Tracy McGrady reveals Michael Jordan stopped secret Pippen trade | ESPN The Jump (2016)

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[@themetalpig7613]

Almost impossible to say how good McGrady was due to his injuries, but based on what I saw, Pippen, while not as explosive offensively, was so bloody well rounded that he was probably the better player...his D, his playmaking, his rebounding, his leadership...esp in the locker room, even his bball IQ, all make him the perfect partner for someone like Jordan. Probably would've been a great sidekick to Kobe too.

[@melvinbarnett1910]

If he had stayed his ass in Toronto with his cousin he would have had a chance at something great; mad game though!

[@Monadshavenowindows]

Tracy McGrady/Grant Hill was supposed to be the best superstar duo in the NBA. But after Orlando snagged Grant from Detroit for a huge price, his injuries left him on the bench and a shadow of the star he was in Detroit.

[@buttheadya]

+Gottfried Leibniz T-mac will not be T-mac if those event didn't happen.

[@tiismuna]

Tmac got burried in toronto.. The coach dont like him..

[@williebillingsley4559]

Exactly it's was like he couldn't be 1b to 1a Vince carter only if they would've stayed together sky was the limit for those 2 but when your head is big and u need to be The Superstar things fall apart

[@vanishing_girl]

T-Mac is my favorite player, but I think Jordan did the right thing

[@RobertDGordon]

TMac was cursed A.F.!!!

[@danjr130]

Omowàle Zaquir Facts😂😂😂

[@blok809]

Damn T-Mac could’ve been a champ and also had Mike as a mentor wow

[@RRW0601]

Jerry Krause is so disrespectful. Trading scottie pippen though???

[@IWantToMature85]

People’s hate Krause

[@NationJJ]

Wow. Within the context of pro sports, this is mind blowing. The “what ifs” in sports are always alive!

[@jamalabdelbaset6469]

When I first saw the video, I thought T-Mac was on "The View".

[@jordanrioscreations]

That would have been a ridiculous trade, can't believe it was even considered.

[@ThePoorFluffy]

Not really when Jerry West was also trying to trade for Mac. He thought Tmac was Kobe but with more NBA ready body

[@jesuscage]

So if Krause would've traded Scottie, Krause would pay mcgrady even less than Pippen since he knew the rookie would sign anything to play with MJ even for 1 min

[@TheRealTurkFebruary]

The what-ifs surrounding Tmac’s career make him one of the most tragic figures in NBA history. Could’ve played with MJ, coulda played with Tim Duncan…damn.

[@domais68]

McGrady was an amazing talent. His classic one man gang comeback vs. the Spurs is one of the most incredible sights I've ever seen in the NBA. I'm not saying he was better than Pippen. It's nearly impossible to compare the two. He's 14 years younger than Pippen and, though similarly sized and both wing-type players, they played in different times (slight overlap) and had different roles. McGrady was a franchise player and Pippen's prime will never fully be understood because he's a top 50 player who played as a second option. In their days, both were freak athletes! It's hard to believe McGrady is only 38. He went pro young!!

[@thepiratetraveldiary1418]

wow...

[@10tive]

Wow!

[@eddiebowles7903]

Jordan didn’t want to go back to being swept in the first round.

[@mikeoxlong]

0:17 Nigga I was born ready

[@bowsershark]

Mike's instincts were right. Dance with the partner you bring to the big dance.

[@300IQPUG]

as a bulls fan this kills me he was my fav player lol

[@wongnigel1158]

If T-Mac played with Jordan he would have had a way better career, I doubt they would have lost that champ I mean Jordan is great with or without Pippen, and on a long terms I reckon Bulls would have a longer dynasty even after Jordan left.

[@wongnigel1158]

***** wut? yeah that's his real life career, if he played with the bulls in the first place hence have good coach+good veteran guiding him

[@syedkazmi1221]

Shut yo dumb ass up.

