Why Tracy McGrady Never Made It Out Of The First Round

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[@killua1293]

lmfaoooo that second round virgin poster fans are ruthless

[@ammonquitalig9077]

Time stamp??

[@akeme25]

Nowadays it would've been a meme on the internet lol

[@Jerome-Boateng]

aimthemoon quaytalig 15:08

[@EldePHX]

aimthemoon quaytalig 0:57 🤣

[@darkangels119]

@@akeme25 When you think about it, "Memes" have existed for decades but in different forms. If you don't define them by the internet .

[@cyrus2546]

You forgot to mention that in 2003 when the Magic up 3-1 on Detroit, Tracy McGrady said in the postgame interview “it feels so good to get out of the first round”.

[@kvngcjgaming5559]

Damn 😂😂😂

[@cirobata3890]

I waited for that quote the entire video!

[@Abbad1579]

🤣🤣

[@jus3278]

Sure did

[@jerodtabb311]

@Fries too bad for him 😂😂😂 I remember wen he said that shyt too 😂😂💯

[@a1gamer561]

One of the things I love about this channel is that LOW is not afraid to speak his own view and opinion without worrying about controversy

[@dusk6159]

True, and he didn't actually disrespect the player and positives of T-Mac or grabbed on hopeless rosters/injured or even out of his prime years or reaching on wrong takes like overrated T-Mac or not hall of fame so it's a fair video for the player in consideration, like for the one for Reggie Miller.

[@gangtime8705]

Dusk TheHunter he was hating Nash Miller

[@lilkyrie5945]

one of my favorite things about low is the way he pronounces shit it's hilarious

[@Young_Dab]

He does his research so his opinion is more factual than opinionated. Unlike most guys who speak before they think have opinions which are false because they don't know what they're talking about. Moral of my story is do your proper research before debating or stating your own opinion.

[@sirdancealot56_26]

Yeah lmao I disagree with him sometimes but I gotta respect it

[@bryantndongmo4780]

He used all of his 4th quarter magic against the spurs

[@sultan0072011]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@jimmy1of1]

fax lol

[@e5141981]

That 4th quater performance was the most insignificant thing that happen to the spurs that season, since that same year they won a tittle

[@leroyrodgers6089]

You will have the greatest 10 seconds in NBA history but payment shall be made in full.....

[@jameswalker6864]

@@e5141981 "Irrelevant" in your dreams maybe. That is the most iconic clutch moment in the history of basketball outside the NBA finals. Most people from future generations won't even watch the 2005 NBA finals highlights nor will they remember Spurs won, as it was just a normal final with nothing to be remembered for, yet they will rewatch T-Mac's clutch moment because no one has ever scored 13 points in 35 seconds. There is a reason why "T-Mac 13 points in 35 seconds" has more KZbin views than the 2005 NBA finals highlights. People doon't give a dman about a random ring with nothing legendary, but T-Mac immortalized his legend status forever with his clutch performance destroying the Spurs.

[@DC180PP]

One thing that definitely effected him in the fourth quarters and OTs that you didn't talk about was his conditioning. His personal trainer praised him for sure but he also alluded to Tracy not always being committed to working out and staying in shape. He said Tracy took long breaks after Seasons and didn't always take weight lifting seriously.

[@LegendOfWinningNBA]

There's a lot of things I decided not to talk about in this video, in large part due to me not wanting the video to be over 20 minutes long but also I just wanted concrete facts and not antidotal evidence or qoutes that people could potentially argue over. But you are completely correct, T-Mac himself openly admitted that he never really took practice serious and you could clearly tell that he was always winded in the fourth quarter due to poor conditioning

[@DC180PP]

@@LegendOfWinningNBA I see why you just left it black and white. It was still a good video though and I just subscribed.

[@eyeceeyou9566]

@@LegendOfWinningNBA anecdotal evidence, incorrect hearsay evidence is the term you are searching for yet its still objective because, the man did not want to work out. I believe that would have been a pivotal piece of data, while adding context to his late game deficiencies. Finally, most of your presentation was anecdotal.

[@sphong0610]

Tmac didn't want to do tough stamina training and also didn't like warm ups. He was too talented for his own good.

[@1675T190]

@@eyeceeyou9566 he was probably as little anecdotal as you could be when analyzing something like sports. Saying a NBA player shooting under 40% is bad is so widely accepted it's nearly an objective fact. Saying that McGrady had high expectations going into these games is nearly an objective fact too. This video is basically a list of objectively bad performances, where he was objectively far below expectations

[@RennWickam]

Technically T-Mac did make it past the first round, but it shouldn’t even count really count. He played for the 2013 Spurs that lost to the Heatles, only playing 7 minutes in the whole playoffs and never even scoring a basket, but he did technically make it

[@anthonyalston2607]

He barely played that playoffs 🤔

[@agentkirb]

Also, he was on the roster for the 2009 Rockets team that made it out of the 1st round, but was injured so didn't play at all in series.

[@AHMAD-2324]

You basically answered your own opinion...

[@sultan0072011]

agentkirb oh boy imagine if he was healthy. Him vs Kobe. I still think Lakers would’ve come out on top but it would’ve been a memorable series.

