www.clutchfans.... Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady appears to give up during the Rockets 94-73 loss to the Toronto Raptors on 1/2/2009. (Special thanks, Rockets2K)
I don't know . . .those were just 2 plays from one game. I'm sure if you went nitpicking for that with any superstar you could find at least one. Unless he was doing this every play, then thats a completely different story.
he was injured at that time,the coach want him to play ,but he cannot do anything. so why he should be happy?they should protect the player healthy,but they don't.
When I watch this, I'm reminded of that scene in the Royal Tenenbaums when Luke Wilson's character Richie loses his competitive spirit in tennis. He just starts pacing the court, not even trying, then eventually just sits down and refuses to play. Hilarious in the movie, not so funny though in real life for McGrady and the Rockets.
Dude, 4mtttc is the one who said that houston always loses to the raptors, then he said that the raptors suck. How is the obvious question not "what does that say about the rockets?" Myself, I have no opinion (Celtics fan) on the subject, I was just asking a question.
wow this gets me pissed off all over again. how a grown man can have the mental capacity of an 11 year old never cease to amaze me. i'm glad, aside from the scoring titles and all star appearances, tmac has had no other success. i hope he never returns in red and wish him continuous failure for the duration of his (hopefully short) NBA career.
It's not a lazy eye. What TMAC has is called "strabismus". A lazy eye is when you have poor vision in an otherwise normal, healthy eye. Strabismus is when there's a muscle imbalance in one eye, causing it to drift when using to the other eye to focus.
wow..... this was scary... I hope when he comes back he will not break up the chemistry of Houston and second have as much heart and hustle as everyone on the team. This was a terrible example and he showed defeat which is uncharacteristic of todays rockets.
In my opinion,T-Mac don't deserve to be in Houston Rocket he did a lot of good things to Houston Rocket but they always do bad things to T-Mac. Look at T-Mac right now.........he need times to recover his knee.......
Honestly you guys should be asking why this team was so pathetic without McGrady rather than criticizing him. If Durant/Kobe/Lebron/Gay/Melo/Griffin/Rondo or anybody else (other than Rose who is in the same situation) would have stayed at half court the team would at least know how to score a point. At least 1
@redboymax Well in my opinion the Rockets are a much better team this year when they play as a team. If that means T-Mac doesn't get the ball as much then so be it. Clearly if T-Mac is going to have that attitude with this group of players this year...then the Rockets just need to trade him or just refuse to let him play and have him ride the bench for the rest of year. This Rockets Team is exactly that...A TEAM, and we don't need T-Mac we need Tracy McGrady
i dont give a fuck how great of a player it is, mcgrady is my favorite player of all time, but if he's my team mate, i am pissed as FUCK if he does this to my team
@lsreborn Mistreated? You think this is acceptable behavior? He quit on the team. I'm not a T Mac fan, I'm a ROCKETS fan, and this is horrible. This is the game Tracy QUIT.
clearly Tmac wasnt himself,he was still not 100% and didnt wanna do anything.Tmac still killed the raptors this past season when he visited as a Pistons player he got like 15,5,5
T-Mac is the most selfish player in NBA history period. He has given up and proven he can never be a team player no matter where he plays. The man has tremendous talent but I would rather have 12 guys on my team who play like Reggie Evans, then to have to deal with one T-Slack. I too hope that the googly eyed bastard blows all his money and ends up like Antoine Walker.
this was during the time he was getting injured alot. i think he was getting scared of getting injured now. he gave houston some of its best years. props
this shouldnt be surprising to be honest. he always quits on his team. i dont see iverson, kobe, wade, lebron quitting on the court like this. now off the court it could be different. but you are supposed to be a WARRIOR on the court not a nancy boy. sorry to say but mac has always been a nancy boy which is why he will never lead a team past the 1st round. just doesnt and never has had the mentality to do so.
its funny how ppl jump to conclusion of how mcgrady is a selfish player blah blah blah off of one game and in which he is obviously injured also...this man had to carry shitty ass teams his whole career bt ppl ony acknowledge this one particular game smfh
James harden does this all the time in the playoffs because he's a weak minded flopper that gives up when he can't score as effectively in the playoffs
This team, without McGrady, got to the second round of the playoffs. Something McGrady has never done.
