Tracy McGrady vs Kevin Durant Full Highlights 2008.01.23 - CLUTCH T-Mac vs Rookie KD!

Kevin Durant wants to eventually model his game after Tracy McGrady. Durant got a view Wednesday night of just how good McGrady is, even with a gimpy leg. Nursing a left knee injury, McGrady put together a second half that showed even with one good leg he's still one of the best in the game. McGrady scored 18 of his 28 points in the second half and took over in the final 90 seconds, both scoring and passing, helping the Rockets rally to beat the SuperSonics 109-107. KD had 25 Pts for the Sonics.
-------------------------------------
✅ Sub And Like For More Content
📌 Dawkins Patreon - / freedawkins
📌 Follow on Twitter - / dawkinsmta
📌 IG - / dawkinsofficial
📌 More Vintage And Now-days NBA at FreeDawkins.Com
/DawkinsMTA
#DawkinsTMAC
#DawkinsKD
Like me on Facebook - / dawkinsmta
Boxscore - espn.go.com/nba...
__

[@kingcapital5595]

I miss TMac

[@lvfootball41]

Overrated, never made it past the first round.

[@brianfrederick8477]

Yes he, made it to the finals with the Spurs

[@lvfootball41]

Brian Frederick funny

[@劉高鵬]

I miss him,too i am Chinese and i also miss Yao!

[@wondermcthunder8835]

+Eaglesfan41 how's being a eagles fan working out for y

[@HawkingRegime13]

People mention T-mac a lot in the comment section, but god damn seeing KD play so well at 19 has me pretty impressed.

[@anthonyrose7103]

So whats your point??? The kid sucks now, he never had quick speed now he's just a jump shooter like every other young fag playing in the NBA today. NBA today is boring and soft, soon every player in every position will just shoot 3pointers all game long.

[@playboiy5678]

Justin Maston damn bruh he took an L

[@andyhartkopf4167]

KD one of the best shooters ever trust me he's hard to guard and his post moves light everyone up

[@kizzy5497]

Pandes Mandes KD is way better than T Mac because KD actually put in the work T Mac fell back on his talent and it only got him so far never advanced past the 1st round.

[@sorryidgaf.6043]

Anthony Rose damn you a hater

[@maharzahoor11]

i am 25 years old and started following nba in 2012...and it actually makes me sad that i wasnt able to watch t-mac play in his prime :/

[@coopermorris236]

His prime was way back in 02 and 03

[@danoismyname]

Yeah. That's what he's saying. He wasn't able to watch him in his prime because he didn't follow the nba back then.

[@starwarsfan-ye9hw]

+Cooper Morris i d say til 07/08

[@Culley91]

+danoismyname thanks for elaborating for this dumbass

[@spurs_7798]

Cooper Morris Tmac once said, he never was as good as in early 06'.. right before the injurys really started

[@siegtv9305]

injured tmac vs rookie durant, seems fair. oh and i think i heard the announcer say durant idolized tmac maybe that is why they have similar gameplay. i see tmac in durant and paul george and a bit in melo.

[@DyllinBernard27]

Living in the midrange, good god, that hasn't been seen in years

[@MrSupershazad]

For real

[@bjsw534]

Nobody plays in the mid range nowadays in the NBA. Only Melo, DeRozan and CP3.

[@DonkeyKong5479]

KD?

[@BeeThaDon96]

bjsw534 KD, Kyrie, Shaun Livingston, PG

[@slay-p2m]

DB27Productions rip Hamilton

[@anthonygilmore5969]

This is why i have durant in my starting 12 man all time roster. It also appears he grew a bit more since he entered the league.

[@Bluebirdfalling]

no way

[@magicoke1]

the way tmac can create space to shoot or go in for a drive his foot work is incredible!!!

[@JustinODonnell2424]

@Joel Villarreal for 6" 9 it was amazing

[@Bluebirdfalling]

feetwork.

[@youlexander]

Well many people say T-mac a failure LOL. I would like to be that "missed potential": almost 1000 career games played. 7 NBA all star. 3 time nba scoring champion. NBA most Improved player. 18.000 points. more than 200 mil dolars earnings (endorsment and contracts). One of the best NBA superstar for almost a decade. OH yes what a failure. LOL. well let me be that failure ....Pleaaaaaseeee. Also consider that injuries destroyed his career, not only his own, but Yao ming's too...