[@chowderchowdown]

​@@sultan0072011 If he were healthy, we're not even sure Houston would make it to the second round.

[@jackabah4279]

I think a good word to describe TMac in the playoffs is inconsistent and fleeting, like he clearly ain’t a bum but he can’t piece together when he needs it the most

[@VoxGav-bd9rc]

Jack Abah yep.

[@najirban]

Fair.

[@umarb7325]

he was consistently a bum in 4th quarters

[@ardinhajihil5011]

what could be the short word for that?

[@FlyingV555]

Jack Abah sounds like Paul George

[@samwoods22]

Man, I’m a Houston native and grew up idolizing T-Mac and you even got me agreeing with you. That’s what happens when you do your research and speak the truth with no worry about being hated on. Keep up the good content bro.

[@johngriller4997]

Same here bro. 💯

[@miyagifatghost2684]

Texan here T Mac always been like that great player but was never clutch...Hou has that problem when it comes to Stars

[@anthonyurso9366]

@Fries AI is one of the best basketball players I’ve ever seen play. if he was taller and had same skill might be in same talks as Kobe,lebron, Jordan

[@MeatBall_Don_Lie]

Chemistry was the problem. Too much time with injuries creates problems with that. 2008 was the best with chemistry but Yao wasn’t there. 2009 was the most talented but T-Mac wasn’t there. It’s not in Mcgrady because of those problems. He was the most talented player ever. 2003 Tmac was the best player in the league

[@JawaPenguin16]

Tracy Mcgrady is still my favorite player but he clearly had some mental barrier he wasn’t able to break. Those numbers can’t be coincidence.

[@darnell7852]

Funny how T-Mac is one of Harden's biggest critics, lol

[@qwertyasdfg9663]

Hes a hater ,

[@JackTrusel]

Harden rn is better than T-Mac career wise

[@yungvinnii]

JR The King Trusel nah

[@asherandrew6563]

Vinnii A tf you mean nah? Harden has long surpassed TMAC

[@yungvinnii]

Asher Andrew nah

[@raybourgeois3192]

I love that sign that says “the second round virgin”

[@Justacasualguy]

Funny how the very next season without t-Mac the rockets advanced to the second round

[@Chronz]

They added more talent and had a better matchup.

[@vicshephard9231]

You weren't beating that Lakers team.

[@russellwestbrook6884]

@@vicshephard9231 the spurs did about 3 or 4 times

[@vicshephard9231]

@@russellwestbrook6884 the Kobe/Gasol Lakers that went to 3 finals wasn't losing in the 1st round.

[@clipside4823]

Spurs also won the nba finals once they got rid of him as a benchwarmer back in 2014 lmaooo

[@romansheoships2716]

Wished he stayed with Vince. Or Grant Hill never got hurt. Or imagine him with Dwight Howard

[@ButtZilla]

He regretted leaving Vince to THIS DAY!

[@SolaceMcfly]

If doc rivers never denied tim duncan wife to fly on the plane he would have signed there

[@MandoGuerrero2]

He wished he'd stayed. VC wishes he'd stayed, and Kobe has said that if he'd stayed the Raps probably would have met the Lakers 3-4 times in the finals in the mid 2000's.

[@luscorpio3679]

Apparently when Dwight was drafted, he tried everything to get T-Mac to stay but McGrady went through with his trade request

[@Kingbossdon]

I say that all the time what if him and Dwight Howard would have teamed up they could have been Shaq and Penny 2.0 if only Tracy McGrady would have stayed

[@nickfisher8569]

They have to add a badge in 2k that indicates that this player underperforms in the playoffs. And it makes the players perform poorly in the postseason by lowering their attributes or something

[@ammonquitalig9077]

Lol

[@ryanavery3066]

Players feelings would get so hurt 😂

[@moonshinei]

Oh god the teams I rebuild choke hard enough in the playoffs; I don’t need more chokers

[@goatedk176]

Chill that’s od

[@Abbad1579]

🤣🤣

[@danteeudora6330]

I loved T-Mac back in the day but the numbers don't lie, he was a choker. You should make a "legendary scorers who were actually chokers" compilation.

[@0wned17]

kaleel clark hey it’s not fair to put demar on the list twice 🤣

[@ItsPGWavy]

@@0wned17 it's Demar so fuck it

[@arkoudiou]

Oof he's going to piss a lot of fanboys... Tough

[@yourhomie7568]

@kaleel clark paul George

[@rebllgaming6506]

@bojo perez Watching Pacers vs Heat when either team could win? That was awesome. I understand the Pacers were clear underdogs each time but they played hard. Props Vogel but now you're a goon.

[@LiiftYourself]

This video basically introduced the "Tmac isn't clutch argument" to the world

[@mohamedadan6678]

Watch this video on Tmac, its waaaaaaay more in depth! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nUeXinjMaGa8U

[@albertvasquez1157]

T Mac has clutch bra

[@chris011ily]

On god lol

[@rubinturner8233]

He wasnt!!!!