[@ariannabolton8508]

wong nigel yeah TMAC would of won rings with JORDAN, then D.ROSE lol

[@mrdavidashley6892]

Well I'm a huge Bulls fan from that era and I'm ALL ABOUT PIPPEN but this might have been a great move. We eff around and don't win the 3rd chip of a 2nd 3 peat, but part of the future is somewhat covered seeing as how kraus and riensdorf SCREWED every fan and broke up that dynasty.

[@unoge771]

Whos here after "The last dance"

[@thsu8]

How did MJ find out?

[@aydobo]

usually star players and coaches are notified for possible trades. MJ was the franchise and the league at the time, no one had the balls to say no to him lol

[@ariannabolton8508]

So.....lol TMAC would of got a ring his first year in the league!!! Then end up with about 7 chips...Messi, Neymar

[@MrHeartbeat28]

No way really?? is this foreal

[@2fly916]

he's starting to act like a snitch now

[@gchide]

lol

[@kudabeen]

Hey it's no different than Presidents and cabinets writing on the truth way after it matters...This is good info for NBA geeks. The Bulls organization were arrogant assholes when it came to how they viewed their management/ownership vs players...you'd think they were relevant before and after Jordan. They really think they made championships happen... The T-Mac trade would have disrupted a title for sure, but probably was best for the future, but Bulls brass killed their future and let 1-2 championships go by not bring that team together again...the lockout didn't help tho

[@mookeychase0907]

This is one reason why I sometimes hate the comment section on youtube, you gotta lotta non street dudes bringing street rules into situations where they're not applicable. Snitching is ratting which is telling on some one most often to the authorities.This has nothing to do with snitching you dudes try to hang that tag on anything stay in your lanes...

[@RobertDGordon]

Snitching would have been if Jordan wanted to make the trade, but Bulls management nixed it... This isn't snitching...

[@dakingltroyproductofdade3579]

T Mac with mj he cud have won 5 more

[@gmfbinc.5231]

Jordan shoulda took t-max under his wing.. woulda prolong his career

[@gmfbinc.5231]

T-mac

[@deadarmd]

Wow. I can sense some jealousy brewing in God Mj.

[@sithsim7760]

T-Mac had game, but he was never a good defender IMO.

[@davidkrzysko4215]

King James did the same thing for Love..

[@jimmyhines7059]

They also need to keep Love, King James is still putting that team together, which is smart. He is trying to create a dynasty. If Cleveland don't listen to those commentators and keep what they have they will be good. That squad can turn it up when they need to, so proven in the championship series. Golden state got weak in the last three games.

[@Kuzor]

+Jimmy hines I think trade k love he isn't much in finals try to get a better PF

[@Kuzor]

+Alextoma741 plus it would free up cap space

[@davidkrzysko4215]

Chidori1256 Yeah you do realize that you stated my point, right? "K James kicked a rookie out for a proven player." Jordan kicked a rookie out for a proven player, "Jordan was not about to kick out a proven player for a rookie" Thanks

[@cflo1386]

Rachel awful as usual, this show was so much better with Amir hosting it.

[@chorbites41]

She talks too much... All I hear is her voice.... This is not an interview...

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Ahhh, somebody needs to remind Tracey that MJ's decision got him more rings, while T-MAC retired RINGLESS!! This is what happens when you ONLY have a high-school education!!

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

***** LMAO @ you comparing T-Mac to MJ!! You DEFINITELY did NOT watch MJ play when it mattered, that's for sure!!! LOL! Ahhh, I'm from Toronto, so you don't actually know what you're talking about!! #bye McGrady played at the level he was capable of & he got what he deserved in the end = NOTHING that matters!!! T-Mac will NOT be going to the HOF anytime soon! LOL!! FACTS!! Stop comparing people to MJ!! It only shows your lack of knowledge of the NBA & your age!!

