes the next tmac? The elevation on that junp shot the explosivness?

[@michaelsantonastasio]

Thanks dude. you have one of the best channels on youtube

[@brokefornow]

7:38 T-Mac got awarded 6 points for that dunk LOL. Guess they owed him that for the malfunction Lebron had one time.

[@vanishing_girl]

wtf lol

[@mr250lifestyle]

They corrected it at 7:52 lol

[@abdallafarah1658]

If tmac didn't injuries in his nba career he would be one of the best nba player of all time

[@shaiderrr2459]

well its his fault on becoming a injury prone player . i guess he didnt treat his body the right way

[@lucascerviniable]

+Alexis Birion you know for person carrying the whole team on his shoulders, it will really take a toll in his body. if you've listened to Steve Kerr's commentary T-Mac carried his teams, both Orlando and Houston all the time.

[@shaiderrr2459]

lucascerviniable lebron and lebron carried their team . yeah they had help but they did carried their team . kobe had injuries because hes old not like t mac

[@Diversityandcompassion]

This TMAC would be the 2nd or 3rd best player in the NBA today.

[@xxB1GxREDxx]

Houston struggled with injuries that year and lacked depth, they missed the playoffs, then drafted Rudy Gay with the 8th pick only to trade him for Shane Battier. After that they were pretty good for a few years until more injuries took over. Sorry for rambling but as a Rocket fan you sometimes just think what could've been.

[@DingisMaximus]

Its not how much points you score over the course of the game that's effective, its how much you can score in a short amount of time. When you score in a short amount of time it takes the other team out of the game, basketball is a mental game and if someone is going crazy in a few minutes, they might not even score so much over the course of the game but they likely took the opposing team out of the game by making them think wow we can't stop this guy. Which is what makes guys like t-mac and kobe so effective. Its too bad mcgrady couldn't stay healthy.

[@ExilixE]

EXACTLY. You can tell Cleveland was tryna come back and TMac said hold on, let me score 6 straight, shoot their heart out and they lose. Kobe always did that.

[@PRESCRITIONIST]

errybody knowas a healthy Tracy Mcgrady will fuck With Lebron anytime.. u see it for yourself

[@shaiderrr2459]

well its his fault he became a injury prone player

[@PRESCRITIONIST]

he also was older. older u get the slower it takes 2 heal. don't know how old u r but when u get over the age of 25 u will understand.

[@shaiderrr2459]

tmac is a great offensive player but he will never be greater than lebron he cant lead a team to a championship

[@PRESCRITIONIST]

God Of Rap - I guess u blind and cant see. I let u hand yourself your own ass. make sure its clean.

[@PRESCRITIONIST]

God Of Rap - Lebron needs help as u can see. game on the line and he flops to Stephan curry. He needed Dawayne Wade that's Y he got a ring. Check the stats my man

[@nightppanda1380]

I found this view so much better

[@jamielee8869]

tmac is a pure scorer, even lebron can't match up to him

[@kayceelebron7706]

Bron scored better than t-mac inn this game and almost every other game he played against t-mac. T-mac scored 34 points 14-29 48% with 5assist(10points) , while bron scored 32points 10- 20 50% with 6assist(12points). The differrence in this game was lebrons teammates shot at 24% all game while t-macs teammates shot 34%

[@thetruth1997ful]

T-Mac definitely was the best player, along with Shaq in the 2000's.

[@filo1011]

Tracy Mcgrady is back at the nba, signed in with the Spurs for the playoffs.

[@jaykisuke3397]

Imagine a prime tmac with James harden and Chris Paul and yao ming

[@feliperojasalou3325]

I like lebron and kobe but t mac and grant hill healthy were unstoppable

[@yogengrg7690]

T-mac was practically unstoppable, with that size, court vision and smooth/clutch jump shot.