[@LiiftYourself]

As a tmac fan this hurts my heart

[@pp3917]

Damn, I love Tmac but this was hard to disagree with

[@Historicutuber]

yup he choked a lot

[@mohamedadan6678]

Watch this video on Tmac, it's more in depth! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nUeXinjMaGa8U

[@michaelatkins1600]

He was my favorite player growing up ... He had alot of tough luck , great talent , solid career

[@mason4498]

Real interesting, appreciate the effort you put in the video bro

[@nateguerra319]

Just Discovered Legends channel and I can watch this guy all day his videos are so well researched and put together

[@JoshuaD.Howard]

I would’ve never guessed my boy T-Mac struggled a bit in the clutch 😓😓🥶🥶

[@anubis4032]

He didn't

[@anubis4032]

@1995 GetJiggyWitIt deny what? I have short term memory lost

[@kaiseramadeus233]

You really think he just "struggled a bit"?

[@gabriel_the_salubri]

All you had to do was watch him.

[@Abbad1579]

@@anubis4032 Yeah he did

[@davedaniels5874]

what a video, this shit opened my eyes. Mac was my favorite player when I first started watching basketball and I always had an unpopular opinion that tmac would’ve been better than Kobe if he stayed healthy but this video opened my eyes. he was a great talent but didn’t perform with the best of them. it’s crazy how he criticizes harden like crazy but he’s one of the most non talked about chokers in history

[@wolfstomper]

He’s a bum!!! simple as that….and he was Given the HOF!!! He didn’t deserve it at all!!! He has the nerve to Speak on Steph???! Look at his total points he’s had 18,381 lol 😂 (scrub) he’s 57 all time in scoring guys….. Chris Paul has 20,936 and he’s NEVER averaged out the Teens (18.8 19.2ppg) he’s a pass first player! KG 26,000 Robert Parish 23,362 Reggie Miller 25,279, AI 24,368, Steph 20,164,John Stockton 19,711 ha ha come on and Dwight Howard 19,485 last one fucking Jamal Crawford (6th man king) 19,419 Guys he shouldn’t be in the HOF he hasn’t Done ANYTHING!! He’s teams averaging 6 to 8 wins over .500 So you didn’t win games.. One scoring title!! He averaged 19.2 points a game!! He played 17 season’s (939 games) 6 nba teams!! And NEVER NEVER lead his team past the first round!!!!! And somehow he is in the HOF???? In the elevator on the night of his induction ceremony his wife told him “ Baby you belong here” y’all he Don’t even believe he belongs there….. because he doesn’t!! For his career he shot 43 fg% and 32 fg% 3pt 74% ft Career 19 points 5 rebounds 4 assists And never won a playoff series A 7 time all Star |when you do your research on him you see he was a scrub Compared to other players in the HOF That deserves to be in!! That’s why they couldn’t put his ass on the 75 anniversary team I can name 10 SG and 10 SF that’s better than Tracy Mcgrady!!

[@wolfstomper]

@dave Daniels a scrub bro!! He constantly giving his opinion on guys that are double the player he was!! (FACTS) he had the nerve to talk about Harden….. talking about Steph not in the top 10 with |4 rings… 2 MVPs, 1 ASG MVP, 1 WCF MVP a Finals MVP averaging 32 ppg 2 scoring titles 3espy’s 4 championships in 8yrs (MJ had 6 in 8 yrs) All time leader In 3s Viewed as the best Shooter this game has EVER seen….a member of the 50/40/90 club (it’s only 9 players ever to do this) But Mcgrady is arguing that Steph don’t belong like he is MJ or Magic he is a player that was given this honor that doesn’t deserve it!! Obviously Steph goes in Over Hakeem (2) Wilts (2) birds (3) it’s simple to me he’s 7th all time!!

[@panner11]

@@wolfstomper Peak over totals. Throwing out numbers without context is stupid. Everyone knows after his back gave out in 2008 at the age of 28, he was never the same, but he played 5 more years as an afterthought, that's why his career ppg is low. He actually has 2 scoring titles. 2000-2008 were his actual star years, he averaged 26.3/6.3/5.5 in reg season, and 29.5/6.9/6.5 in the playoffs in that span. He didn't come up in big moments, but this obvious smear job is just stupid. Do your research is very ironic here. Research means learning context, like in this video, not throwing out random totals, when everyone knows he had a shortened career. I'd like to see you use the total points argument on magic johnson too (he has 17,700 points).

[@somethingfishy1233]

Great video, really enjoyed it keep up the great work LOW!

[@bakurawthesupersaiyanhair937]

I stopped watching basketball but I guess I'm still subbed...I can't stray away from a T-Mac video. You'd better have only good things to say 😅 Huge thanks for the content over the time I've been subbed, you do SUCH an incredible job. Elite bucket getter...ok LoW, ok!

[@AirRusher1992]

I feel bad for T-Mac because he definitely deserved more Playoff success than failures. The Magic definitely deserved more flak for wasting his prime on mediocre teams. Once he got to Houston, he only had like one healthy season and most of it were marred by injuries. When he finally reach the Finals for the first and only time of his career, T-Mac was only a mere role player or even a benchwarmer if that.

[@_SayitAintSo]

No he don't

[@panner11]

yeah it is a well researched video, although it is pushing a narrative. At the end of the day, his all star years 2000-2007, he averaged 30.1/6.6/6.4 in the playoffs. He didn't come up in the big moments, but he wasn't a postseason dropper. Big' what if' to see if he would've overcome that hump, but didn't have the chance to and was cooked by back injuries by age 28.