[@thomaspotemciano]

Yeah Kobe said in a interview once that T Mac was the biggest threat to his career at his prime

[@joviisdabest1]

you are absolutely right man at least somebody speaking facts about tmac and his accomplishments instead of hating on his success

[@keyboardwarrior2779]

2 time scoring champion. Has scored more points in a game than anyone not named Carmelo Anthony or Kobe Bryant since Michael, more than Iverson, more than Durant, more than Curry.

[@watchnofacee]

The same things could be said about Melo too but now niggas moving like he was always shit lol

[@tingispingis]

If TMac was healthy, people would now be arguing over who was better between him and Kobe

[@DaCreaTaur]

If not for injuries T-MAC would be known as the 2nd best SG of all time!!!

[@coopermorris236]

I think if AI or Tmac stayed healthy open of the two would probably be the greatest especially AI

[@Unclechin45]

DaCreaTaur yeah if he every got past the second round maybe

[@allstarlebron057]

+Cooper Morris ai was never a injury prone it was his bad attitude that every thought he had and no team wanted him after the nuggets sad if the 76ers would had kept him in till he retired he be up there with kobe and jordan

[@coopermorris236]

ALLSTAR LEBRON05 Well he is he would just have a better name and be 1 or 2 all time and yeah he was just different and was very buggy after Denver and it was sad seeing my favorite play decline

[@DaCreaTaur]

Unclechin45​ lol a better team doesn't make you a better player bruh

[@mkeonine]

Today's KD is pretty much T-mac of old. Same game. People seem to forget how good T-mac was. His first years at Orlando after Toronto before his back problems, dude was a freaking beast!

[@BboyZoinks]

tmac ia that player no fan or audience knows how good he is but every nba player knows how legendary he is and could've been

[@RellyRell-ud3iz]

You can tell injuries took a toll on tmac

[@housesports000]

I miss T Mac more than i miss Seattle being a team

[@daneshzhao-graham5454]

Taking a look at Tmac, you can almost see the direct result of the surgeries on his knees and back. His body looks shorter, stiffer, and just in general less lengthy than his Orlando Magic days. It's almost like they clipped off sections of his legs and torso.. His lack of elevation on jumpshots and dunks adds to that illusion for me, but it's amazing how, even in his Rockets days, his body was already not in the shape that it was in when he was Kobe's undisputed rival.

[@poly_neso7212]

Danesh Zhao-Graham I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS. He looks super lengthy and always looked the tallest/most lengthy on the court when he was in Orlando. After surgeries he stopped looking like the the biggest on the court.

[@SamualWilliams]

POLY_ neso Uhhhh it's called weight gain and Kevin Durant? KD is like taller than T-Mac, also more lengthy.

[@poly_neso7212]

Samual Williams Its a direct result of the injections/painkillers he was taking. He had to have fluids drained in 07+ from knee and shoulder after games. These are a huge reason he was gaining weight because he had to change diet aswell. Also I said he looked smaller as in he doesnt look like he covers much of the court like he did when he was in Orlando.

[@poly_neso7212]

Samual Williams Kd 6'10 with a 7'4 wingspan. Tmac listed as 6'8 but most players say hes more like 6'9 and he has 7'2 wingspan.

[@SamualWilliams]

POLY_ neso I see what you mean, but I believe that just has to do with his strides not being as long. He didn't seem to move as quickly here. I think the weight gain and injuries hurt his ability to run up and down the floor as fast as he could before.

[@houstonswisha143]

Thank you for adding the commentary in too, bill worrell is a legend in houston great voice

[@Bohemian0522]

Yao and Tmac, would have been the greatest duo since Kobe and Shaq, too bad both succumbed to injuries.

[@yunggpacino]

T-Mac and Penny Hardaway no injuries would give Jordan n Pippen or shaq n Kobe problems!

[@Dakiller1243]

everybody gave jordan and the bulls problem. they just step up at the fourth quarter everytime. correct me if im wrong

[@brooklynassassin6825]

+Dakiller1243 only detroit

[@yunggpacino]

+Dakiller1243 Well you are wrong Jordan n pippen got they ass whipped by Penny n shaq that same yr Houston beat the magic so go study on your basketball level so you can be intelligent like me your father

[@brooklynassassin6825]

+Patrick Adzimah but that's when jordan came back he wasn't in basketball shape but that next year he was

[@yunggpacino]

+Brooklyn Assassin haha excuses are like assholes everyone's got one

[@longliveart4362]

I knew Durant was going to be the truth I use create him on 2k before he even got drafted, good childhood

[@goodman5836]

the man (kd) is coming for everybody's lunch money

[@marcomojica3703]

KD VS TMC

[@chrismcmillian77yahoo.comm68]

I used to love watching T Mac play back n his prime Years. He should be up there as the GOAT.