[@noir935]

+Yogen Grg I like his form when he is in the air

[@feliperojasalou3325]

+Unknown111 just check at his number on playoffs

[@Forgemno]

0-0-3-5

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

i would take prime T Mac over prime AI any day

[@joeyyeh8619]

I think lebron's the better overall player but tmac was smoother and just more skillful

[@cp3675]

Tmac was up der with kobe and mj but he never found helpers liike pippen and shaq

[@solomons5669]

What lol he had Yao Ming

[@devonstewart1595]

me too! Mac is that dude!

[@DoUEvenLift]

What did T-Mac do in his career that was so much more impressive than 5 defensive 1st team selections, 4 MVPs, and 2 finals MVPs.

[@elijahruderman]

You can add a little bit to that now

[@brivera98]

Honestly, T-Mac had that killer instinct that nobody else had during his prime to the point he was nearly unguardable. The one who could probably go toe to toe with him (at the time, but correct me if I'm wrong) was Kobe as he had his own killer instinct, but even for Kobe it was difficult one on one. Lebron doesn't have much of a killer instinct, but more of strength and athleticism to score against T-Mac. But either way, watching games with T-Mac against the likes of other superstars like Lebron and especially Kobe, it just makes me jump off my seat.

[@kalealennis3515]

look who LeBron had on his team dumbfuck

[@brivera98]

look at my comment and read it again "dumbfuck". No where did I talk about his teammates nor his team, I'm talking individual one-on-one matchups and as a spectator how it feels to watch those stars go at each other. This is why lebron fans (not saying I am one) get a bad name, cause people get so "defensive" over things that are little to none.

[@kalealennis3515]

SoraxxMiku85 tmac had 2 points more than lebron dumbfuck

[@brivera98]

And so what? that's nice too know dumbfuck lol

[@kalealennis3515]

+SoraxxMiku85 think not

[@edasunvictor5921]

Great game

[@bryantmartinez3101]

Mcgrady went toe to toe with James 3 times James lost all an was out scored in all 2003 2004 am here in 2006

[@tonystank2027]

What if T Mac and Yao never got hurt?

[@nomooon]

probably get to playoff second round consistently

[@dichunzhang8275]

fk u

[@hallokity123]

you nailed it, how did that guy even get 2 thumps up? guy doesn't know basketball

[@Aaron.McNair]

T-mac=unstoppable

[@deneve3]

Tmac moves like MJ23 except that Michael jumps higher when he shoots

[@artofshadows1797]

Tmac killed Lebron come on now Tmac was a pure beast

[@kelechic.jemelumba9981]

how did he kill him?

[@kelechic.jemelumba9981]

This is LeBron at 21 as well

[@hushus3943]

This is McGrady with one leg...played only 47 games that year. Lebron had a better season, but still couldn't keep up with Mac.

[@rendylie8652]

wheres tmac when cavs goin to final game for the first time??

[@ta4life27]

Christian 0000 he was making LeBron like silly on D

[@braddivac3561]

T-Mac inspired many people to play basketball all over the world bcs of his beautiful style of play. It is not all in the awards. T-Mac was poetry in motion, before the injuries ofc. Lebron is a superstar and a legend, no doubt, but his style of play was always a bit boring especially as he got older and started playing bully-ball more.

[@bobcatfan358]

T-Mac got sexy jumper

[@Musicizmyremedy]

Even I fell for T-Mac's pump fake on 5:34

[@DoUEvenLift]

Yao, Artest, Mutumbo ?

[@rashadjenkins1571]

Tmac is the third best shooting guard of all time

[@Thec0meUp]

Mac my fav player but he’s failed to rise to the occasion countless times. Orlando Tmac was unstoppable. Houston Tmac never even scored 50 😢

[@bryantmartinez3101]

No those who know about Tracy McGrady never call him underrated sorry people that are not really about ball Certain NBA players don’t bring them up because a lot of the time he cook them nothing much to say

[@thedonizback]

T Mac was an all around beast, what a shame his knees couldn't hold out and u lebron fans are something else

[@garvinjoseph5131]

thedonizback his back sorry I’m 4 years late

[@joshromero-burgan9860]

His onees weren't the issue his back spasms were

[@deeannawilliams2663]

Mcgrady is a lot more exciting than Durant.