[@RylzMunkister]

Don't deserve it if you're not effective.

[@RylzMunkister]

​@@panner11great line - but look at how inefficient he was in 4Q and OT. Lost his team some games.

[@grantrmoore]

Yet in 2009 when he was inactive, the Rockets went to the Semis & took the eventual champion Lakers to 7 games..

[@jsdzx]

Aaron Brooks and Ron Artest was a problem. But.......!!!!! I’ll never run from the opinion that Artest threw game 7. I’ve never seen a guy take so many shitty shots and make shitty decisions. That was the rub Kobe back in the shower year. Fuck Ron Artest.

[@gambit3950]

Thx for making this. TMAC was my favorite player

[@lydellb]

Baron Davis has always been my favorite player and I remember that series and how hard he and the Hornets fought for it.

[@ButtZilla]

FACTS! He was NEVER known as a true closer at end of games even with 13 points in 31seconds. One of his biggest enemies besides his inability to close out games in the clutch is his mouth. Talking smack about Robinson then loses the series, Saying he's glad to be out of the first round when they had the 3-1 lead, saying it's ON ME if we don't make it out this year vs Jazz. No one else to blame but himself really. Very talented player unfortunately but you see the difference between building a franchise with him to Kobe. Have to have the ability to close out games in the fourth. When it comes to pressure games like G7 that counts, he's never there. He was derozan before derozan.

[@jameshoward289]

ButtZilla I feel like tmac was better than derozan(tmac was a more versatile scorer) and derozan had better teams as well

[@sundigest1121]

@@jameshoward289 he IS better than derozan no doubt

[@MFjaYWiLL]

Stop lol. That’s a lie. Kobe with a squad like McGrady had he wasn’t making the playoffs. He was asking to be traded. Stop fronting. Closer my ass

[@carboy101]

@@MFjaYWiLL The fuck are you talking about? T-Mac had fucking Yoa Ming as his partner on the court. Yet, he couldn't get anything done and when Yao was on the floor without him in the playoffs he did much better.

[@mstaken7716]

Jonathan Williams tbh TMac is one of the overrated superstar and he’s not a HOF player i can name 20 players that deserve to be HOF than TMac.

[@duckplan.1793]

I would've never thought he wasn't clutch I'll never compare him to Kobe again

[@JohnJackson-wu8ci]

Mr. Jimmy Donavan sad to say but I agree. But Kobe gave him his first injury in his back Kobe grimey he landed on Mac back wit this elbow knowing that Mac had a lil back issue. Kobe knew to kill the comp early smh and it’s crazy how mcgrady and Kobe laughed about it on espn. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@4EvurPosters]

Rip Kobe but he does have the most misses all time..

[@gking5994]

😅🤣😂real talk

[@All.Love.K]

@Corey Parker you make zero sense🤦🏿‍♂️...just because it's a pressure situation doesn't mean it's lucky...muscle memory and form is something that's drilled into hoopers through practice...nothin lucky about making a shot you practiced on and probably shot a few times before just cause it's crunch time

[@tropicmix8765]

@@4EvurPosters yeah, and is 4th all time in scoring as a perimeter guard. Everyone in front of him is either a forward or a big man, meaning all of them were closer to the rim.

[@rebllgaming6506]

Randomly watched this video, great work All!

[@niilovaananen3215]

Well goddamn I didn't know he was that bad late in games in the playoffs

[@DeaDAss-gi6vp]

alot of ppl ignore it

[@darrell9616]

Nicely researched and presented. You let the facts speak for themselves. Well done piece!

[@ninofoley1951]

I think you may be over-rating the quality of the role players in his Magic and Rockets stops. Houston was relying essentially on Battier and Rafer Alston for secondary scoring. The team sorely lacked any secondary creation, no bench initiators, and played two-non shooting bigs at all times. The Rockets always seemed to lose on offense, and I think the lack of secondary creators was a more of a driving force in the teams disappointments than McGrady's clutch performances.

[@tropicmix8765]

Oh you mean that same team who passed the 1st round without him?

[@WWEFAN123ful]

Lol I just saw your tweet on this and then the video popped up in my notifs 😂

[@VoxGav-bd9rc]

Mac had awful shot selection and he wasn’t really a closer. And yes, he’s my favorite player.

[@mashwork6615]

In the Charlotte series he was laying on his back in a lot of those games with back issues like an old Larry Bird

[@shaekwonhickman3494]

I like T-Mac. He’s definitely a forgotten name from the early to mid 2000’s. But a first ballot HOFer? Nah. Granted, the voting process for the Basketball HOF is very different from the Football & Baseball ones but I don’t think he should’ve went in on his first try. T-Mac was a massive underachiever, arguably the biggest amongst stars or top tier players in their prime. Now, he was overshadowed by A.I, Kobe, Bron, D-Wade, and even his cousin Vince Carter and he had to constantly show people he could ball and be a star. I get that and respect the fact that he tried to make the biggest impact he could in the league but he underachieved and he never quite met his full potential. He was a choker in the playoffs, especially the 4th quarter and OT, as this video shows. He couldn’t handle the pressure and he wasn’t built to lead his teams deeper in the playoffs mentally. He was hot and cold when it mattered the most. I don’t want to hear about injuries because they happen but he just couldn’t stay healthy too. Like I said, I like him a lot and I watched a bunch of his best games and performances but he was a underachiever.