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

***** So, you do know that VINCE was a MUCH better player than T-Mac & achieved TONS more as a player, BUT in NO WAY could walk in MJ's shoes, he ONLY went to the same school!?!! NOTHING you say will make T-Mac comparable to MJ, PERIOD!! You can say whatever dumb thing you want, it won't make you any less clueless to what you're saying! T-Mac was a marginal player at best that didn't make players around him better + he was EXTREMELY selfish when he had the ball = he didn't accomplish much in his career & NO ONE with a functioning brain is surprised about it! If that reality bothers you don't blame me, I'm not Tracey & I didn't make all of the dumb decisions he made for himself!! FACTS!!

[@Zhenshengjasonzhen]

stfu kid, t-mac was sick in his prime. U really biased man, stop!

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Aequitas coin Where does saying T-mac is not MJ become T-Mac wasn't a good player! If you actually knew how to read, you'd have READ that T-Mac IS NOT better than MICHAEL JORDAN and/or VINCE CARTER!! Point-blank PERIOD!!! Learn how to read & UNDERSTAND what it is you are reading! Sheesh!! Of course I'm BIASED!! I ACTUALLY watched Michael Jordan play his ENTIRE career vs. watching Vince & McGrady's entire careers also & they don't compare to MJ in anyway shape or form, ESPECIALLY the fact that they NEVER won championships or lead their teams to the finals & WON!! What part of that is so hard to understand!??! FOH

[@NewEarthSon]

What about kobe and lebron and their highschool education? you troll! blame orlando management and grant hill ankle. championships are overrated. Mcgrady is going to the hall of fame in 2017.

[@michaelhargest6521]

T-Mac shouldn't even speak on this. Jerry Krause should've been drug tested for even entertaining the thought of trading one of the 50 greatest players ever in Pippen for a prep-to-pro rookie T-Mac.

[@bronxbully6261]

Probably didnt want to pay pippen and be cheap get tmac on a rookie deal bulls would have a couple more rings if they didnt break that team up it wasnt just Jordan's retirement bulls management played a part too

[@MrLp1980]

Michael Hargest looking back at it, they probably should have done it. They don’t win the 98 title but you build in 2000s with tmac. Jordan and Phil were already out the door. After 1998 the bulls never were the same until 2011. With a 19 year old tmac you could have attracted other stars to Chicago. You have to play chess not checkers. If I’m Krause I would blew it before the dismantle.

[@ashwincheekala1566]

Well he guessed right on tmac as a player he’s better than Scottie. But yeah dick move if it went through. Bulls prob won’t win unless tmac development is ok hyperdrive.

[@ckmac175]

Another what if about tmacs career

[@Option42B]

its hard not to think about what we lost out on... i believe T-mac had the greatest talent we have ever seen...

[@Option42B]

***** oh its you... no need to answer you then

[@Option42B]

clap clap

[@Option42B]

***** clap clap

[@Option42B]

***** yes you were talking to me, just like the other threads you came to ruin because you emitate the behavior you are attracted to... go read a book on sexual behavior then you might learn something about yourself... ..

[@chasemichaels5083]

Jordan Did the right thing.he alredy had Developed a chemistry with Pippen,so why Destroy it.

[@abcxyz-py8ui]

Because the Bulls are preparing for the future. So guess what happened at the end of the season? MJ retired. Pippen left. Though, they won 1 more but was shit after

[@MrLp1980]

abc xyz right if I’m Krause I would have sacrificed the 1998 title for a 19 year old tmac. Play chess not checkers. Jordan and Phil were already out the door. Yes you won 1998 but lost a entire decade.

[@fredbjamz4956]

T Mac and Jordan. Dammmmmn that would have been trouble for the league

[@uruharakimsuke1092]

it's all about chemistry

[@laviebanale]

It wasn’t a secret. They were speculating the trade on draft night.

[@25mfermin]

t-mac knows. and I'm sure he's happy about that.

[@ariannabolton8508]

25mfermin nah salty cuz no rings...JORDAN just needs a couple all-stars and it's a ring!..had none in the beginning.

[@theloverswineverytime1625]

Wow!! the shit ya find out later on...

[@Qscraps]

Jordan was right. Pippen was awesome and McGrady was much lower.