[@techbit7607]

Champions win even in defeat, Durant took notes even in early defeats and got better now he is a 2x champion.

[@lilwetfart4077]

Tracy McGrady is his prime was one of the best players of all time.

[@Amauksura]

I pretty damn miss Sonics, I mean dat 24/7

[@ChrisJWatts504TV]

+Ibrahim Al-Bakini Hell Yeah! Me Too!

[@JeoTivii-YT]

What a game this game was Legendary

[@juswolf22]

I think t mac had the smoothest prettiest game like it was poetry in motion his form and everything was more nice than Mj I say

[@zealousrider6612]

it really is.. tmac in his prime is so g'damn smooth

[@The333er]

silky smooth

[@Spud_E_Buddy]

I loved T-Mac...even when he left Toronto, but no way he was smoother than MJ in my opinion. Maybe his jumper, yes, but footwork and gliding while in the air, no way. Even in the video, I cringed a little bit looking at his footwork in the first half. KD was smoother, but again, that’s just my opinion.

[@blakewoodcrest4403]

More nice than MJ? I hope you stopped hittin that pipe!

[@michaeljf1972]

Blake Woodcrest Lmao i hope so too

[@jbenz1990]

In their primes I don’t think they would figure each other out. Depends on who has the better day if they went 1 on 1

[@sebastiantapia9070]

jbenz1990 has true

[@HiBunnyGames]

NBA referee hates Tmac and Yao....

[@sickleharvestsleeks]

Tiffany Chen why

[@williamg4524]

Its just referee werent as sensitivd back then

[@zhouchen3004]

its always case since these two guys played in the same team

[@MikeT424]

I just watched these highlights of KD as a rookie his game changed as a rookie he was more catch and shoot but now he pulls up off the dribble and I also notice that he develop pulling up for 3

[@MikeT424]

+Vega Siswono yeah

[@waytoocozy]

That's how most of the scorers were back in the mid to late 00's were. Drives and Mid Range. Bron, Kobe, T Mac, Wade, AI, Michael Redd, B Roy etc etc.

[@DCentertainment50]

T-Mac>>Kobrick if not for injuries

[@ArianaFanGirlForLife]

Agreed.

[@devinhester2039]

AI >>> T MAC . KOBE

[@ArianaFanGirlForLife]

doobie ashtray lil wayne > biggie, 2pac

[@aliespiritu5753]

When he was healthy what did he do other than do great in the reg season?

[@ChaseEditor]

Only odd ball to compare rappers on a basketball video tf

[@fred-shieh]

How quickly people forget... Tmac was arguably better than Kobe, offensively and defensively... but the load he had to carry... he brought a team with a rookie Mike Miller... scrubs like Pat Garrity, Andrew Declercq, Armstrong, washed up players in Shawn Kemp, Bo Outlaw... to THE PLAYOFFS... all on his back with no help from Grant Hill... it was amazing what he did...

[@colinreed6817]

+Fred S lol nice how you forgot when he was with Yao. How can you never get a confernce finals atleast lmao. He probz gets bounced first rd with Brons Cavs in 07.

[@4569262]

Tracy is a great player but where the fuck was he when kobe finally got rid of shaq and put the league on shutdown averaging nearly 36 a game. Tmac had a pretty stacked team that year but he was done by that point he had no longevity and he was only 26 years old so cut the bullshit in their primes kobe was fat more polished then Tmac.

[@jamil908]

+colin reed they were never healthy together...one of them was always injured

[@fred-shieh]

jamil hollinshed Part of Kobe's greatness was that he was able to stay healthy, but averaging 35ppg wasn't so 'great'... volume shooting on a bad team is nothing to be proud of, incredible performance yes, but that adds nothing to his legacy... we remember the three peat and then back to back way more than his down years even though his stats were made during those period. And yes, Tmac and Yao was never really healthy together, and I wouldn't call that a stacked team? Rafer Alston was never a good PG... and an old juwan howard manning the PF spot... etc... the team was good, but it wasn't very athletic...

[@javiersanchez1661]

Fred S He was better than kobe before the injury not only him Allen Iverson was better then kobe then to. Kobe fans won't admit to nothing, t mac was the best player I ever seen including jordan.