[@bigk1555]

T mac needed a second shot creator

[@LordCaltricBlue]

Or a great PG

[@solo_fie]

or a clutch gene lol

[@solo_fie]

this man talking on tv like hes a 3x champ lol

[@clipside4823]

With tmac’s talent level he should at least have brought his team to second round...

[@justthisguy1948]

the business handler the rockets were probably the best team in the league in 08

[@philliprhinehardt6268]

It is what it is with Tracy McGrady.

[@fbicorporation6931]

My friend told me that tracy is more clutch than kd......... Bruh

[@Tutankamion196]

Pls check if he has a brain inside

[@tyronebrown2246]

FBI CORPORATION 69 your friend lied

[@prsnsf90]

Not saying he’s right... but keep in mind clutch isn’t only a reference to playoffs... tmac was pretty clutch though

[@sirclarkson4718]

13 points in 33 seconds. Not saying tmac is more clutch but don’t act like he’s not clutch at all

[@fbicorporation6931]

@@sirclarkson4718 I know but compared to Kd tho........... Kd closed out alot of games in the playoffs and series as well and even tho he also blew a 3-1 lead as well but God damn after watching this vid....... Tmac looking kind of overrated

[@josephsalem3864]

The lazy eye assassin

[@demarcuscousins3rdcousin]

"Technically" T Mac almost won a ring. He did play in the NBA FINALS with the Spurs. He was a bench player however at that point. But he choked EVERY year in his prime but was a elite bucket maker and had an immense arsenal of moves. He had everything but the clutch gene.

[@clipside4823]

Demarcus Cousins 3rd Cousin even if he won that it doesnt mean anything... its the equivalent of jeremy lin winning a ring with the raptors lmaooo...

[@demarcuscousins3rdcousin]

@@clipside4823 not exactly Mitch Richmond had a similar career but that ring he got sitting on the bench with the Lakers still counts a ring is a ring to me. Jeremy Lin isn't considered a potential hall of Famer so that's not a good comparison.

[@robgreene9680]

Where was the help at tmac much more like Paul George than Jordan and Paul George always had more help than tmac

[@agixh3197]

His teammates…when he was scoreless is because his team wasn’t doing anything so the focused on him, how many shots were missed from a pass that Mcgrady set up? How many keys shots or rebounds did his teammates miss?

[@denniswilliams6519]

The fact that Ben Wallace is snubbed out and Tracy McGrady is a hall of famer shows that highlights count more than actual career accomplishments.

[@FlyingV555]

Dennis Williams Wallace deserves it. Dude was a menace on defense at his height.

[@ItIsAllgood1219]

Amen put Big Ben In.

[@jtogoated6111]

If tmac never got hurt for sure goat better than Jordan maybe 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@JTAnimations]

@@jtogoated6111 stop smoking crack

[@Abbad1579]

Fr

[@geraldslaughter1996]

Fair critique but I still love T Mac, especially when in Houston.

[@starrchld7]

one thing you didn't touch on with t-mac during his playoff career: coaching. both doc rivers and van gundy were seriously out-coached during those t-mac years...

[@Guibao-Fam]

Can you please.provide the from where u got these stats box score?

[@LordCaltricBlue]

Yall Thought JR Smith was trolling when he said that lol, on a side NBA examined did a great piece on this

[@javareejohnson9132]

Corey Parker jr got a ship tmac made it out the first round once as a benchwarmer

[@lw9904]

@@javareejohnson9132 That is what I was going to say 😂 Even when he have players like Yao, Grant, Francis, Battier, Carter.

[@Abbad1579]

@Corey Parker Jr is a champion chad. Tmac is a first round virgin

[@Abbad1579]

@Corey Parker I don't think Jr gives two shits about the HOF. HOF for basketball is a fucking joke. At the end of the day, Jr at least won something in his career unlike the first round choking virign.

[@hoodiemelo3962]

@@Abbad1579 why are you so against tmac 😂😂?

[@megadrive6573]

You know, it's easy to talk when you have the most talented team around you. T Mac's entire career was basically Kobe's 3 year span from 2005 to 2007 when he had limited talents around him (even though he still had an all star caliber player with Lamar Odom) and couldn't pass the first round. The teammates you have around you is an aspect thats too underrated in my opinion when it comes to basketball. Everybody that was around knows that T Mac in his prime was the best player in the league...not a perfect player but arguably the best.

[@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

Megadrive Mac couldn’t get out of the first round in the EAST for christ’s sake. Facing teams with relatively the same amount of talent as his. It’s inexcusable. The Yao and Mac rockets squads were always 50-win teams and faced teams in the first rd of relatively equal talent. Stop the excuses. Kobe’s lakers losses against the Suns in the 1st rd were justified because the disparity in talent between the teams was massive. The Suns made it to the WCF literally every single year.