[@Mrjlw1994]

T-Mac could have been better than Kobe!! :/

[@MasterNZ06]

the commentator really sounds like nba 2k

[@Matthew-uq4hu]

Imagine that. In his 3rd season he recorded his 6th Triple Double. Now the sumbitch has somewhere around 100 give or take

[@Yusukex3]

Back then Lebron was good at shooting fadeaway jump shot woots

[@DoUEvenLift]

LeBrons probably the best athlete the NBA's ever seen, Kobe's one of them too, how does this make any sense ? And you think VC & T-Mac never worked hard.. ?

[@jimmwany]

7:42 why the dunk from tmac can get 6 points?

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

win a championship? After 7 fucking years of no help? Do you remember when Kobe lost in the first round in 2007 and requested to be traded from the Lakers to: "trade him to a team who was willing to surround him with players capable of competing for championships." You say "how did LBJ get 2 rings" as if he wasn't playing with an injured D Wade. you would have an argument if Lebron wasn't the one who carried the Heat to both rings. The fact that he was on a "super team" is irrelevant because

[@spiidey1]

Rudy Gay lacks a lot of things that made T-mac a superstar. Gay doesnt have the ball handling ability of T-mac which makes penetrating into the paint much more difficult. He doesn't have any playmaking ability which removes the passing threat. He's a worse rebounder than T-Mac despite being just as tall and athletic. Rudy lacks the natural talent and b-ball IQ that made T-Mac great. Durant is the closest to T-mac right now.

[@romulolopez3561]

But still TMac has the advantage in dribbling and speed over KD.

[@starrbwoy571]

The Mac Daddy

[@gregoryburton1241]

You know your team is shit when 18 year old is the best player on it! Not taking away from King James, but damn even Moses needed help parting the Red Sea.

[@thetruth1997ful]

Wait just a minute, are you talking about picking a player up for your team or legacy? Don't get it twisted, AI was a fucking killer! T-Mac prime>Kobe prime-Lebron prime

[@jasonmoukala8909]

No

[@solomons5669]

Lol you’re comparing lebron prime to Tmac 😂😂

[@Trussmeraggy]

Juwan Howard playing? LOL that's a surprise

[@420drobud]

T Mac had the chance to be the greatest scorer ever injury n to many minutes played along with being lazy stopped that

[@JMS1089]

I think lebron is a little overrated sometimes. He went to dwyane wade and chris bosh for a ring. If t mac did the same and if he stayed in the ecf, he would have gotten rings too.

[@jeisreis5083]

. lol, he led the heat to 2 titles with wade and bosh averaging 16 and 13 pts during the 2012 and 2013 playoffs. when he returned to the cavs they became the #2 team in the east, the cavs were 2-10 w/o james this season. look at the heat w/o james, they're struggling to makes the playoffs. the cavs will enter the playoffs with irving and love playing their first playoff games. common denominator?? lebron james's greatness, he makes his teammates better than they actually were. lebron can still imapacts the game when he has off night,

[@yogengrg7690]