[@bobm.8429]

I can still remember when 3 players were all averaging 30+ at the same season! Tmac, Iverson and Kobe! 😂😂😂

[@chriscp3857]

The Lost legend

[@hawksfan9217]

2 great scorers

[@jordanrioscreations]

It's crazy to think this shit was over 9 years ago.

[@handsomedevil254]

It's even crazier to think this shit was over 15 years ago and your comment is 5 years old as well man time flies like a mufukka 😂

[@Alichef_]

2:58 that travel. 😂😂

[@saz19s8]

James Harden approves

[@SnowNasty]

Superb contextual audio editing my g, respect

[@shoukatsukai]

I miss this Rockets Team so much...

[@Grunge_Cycling]

God I miss the old Rockets!

[@Truerboyy]

Arthur J fuck yea

[@rickyfactz]

Man it would be so dope to have a Sonics Durant jersey.

[@playa1877]

Tmac was so clutch day in and day out..this game pretty much sums up his entire career..this wasn't even his peak form he was unstoppable in Orlando

[@tonyarcadefanatics]

This Game Is G.O.A.T KD My Favorite Player

[@ChrisJWatts504TV]

Bring Back The Supersonics!!!!! I Miss Them!!!!!

[@dubbyu4286]

A lot of people do.

[@ChrisJWatts504TV]

+Chicago Bulls Fan Word Fam..

[@ninjascroll1017]

I miss the supersonics

[@darrylsnoddy5416]

That step back on KD was so cold. #tmac

[@ethanfriedrich]

I miss that Rockets with T-Mac and Yao.

[@starwarsfan-ye9hw]

Tmac the greatest TALENT of all time (not player, dont get me wrong)

[@coopermorris236]

I'd give that to AI

[@mohaed96]

+Cooper Morris I'd give that to T-Mac

[@coopermorris236]

mohaed96 Ok I can respect that both are great player with very different play styles one is 5'11 and one is 6'8

[@nosupa]

I'd say LeBron

[@mohaed96]

nosupa i'd say you're LeWrong

[@jeck1987]

8:10 They realized they had a bad play on defense when KD took the shot >.

[@郑柏拉图]

OMG，seven years ago ,I was a fan of the rockets ,the man is amazing and impressed ,turn out to KD

[@yexie8091]

2008, TMAC is not in his prime. His prime is actually 2001-2006, most of Magic career and early Rockets career.

[@Dakiller1243]

7:17 the future and the all star. man how time flies. now durant is the all star, who is the next sf/swingman future?

[@Aaron.McNair]

Tracy McGrady was having knee and back trouble at this time still getting buckets

[@hc0246]

TMac=legend

[@devinmccampbell9661]

Some of these angles makes tmac look like he's ballin in flip flops lol

[@quiet_guy9772]

I can't wait until T-Mac's induction... #HallOfFameDefinitely

[@asyo27]

OKC roosters are originally from sonics, right?

[@6sols988]

yeah rookie

[@欣宇-e2n]

N Dey Say that T-mac is the most talented guy throughout the ages.

[@ramesesmoses1741]

It could be, but injuries ruined tmac.

[@jlpeng9036]

Miss our tmac in Houston.

[@Zaymane808]

Crazy how agressive of a player kd has become on both ends

[@adenboogie3631]

7:35 when the announcers got it the play wrong 😂😂

[@tazz4life118]

young KD had future superstar written all over him.

[@bigfactzztv5811]

I was at this game

[@dapunkof1975]

Damn I miss this team...

[@PollyThaDon88]

Prime KD, not even close!

[@eriche6250]

Audio has hissing sound

[@oyi21]

And that’s him on his way down from his prime

[@EldePHX]

Shit looks like it’s from the 90’s lol

[@tmonjr8490]

i was rooting for tmac while watching this game knowing that kd sold out

[@ThaSouthTV]

I see what the problem was with these old Rocket teams.... as good as Francis and later TMac were, they failed to utilize the 7’5” guy like they should. Ming was far more than just pic and dive guy.

[@qinghaomeng6956]

I miss sonics

[@omgitsme435]

Were VCRs still big in 2008?..

[@pablovaldez5998]

Mcgrady el mejor

[@lucasrrmos]

There jumpshots are similar

[@kazerous_world320]

Mcgrady arguably #3 all time at shooting guard. Kobe Jordan Mcgrady

[@kazerous_world320]

+Marv'n Aff Kobe not #1 sheep in jordan nuts soon everyone will be on kareem.. media does a lot on kobe.. that is a fact.. still he is great.