[@davidkrzysko4215]

Crazy! Just like Lebron forcing the trade for Love..

[@everythingtoyota6763]

+hoe runner so different tho k love was already a established player in the league. tracy didn't even play a nba game at the time

[@davidkrzysko4215]

neither did Wiggens...essentially the same thing except Jordan won rings with Pippen and King James didn't, so Lebron made a power move based on an idea.

[@TravelHall74]

bashom haith he sure was

[@Zoinaire]

bashom haith LOL TMac was horrible in defense

[@bowsershark]

In addition to Scottie is a great idea. Him instead of Scotty, no deal on that team as a high school kid.

[@coolmoe3289]

Incredible story.. But Tracy wouldn't have lasted trying to play with Jordan..All that pressure at 18yrs old would have busted his confidence.. Asked Kwame Brown.. LLS..😂🤣😂🤣

[@damontelott6053]

Tmac was better than kwame brown lol the goat brown was no we’re near great as Tracy mcgrady

[@coolmoe3289]

Doesn't matter Who was Better Between Brown or T-mac... The Winning Pressure that Jordan Imposed on Everyone he Played With was Brutal..

[@damontelott6053]

@@coolmoe3289 tmac would of been ok he different he was ready brown wasn’t shit simple

[@damontelott6053]

@@coolmoe3289 tmac had natural talent he would of made it anywhere

[@damontelott6053]

@@coolmoe3289 can pressure natural talent

[@juncarlo2000]

If that's true, MJ is truly a basketball sage!

[@johnw.3636]

I agree with Mike on that one. I got luv for TMac, but he is NO Scottie Pippen.

[@enzorillotv]

at least not at the time but later on he became a monster

[@johnw.3636]

And even then he was nowhere near Scottie Pippen. Pippen could dominate a basketball game without scoring a single point. He was more durable. He was smarter. There really is no comparison, and I actually really like TMac. He just was not Scottie Pippen.

[@enzorillotv]

+Joe Johnson pippen and tmac had different play styles tmac can literally score at will and pippen was a lock down defender both though are in my book worthy of hall of fame

[@johnw.3636]

One is a HOF player who helped win six championships and one is not...I don't see the point of this discussion anymore. No disrespect to you intended.

[@camaradiop3731]

Joe Johnson Scottie Pippen is criminally underrated.

[@unclewillieson5032]

Just shows how much pull Jordan had as a player

[@ZEA88-22]

uncle Willie son not it doesn’t son, watch the documentaries

[@unclewillieson5032]

Wtf. Damn.

[@yunggpacino]

Damn that was Jordans one and only great GM move.

[@iwannafallintoyou]

Fuck that would have been epic.

[@kennethli8]

MJ was against trading Charles Oakley as well as Scottie Pippen. LBJ wants to trade anyone on his team to get an easy ride to a ring. Another big difference between the two because MJ is willing to climb the tallest mountain while LBJ only willing to walk up a small hill to get another ring.

[@fletcherhunk1015]

Reningan haters gonna hate

[@ko8e242]

Reningan what an idiot. Jordan didn’t have to climb the tallest mountain. He even had a cakewalk finals. Bulls was never the underdog in a finals series.

[@kennethli8]

Obviously, you’re an idiot. Can you read? Heard of “willing” Did you even attend college?

[@kennethli8]

Did you even watch the NBA in the 80s and 90s? Pistons? Jordan rule? I guess not. Kobe fans usually say Kobe is the GOAT when they never watch Jordan or the NBA during the 80s and 90s

[@idk1848]

@@ko8e242 Lebron had multiple easy finals that he lost.

[@blaki6584]

Goat was drafted

[@sschevmale24]

This happens all the time. Jordan was suppose to go to Houston in 1984 with Hakeem !!!!!!

[@ariannabolton8508]

JJD and JORDAN the GOAT wins a ring in year 1.

[@massdagod]

How was Jordan supposed to go to Houston to play with Hakeem when he was drafted the same year as Olajuwon? Idiot.