[@megadrive6573]

@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 You're wrong, when T.Mac was in the East, he always faced a team with superior talent. In the West, teams were tougher but he had talents around him, I admit it. But like I said, Kobe didn't even make the playoffs the first season after Shaq, then allowed the Suns to come back from a 3-1 deficit and then got bounced in 4 games. And he had Lamar Odom... So, no excuses for T.Mac but this video doesn't make him justice. At his peak, a lot of people believed he was even better than Kobe. So...

[@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0]

Megadrive mac shoulda definitely beat the Hornets. It was a tight series as both teams were evenly matched but his play didn’t elevate his team. Also love how you don’t mention that Mac blew a 3-1 lead of his own against the Pistons the following year. Played like absolute crap the last 3 games. That pistons team was good but they weren’t the same team that won the championship the next year and also not as good as the Suns teams Kobe faced. The Lakers should’ve won that series in 2006 in game 6 had the team knew how to box out and close out 3pt shooters in the last possession. Also Lamar Odom? Cmon man just stop. He was talented but not enough to be an allstar caliber player. He also had a lot of boneheaded plays. If Kobe had Yao he would’ve made it to the WCF every single year at the very LEAST. You know what happened once he got Pau gasol...

[@megadrive6573]

@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 Yes, Lamar Odom was an all star caliber player...and probably the only guy that could effectively play at 5 positions in this era. Kobe didn't have only Pau Gasol, he also got Andrew Bynul and Ron Artest...in other words, Kobe had a super team, even though the media didn't call it "super team". You're right that T.Mac also blew a 3-1 lead but he got shut down by a great defender : Taushaun Prince...you know, the same one who shut down Kobe one year later in the nba finals. And yes, the Pistons that good...

[@shoshob9666]

Bro stop. Tmac was never better than Kobe, who wasn’t better than shaq or timmy in the early 2000s

[@Profess84]

I remember watching the Hornet/ magic series. Baron Davis was a balling.

[@robs9557]

Bro, you need to push more content. This shit fire

[@Israel-nb7ip]

Bravo, bravo..! Salute on this video. I almost became a KZbin commentator just to make a video like this one. T-Mac is one of the most talented players I've ever seen ..but when the chips were on the table he consistently folded. I've been saying this since 2008 PRECISELY because of what you covered in this vid. I watched every one of those series and came to the same conclusion, he didn't deliver like a franchise player when they needed him to. It's for that reason that I don't think he's a HOFer. Definitely HOF talent but doesnt have the crazy accumulated stats to justify his playoff disappointments.

[@judecharette4537]

Can't imagine how McGrady feels about his lack of success in the playoffs.

[@AHMAD-2324]

That's why he didn't think he was a Hall of Fame player. Because he knows he didn't deliver in clutch time.

[@roddywhite4161]

He just seems to always pass the blame on his teammates when asked about is. So he has a loser mentality to go with his losing career blame others instead of taking accountability

[@israelisrael5134]

Great vid..these older veterans act like they were flawless 😆

[@MisterJonesification]

Idiots used to say he was better than prime kobe, ridiculous!

[@mohamedadan6678]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nUeXinjMaGa8U

[@Abbad1579]

Fr.

[@RJ-ox3gi]

Rockets made it to 2nd round with him on the sidelines injured 😂

[@6rade]

Bro I appreciate how FACTUAL you are. #Rs love your material.

[@ddavis8988]

Tayshaun Prince back them was so effective guarding the perimeter.

[@SolaceMcfly]

Damn that ray allen pic before he zoomed looked like he was ready slap Tracy.

[@MrJohnnyAOA]

scores were so low in the mid 2000's

[@daREALtruestory]

What’s sad is the same year they changed the first round format to 7 games the magic actually had a 3-1 lead on the pistons had they never changed it from best of 5 to 7 he would have made it

[@Rodanguirus]

There's certainly a good chance of that, but everyone involved is also going to be playing different from the outset knowing it's a best-of-5 instead of a best-of-7.

[@kr3id44]

How was that Baron Davis GW 3 called off??? Buzzer went off after the ball was out of his hands... I’m confused? Someone explain how

[@kurtallen12]

A bad combination of genuine choking, injury hindrance, and straight bad luck. It wasn't always on him, but it was for a decent amount of the time. Wish his career had panned out better

[@panner11]

Yeah a big part is it's easy to forget how young he was before his back was cooked. He was only 28 in his last good season. Those orlando teams did not have rosters that have any business winning in the playoffs. And he only got a couple healthy runs in houston. He did fumble the critical moments in the couple runs he had, but it certainly could've been different had his body been able to hold up past age 28.

[@theboogietrend1422]

Sounds like James Harden must be a Houston Rockets curse

[@DeaDAss-gi6vp]

harden is way better that that lmao , media really shits on harden yet hes actually had his team mins from the finals and neary beating the best team ever made. harden also has never lost as the higher seed. tmac has harden got way more playoff wins and deeper runs

[@FlyingV555]

Mike Ike Harden at least got to two conference finals.

[@michaelo6317]

@@FlyingV555 3 CF, one with the thunder, twice with the rockets.