[@kazerous_world320]

+Marv'n Aff don't forget he worked and worked it wasn't given to him he worked to be the greatest. it was handed to jordan and James. you jordantard are far more stuck on what media gives you. kareem is not the greatest. his position and the height he played against were very unmatched. jordan never had to go play against a elite player each night. jordan hit players during nbagame live on tv and doesn't get ejected .. c'mon now. kobe 81 points stamped why he was the best player at his position. oh wait...who else played that position? jordan too... a lot of old school say and make these new cats believe that jordan is a g-d. larry bird demolished jordan and has better numbers.. what about that? kobe carried the torch and free in our face as the legend he is. during social media rise. he gets no love from anaylist. he's been tainted he's been hated on..recently by Master P. aka master Pussy. the things I don't get is why do you guys let media make you believe these things. but jordan came back and kobe made sure he shitted on his return by dropping 55 to remind his ass he's 2x better thAn him when he dropped 30+ as a youngster when he was on the bulls. that being said.. prime time on both levels .. jordan would lose.. that is defiently a fact.. and I'm sure a lot of jordan fans will come and say the same things I always here. but fact is. this new generation will give kobe the props. Durant has. lebron has.. etc.. jordan staying releivent with his shoes.. if his shoes didn't make a big hit. he wouldn't be who he is.. he be just like kobe. Kobe worked for his shit.. it wasn't handed to him. big difference. he worked for it jordan and now James have it handed to him. jordan was working out with James in h.s too b.t.w. how funny how the apply doesn't fall too far from the tree

[@dse3848]

We miss Tmac

[@agusteransosa619]

my boy rafer alston!

[@cameroncreed1442]

T mac used to almost beat the Lakers with no help. Orlando

[@niallcook2271]

I miss Tmac

[@ronimushafourthirty3402]

t mac the best

[@damionbirge8265]

TMac was a killer

[@nektorx1349]

I miss the Sonics :/

[@Aizen5694]

Man idky people keep saying t MAC was better than Kobe. Naw...” they keep saying that cuz they know he wasn’t better than Kobe. Hell no!!

[@budweiser416]

no wonder Durant is such a clutch and he takes trees from Dtown. like Tmac.

[@胡涛-r5s]

这场比赛火箭主角麦迪,超音速是杜兰特。。。两个超级球星的擦肩

[@Andretti2Tone]

7:34 announcer got fooled lol

[@doctorboost]

mcgrady made a 2 pointer at 1:30 and the scoreboard only changed from 39 to 40...

[@junjungamo8969]

Ya tell that to the officials bro go

[@iwishyouwould6937]

What a god awful call at 5:45.

[@JackSparrow-vk9yf]

wow!! i sure missed Tmac :(

[@saz19s8]

It feels like T Mac passed the torch to KD

[@ramesesmoses1741]

Mj, kobe, tmac, dr j, bird, magic, kd, curry, doncic r d players with so much excitements to watch in nba.

[@sanchirsergelen3185]

TMAC IS BEST ONE...

[@blackmamba9345]

T Mac schooled KD although my son KD had a good game

[@Mizzoumike000]

What's sad is in Seattle kd wasn't even playing that we'll yet

[@LibraGoals]

Mizzoumike000 KD was playing smooth in high school. The man is silky smooth!

[@andyhartkopf4167]

Pandes Mandes nah KD surpassed him after 2014 his MVP year was top 5 all time

[@jayveecruz8950]

That time TMac had knee injury :(

[@malacefromthepalace5657]

Yao and T-Mac would've gone to the finals if they stayed healthy

[@bartier861]

So Durant was 6’9’’ as a rookie and is still listed as 6’9’’, hmmm

[@rickyramirez9320]

If I had yao in my team, I'll have ball passed to him for basket

[@溫潤]

2 block by KD for Tmac

[@classofversemedavid3294]

White was all that fur gully

[@itachi019]

KD was actually playing defense back then

[@nikocross7673]

+itachi019 Tmac still gave it to him but KD had some nice blocks on him.

[@nikocross7673]

+itachi019 Tmac still gave it to him but KD had some nice blocks on him.

[@nikocross7673]

+itachi019 Tmac still gave it to him but KD had some nice blocks on him.

[@egseven]

Tmac hates being associated with Yao due to the criticism from his fellow black brothers. Forced in a tough position.

[@franciscopizarro5424]

Hubris Bloviated what are you talking about ? No one dislikes Yao for being Asian

[@novaheads]

Durant

[@glynnherron8065]

Tmac abused that boi