If you don't know what you are talking about then seriously don't even judge other people with such confidence. King James is *NOT* overrated. He was the dominant player since he step foot into the NBA and is currently still the best player. Look at his stats, his attributes, his talent, his abilities and his accomplishment. Secondly, he did went to Miami to rings and championships but the way you are stating is entire wrong. He didn't exactly went to Wade and Bosh for the title. Wade needed him as much as he needed championships. They both met, came to agreement and Bosh was still in Raptors. Then James and Wade were able to recruit Bosh to come to Miami too, why? Because Bosh was as hungry as James were to win championship. Wade had already won one by that time but he knew he was going to need more talents in order to win another championship so if you look at it, they all needed one another. And if you are going to hate Lebron for leaving Cleveland that time, then you don't know the business of basketball sports. Everyone wants to at least win A* championship. Lebron stayed with Cleveland for 7 years despite them being one of the worst teams. He even led them to playoffs. Did you even had hopes of Cleveland to win championship let along make it to the playoffs- the answer is NO*- and who came up and took the role of leadership and led them- Lebron. Being one of the best and possibly being a talent that would only come once in a century and still not be able to win titles despite his/her best performance, then it is truly the incapability of the team and at that time it was Cleveland. I can understand about those Cleveland fans who hated him , those who were emotional attached to the team franchise but for those who said that they didn't needed him in Cleveland during his free agency period in 2014 before he moved back to Cleveland, they are just full of bullshit. Lebron was their only hope during that time and he is still their only hope now. Look at the stats of Cleveland before 2015, even when Kyrie was in Cleveland. They were practically a shit team. Who gave them the chance to play in playoffs and make final appearance and compete for the title in 2015?- Lebron. He is their leader. They need him just as much as he needs them. Kyrie is a great if not one of the best PG at the moment with best handles but he couldn't have led Cleveland to Finals unlike Lebron. Plus, all those players alike Kevin Love, JR Smith, Iman Shumpert and Timofey Mozgov. Why did they want to play for Cleveland- It's because they knew they had the shot at the title with Lebron back in Cleveland. This is a fact and try to embrace it - Lebron is the main* reason what Cleveland is today. So please don't tell us that he is overrated and that he was selfish to win that he left Cleveland to go to Miami and came back just so he could people to accept his apologies for Cleveland in the first place. How can you deny him as one of the great NBA players to ever set foot in it and still is the most dominant player right now when the NBA officials approves him of in national television almost everyday.

[@shaiderrr2459]

Well lebron teamed up with cb and dwade , but whos the leader ? Its lebron. You think if tmac will be he leader if he teamed up with other stars ? I dint think so ! Plus the first time lebron went to the finals with the cavs there are no other stars in his team and even allstar . Plus hes like 21 to 23 years old at that time . Did tmac do the same ? Tmac is a better scorer than lebron in his prime , but not a better player , and you call him overrated because he teamed up with cb and dwade . He has a stellar career even before he joined the heat so stfu ok ?

[@chuckbarrientos6848]

+someone he saying the truth of tmac had wade and bosh and ray allen on hes team i bet he would win one too. even lebron knows hes heat rings arent as signifcant as wades ring, kobe, jordan thats why he came back to win one in cleveland

[@solomons5669]

Lebron won a ring in every team he played stfu

[@WillTheReal95]

5:50 bang Bang lol

[@benvenutohan]

TMAC!

[@sebastianGunnarson71]

how is he a fanboy for stating facts? MVPs don't mean a thing? are you fucking kidding me? "The MVP award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Voting is conducted by 125 members of the media; three from each of the 30 cities in which NBA teams are located and the rest a mix of national writers and broadcasters." so explain to me how that is a popularity contest? You're telling me a guy who went 27, 8 and 7 with 56% from the floor

[@wtramburg]

LOL...T-Mac in his prime was a whole lot better than iverson...especially on making his terrible teammates better

[@PhDeezy007]

Nope. You're the only one. And I don't mean that sarcastically. You're literally the only one that thinks that.

[@Tooflyforairplanes]

T-Mac Career over LBJ??? The fuck are you smoking?? Lets see T-Mac win 4 MVPs and 2 rings.

[@cliftonayochok2270]

tmac is not forgoten ...lebron is..haha

[@dexterzhang7809]

Clifton Ayochok yeah and tmac's career ended with nothing :) and he almost won a championship playing in San antonio by also doing nothing :) i think if tmac was not there dude . probably the spurs won there back to back title coz tmac was nothing but bad luck haha

[@mattm3729]

How do you feel about that now

[@cinnabar546]

at this point of his career, tmac is already damaged goods

[@Tavs96]

prime tmac > prime lebron 1v1.