[@blackmamba2k899]

This video should be 3 seconds long. He left The Raptors man. The raptors where one shot away from the conference finals. TMAC would not be averaging 30 even 18-20 the raptors could contend to the finals for the next 3 years. 😤

[@marcello256256]

Maybe I missed it but I think grant hill and Yao Ming being hurt definitely factored into Orlando and Houston’s success as well. This is a team game and other players have to show up to take the load off one of man, especially in the playoffs. Otherwise, good defensive teams can wear one man down. from that standpoint, it may make more sense as to why a guy like t-Mac slows down in the fourth. Just my two cents. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@jomuski6591]

He never elevated teammates preferred to play hero ball

[@JustinKayce]

Would’ve been cool to see him on New Jersey and or Phoenix at that time.

[@guru_basketball_kiero]

2:36 Is that Lavar Ball in the back??? LmFao

[@johngriller4997]

Lol

[@ButtZilla]

Don Redd

[@lakersyoungcoreareaveragep1639]

Great scoring talent, but wayyyy too overrated as an overall player. His Toronto, Orlando and Rockets teams were far superior to Lebron's Cavs teams yet he could never get out of the first round. While a 22 year old Lebron dragged a bunch of bums to the finals

[@josephjames335]

Lakersyoungcoreareaverage playersatbest The rockets were the only good team mcgrady ever had lol.

[@hnic9181]

Bunch of bums!? That Cavs team was a defensive juggernaut!

[@bornegamerz1180]

Joseph James yet since didnt get out of the first round with the rockets

[@kenesealo7982]

@@hnic9181 LeBron lead nothing but a bunch of doodoo boiz to a championship their pathetic nba careers didn't even deserve smh. Bumz are an understatement to those common filth

[@vicshephard9231]

LeBron didn't have to go through the Kobe/Gasol Lakers to get out of round 1.

[@tylito4764]

Went to the finals w SA. Even tho he didn't contribute he made it out the 1st lol

[@MichaelCorleone_]

Music at 1:17 ? @Legend of Winning

[@kenechi9083]

15:08...

[@jboca1973]

Yo low good video. Man. You right he did perform terrible in pressure situations. And he said he never really had a strong squad on Orlando. But I dunno. Maybe that era of lockdown defense was to much for him.

[@dawgjit1111]

poor conditioning fam

[@mohamedadan6678]

This video was HEAVILY inspired by another video, tbh it's like he copied that video lol > kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5nUeXinjMaGa8U

[@jboca1973]

Mohamed Adan yeah I saw that video. They are very similar. But being that tmac was my guy it was undeniably true what they both said.

[@UeProductionz]

I can't believe you said the Dallas and Houston series was an even series. Dallas had weapons on every corner of the court and Houston only had 1: the high pick and roll with Yao and Tmac. They dumped it down to Yao once in a while but at the end of games they literally ran a high pick and roll over and over again because it was the only way to get guys open. Nobody else could make a play.

[@tropicmix8765]

Houston relied on T Mac so much that they made the 2nd round with him being hurt

[@hellc4t639]

tmac is my 2nd favorite player of all time. watching this was pain. good vid tho

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

Never seen a player put a team on his shoulders like mcgrady against utah without Yao

[@DC180PP]

You have to give him a pass for that Series. No yao, the rest of the team couldn't do anything without tracy, and tracy was doing it with only one side of his body

[@roddywhite4161]

You've never seen lebron play?

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

Roddy White I’m a big LeBron fan but even his roster wasn’t as bad as McGradys without Yao plus he was in the west every team had 50+ plus wins even the 8th seed where the east only has 2 or 3 50 wins team during that era

[@roddywhite4161]

@@casualfandestroyer2503 yeah but the east still put out some 50 win teams that lebron would beat. Maybe not all the way down to the 8th seed but there would still be at least 1 he would need to beat. Mcgrady couldn't even beat 1 and its not like that jazz team was something special ether we all saw how legendary derron williams and boozer ended up being. Nore was that rockets squad all that bad rafer alston, shane battier, scola and even landery where all solid players and helped houston win 22 games that same year A stretch where mcgrady played some of his worst ball of the season at that

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

Roddy White bro that Houston team doesn’t win 20 games in a season without mcgrady with Yao being injured every season the 3rd best player was Shane battier

[@clipside4823]

Tmac nba finals stats: 50 claps per game - 2013

[@lilduragjd]

0:14 THAT SHIT SCARED ME

[@eliebechara3811]

As a kid, I started watching basketball in his last Magic season. I remember getting pissed off when the Magic jerseys were not cartoonist anymore. LOL.

[@d-rose7661]

at 0:14 anyone flinch

[@DopeLaSoul]

wazbzerk just about to type that lmao

[@meep7895]

15:09 savage fan calling t mac a second round virgin

[@meep7895]

but it is true

[@jairotheassassin7421]

He made it to the finals in 2013

[@mahgorstark7793]

Josh howard was balling that season ..don't forget

[@detailsmove]

on point

[@The-Next-Chapter]

T Mac lack that killer mentality.

[@WhoKilledWesley]

Dameon Tynes ask San Antonio about his killer mentality

[@The-Next-Chapter]

@@WhoKilledWesley A great sequence one of the best in NBA history but I'm not talking about just one game, I'm talking about his career has a whole.