[@sschevmale24]

@Ulysses432 read olajuwon book. Portland wanted ralph sampson and rockets get number 2 pick. Rockets would of picked jordan.

[@realnsenpai]

Pippen was a 2-way point forward. Hes irreplacable back then. Even if tmac is on prime mj wont make it happen. Mj values pippen more than anyone else.

[@pikachutravels8458]

Jordan wouldn't win those championships but TMac would help Bulls be a playoff contender after Mike's retirement.

[@dmari-cash]

Lebron should have stopped the Kyrie trade

[@carnelyve866]

Curry is the new GOAT though.

[@FootballManagerTaraz]

New Choker you mean...

[@ariannabolton8508]

Yvette Watkins Curry is right there with LEBRON AND DURANT in this era...till Zion Williamson comes.

[@brendagray9296]

Yvette Watkins Go👉to your room

[@OfficialSwishaTV]

For anybody that LOVES to talk that shit about LeBron and him having power on his team. Jordan called and had the trade stopped. Ends that narrative....unless haters

[@IamCceeLL]

Not a lebron hater but this comment lol is funny! Lebron joined a superteam! MJ and the rest of the bulls became a super team.

[@islandboy1704]

so its lebron fault his management couldnt get a scotty pippen and great roster around him ? If lebron never left CLE they would have never gotten a number pick for a kyrie and other top picks like tristan thompson .. LBJ would probably never win in cle and y'all would be calling him the RINGLESS king or something ..

[@FlyKid7]

+IamCceeLL the heat was a superteam before LeBron got there? how did he join a superteam? are you mistaking him for kd

[@rodneyman711]

+IamCceeLL what super team?

[@ikillf0fun]

+OfficialSwishaTV It's not equivalent. Jordan blocked a trade, and LeBron forced a trade.

[@clarkkent6657]

McGrady.? Like real talk man. U was never on pippen level. Never!!!!!

[@dukeskylar]

Shit if this that happened. 97-98 bulls Champions with Tmac and Jordan. 98 Jordan out of retirement. Then 2001 or 2002 was when michael came back and lets just say he went back with the bulls and not with the wizards. It would be tmac, jamal crawford, Tyson Chandler, elton brand and Jordan. Lets say they win a championship. Fast Forward and ofcourse jordan would really retire by this time 2008 Tmac, Crawford, Chandler, brand and if all would've stayed and be healthy. plus Derrick Rose. What would've been...Take note 2008 tmac was still a beast when playing for the rockets. I think Tmac was averaging 20 5 and 5 that year until his injuries

[@imsljr420]

you = peanut IQ

[@dukeskylar]

***** I agree with you. But they would have a big chance against the pacers and the jazz tbh.

[@-007-2]

facemobb02 - he was part owner/president of basketball operations of the Wizards. Thats why he eventually played with them. He sold that minority ownership eventually and bought the Bobcats

[@ariannabolton8508]

Julian Sol exactly TMAC would end up with like at least 8 chips cuz of JORDAN then D.ROSE!!! Lol crazy

[@everythingtoyota6763]

them mj said fuck that he gonna hog the ball. only i hog the ball son. ill develop scotty instead n let tracy never win a ring lol insert jordan crying meme here

[@everythingtoyota6763]

then mj said *

[@brendagray9296]

The Recovery Channel shut up!!

[@HarpoSpoke]

MJ realized he never had a winning season without Pippen so he wasn't having that.

[@ethanchao6859]

cause pippen is brother, and you tracy is nothin

[@badddd]

Ethan Chao LMFAO

[@Yonensai]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@anjb2410]

micheal mo offense was an ovverated player.. but he is still one of the greats..

[@anjb2410]

no**

[@BloodOathFamilyForever]

overrated? lmaoooo

[@anjb2410]

Inner Akuma the media just hyped him up

[@BloodOathFamilyForever]

+AnJ B that man stopped playing and won 3 more

[@anjb2410]

Inner Akuma ok

[@johngray2511]

T mac is better than pip