[@Luckymag-if4dw]

Just no... stick to objectivity... 2008-2014 lebron eats tmac alive just on strenght and athleticism alone, and that's no disrespect to tmac who I liked a lot

[@hushus3943]

lol As you can see in this vid, despite the fact that Lebron was in his physical prime in this game, he was having problems guarding an injured McGrady, and you think that "strength and athleticism " alone is enough to beat prime T-Mac...smh Simply put, no one is beating '01-'03 McGrady one-on-one.

[@ProgramBreaker]

Anybody want to give me a TMac jersey

[@joshromero-burgan9860]

Get a job lol

[@EndoTelevision]

Thats true, but tmac really does look better doing it.

[@deeannawilliams2663]

Durant is not on Mcgradys level.

[@kalelthesurfer]

TMac n VC coming off the bench. Both have no rings. The other one was a playoff 1st rd virgin as a star player. I like Tmac but you shouldnt be comparing both to Kobe & Lebron in terms of accomplishments.

[@1121217]

who the hell gave lebron james to tap McGrady on his head! Lebron'a overestimating himself like hell

[@10dev785]

Labron jumpers always look awkward and ugly like he's unsure. No style at all with lebron stance or movement. Hes just a truck. No finesse

[@youngrizzle2003]

Dam McGrady lineup was worse than lebron's

[@lbj8837]

i always thought wen they said backdoor it sounds really gay

[@colinreed6817]

TMAC is a virgin to post season success. Literally a 1st rd exit waiting to happen.

[@jhakur12]

aside from Yao he never had help in his prime where as LeBron is great but he had/has Dwade Bosh Kyrie K love ETC...

[@jhakur12]

***** what help? never had it in Orlando had a just as injury prone grant hill and in Houston aside from yao they good role players thats it

[@jhakur12]

***** no excuses no straight scorer made deep playoff runs without any help

[@jhakur12]

***** Jordan was a superstar 2-way star where as Tmac was just a dynamic scorer and quite frankly lazy defender and i guess rookies and decent role players can't be good but to call him garbage you must be under 18

[@bennettfranklin1758]

+Skip Bae-less you left out ricky davis,larry hughes,ira newble,plus other assorted fodder. Tmac never took a team to the finals damned near by himself.

[@mogana20]

Yea mean if only Tmac won playoff games.

[@geraldodelacruz2992]

tmac ..the best one on one player in his prime,,

[@thetruth1997ful]

Nahh Kevin Durant is the closest.

[@reginaldnagamos796]

If only Tmac doesnt have injuries... Tmac will be bigger than Lebron. GO SPURS GO! :)

[@thetunkmaster]

COULD OF, WOULD OF, SHOULD OF, 🤣😂

[@ta4life27]

Lebron can t guard t mac never could

[@Spanius4]

but lebron ain`t better than mj

[@nattyp7801]

2Great players……

[@Milesgoat]

me vs lebron

[@abaileyjr97]

Not even.. tmac

[@Diversityandcompassion]

Kobe Prime>>>>TMAC Prime

[@jayjayt135]

I think Paul George is the closest to T-Mac

[@Diversityandcompassion]

LBJ Prime>Kobe Prime

[@michaelcruz9839]

I know many bronsexuals will hate me... Prime TMac > Lebron

[@jasonmoukala8909]

No

[@artisjackson7254]

WRONG!

[@emdphl76]

LMAO LeBron humble? Hahahaha

[@cliftonayochok2270]

lebron wont beat tmacs dominatings ...tmac will always rule..yeah

[@saidufofanah2210]

😂😂

[@alu030023]

7:46 6 points scored in one dunk haha