[@maaarcus7227]

@@WhoKilledWesley Yeah he had a killer mentality in a December game that meant nothing. Cool, any Postseason examples, please?

[@johngriller4997]

CAMERON JEFFRIES so Corey Brewer has a killer mentality bc he once scored 50?

[@RyanJosephh]

You like 16

[@gabrielscott2928]

Wonder if we'll remember PG like this

[@thomascrowniii1693]

PG got to the Conference Finals...

[@gabrielscott2928]

@@thomascrowniii1693 yeah but since then he's been pretty underwhelming

[@vicshephard9231]

Probably will be remembered as a champion. Don't see anyone stopping the Clippers this year.

[@cecilflores8450]

If not this year, PG will most def win a ring before he retires

[@russellwestbrook6884]

@@cecilflores8450 rockets,lakers, and clippers are the only teams that could win

[@JohnJackson-wu8ci]

U a real one for this video tho

[@rickysyndab8447]

15:09 😂😂😂 they are savage

[@MrE_]

Imagine if shaq never left Orlando. Tmac and Shaq would've won the rings instead of the Lakers

[@ericheart1198]

Idk even prime Shaq needed Kobe. In key game 7s in their 3peat Kobe was the better player. I like T Mac but idk if he was capable of being that player.

[@l.thomas1762]

Eric Heart there would have been no game 7 as TMac would have given the ball to Shaq like Kobe was supposed to

[@ericheart1198]

L. Thomas oh so it was Kobe fault that he out perform Shaq in game 7s or got fouled out vs Indy and won a key game in OT in Indy too huh? Lol T Mac wasn’t even remotely as clutch as Kobe even with the rockets with Yao. The fact you comment shows you know little about LA 3peat. They played in the triangle offense which depended on players playing a certain role. Shaq got plenty of touches.

[@saiyanbuu1466]

He didn't score a single point in his playoff run w the spurs. L o l

[@NameThatNobodyTakes]

Don't hate man, At that point he was a shadow of the shell of his former self

[@allenmk138]

@@NameThatNobodyTakes No excuses. Take a 50 year old MJ and I bet he gets you at least a bucket.

[@Joey-pb6ul]

@@allenmk138 You would lose that bet. Its pretty hard to score points when you never leave the bench.

[@allenmk138]

@@Joey-pb6ul Nah. All I hear are excuses. A superstar shouldn't be consistently performing poorly on the big stage. Imagine if Kobe failed to leave the first round without Shaq. He would never be viewed as an all time great, even with those 3 rings he won.

[@Joey-pb6ul]

@@allenmk138 I ain't making excuses lol, you just told me that MJ could somehow score points despite never leaving the bench and I told you that was impossible. We weren't talking about Mcgrady's career, just about the 2013 season.

[@ManFinest]

The Utah Jazz was the best defensive team those years in the NBA. Also they had 3 all stars D Will, AK47, and Boozer. With a good Raja Bell and Mehmet Okur.

[@bronxmade8710]

Oscar Medina can’t forget my guy Paul Milsap too...

[@loyaltychizzle7320]

T-MAC is & will always be my favorite player of all time. Poor guy lost 4 game 7s in the playoffs. He jus needed a lil help

[@Abbad1579]

Or he could've just not choked.

[@johnnycee9325]

He ALWAYS talks about how Harden under performs in the playoffs tho! 🤔🤔🤔

[@FlyingV555]

John Harvin some guys just can’t do it.

[@jairotheassassin7421]

Hay at least tmac made it to the finals it pains me to say this tho....

[@clipside4823]

jairo The assassin no he didnt... the 2013 spurs doesnt count lmaoo... because he didnt play the entire playoffs and he was just there to watch and clap

[@jairotheassassin7421]

@@clipside4823 he played in the finals game 3 and he played game 4 in frist round and played game 5 in the second round

[@clipside4823]

jairo The assassin and so?? Even luke walton deserves more credit for the lakers championship than tmac if the spurs ever win that final series... he has the same contribution as jeremy lin in the 2019 raptors.... almost nothing

[@jasonredhorn6973]

If Allen Iverson was Tmacs height he would've been the goat

[@russellwestbrook6884]

Would have ruined his speed

[@johnnikollaj496]

@@russellwestbrook6884 Iverson as he was just add height would have been unstoppable. Same heart, same skill, same speed, etc etc etc. Just make him 6'9 instead of just 6 foot tall.

[@bluu_ice6554]

@@johnnikollaj496 he woulda been way slower

[@bloody_outlaw8000]

@@johnnikollaj496 he is shorter than 6 foot tall

[@joestuehmer7967]

@@johnnikollaj496 Iverson was really only 5'10

[@tsountanis2131]

He went to the finals with spurs in 2013

[@Antonio25668]

great video

[@EmpoDaddy99]

bUt He ScOrEd 13 PoInTs In 35 SeCoNdS

[@wano1216]

i mean he did...if thats what your saying?

[@testostyrone33]

He never had Shaq or Phil at his disposal.

[@abichsanoff8029]

Gr8 video

[@marcoscordova2370]

I saw the title and I laughing😂😂😂😂😂😂