T-mac's a good man, he was just helping out his former team.
Throwback, i remember this.
He did a Kobe impersonation in game 7 vs Suns
hes playing on one leg why are you posting this it happened a year ago
lmfaoo for a second i thought he returned to the team when he played toronto.. but then i saw his jersey number and figured out this is a old game
I don't know . . .those were just 2 plays from one game. I'm sure if you went nitpicking for that with any superstar you could find at least one. Unless he was doing this every play, then thats a completely different story.
he was injured at that time,the coach want him to play ,but he cannot do anything. so why he should be happy?they should protect the player healthy,but they don't.
This, and they won against the Raptors the very next time they played them.
matchup with Yao ming trying to defend shooting bigmen is horrendous, just like the jazz with okur
When I watch this, I'm reminded of that scene in the Royal Tenenbaums when Luke Wilson's character Richie loses his competitive spirit in tennis. He just starts pacing the court, not even trying, then eventually just sits down and refuses to play. Hilarious in the movie, not so funny though in real life for McGrady and the Rockets.
SAN ANTONIO FANS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING!
Dude, 4mtttc is the one who said that houston always loses to the raptors, then he said that the raptors suck. How is the obvious question not "what does that say about the rockets?" Myself, I have no opinion (Celtics fan) on the subject, I was just asking a question.
How can you defend a $24M/year player on your team that refuses to make plays?
to be honest i think the rockets function better without t-mac
the commentators are blowing this way out of proportion.
wow this gets me pissed off all over again. how a grown man can have the mental capacity of an 11 year old never cease to amaze me. i'm glad, aside from the scoring titles and all star appearances, tmac has had no other success. i hope he never returns in red and wish him continuous failure for the duration of his (hopefully short) NBA career.
Why is this comment having so many negative votes? This was a rational comment.
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It's not a lazy eye. What TMAC has is called "strabismus". A lazy eye is when you have poor vision in an otherwise normal, healthy eye. Strabismus is when there's a muscle imbalance in one eye, causing it to drift when using to the other eye to focus.
wow..... this was scary... I hope when he comes back he will not break up the chemistry of Houston and second have as much heart and hustle as everyone on the team. This was a terrible example and he showed defeat which is uncharacteristic of todays rockets.
If your team always looses to a team that sucks, what does that say about your team?
I dont know what is it about Toronto, they have blown out the Rockets about three times in the past couple years.
id rather have him starting than ariza. at least tmac knows how to spread the ball around and can shoot better than 35% from the field
He was injured for like 10 of those games
Can you do first game
In my opinion,T-Mac don't deserve to be in Houston Rocket
he did a lot of good things to Houston Rocket but they always do bad things to T-Mac.
Look at T-Mac right now.........he need times to recover his knee.......
@FrankGarrett316 you feel better about yourself now?
He probably bet on that game
@mule488 your right
not ever
they prolly did something to piss mcgrady off cos the tracy i know got flare.
when rmb those "it takes 5" Adidas commercials?
Honestly you guys should be asking why this team was so pathetic without McGrady rather than criticizing him. If Durant/Kobe/Lebron/Gay/Melo/Griffin/Rondo or anybody else (other than Rose who is in the same situation) would have stayed at half court the team would at least know how to score a point. At least 1
.... disappointed....
but not surprised anymore... unfortunately...
T-mac is hurt
like always
that's his legacy right there
@fanistez haha he didnt watch tmaac back when he was in orlando
he was beastin and then his first years in houston were ok
shaving the most points
I think his brain went cross eyed if you know what I mean.
@redboymax Well in my opinion the Rockets are a much better team this year when they play as a team. If that means T-Mac doesn't get the ball as much then so be it. Clearly if T-Mac is going to have that attitude with this group of players this year...then the Rockets just need to trade him or just refuse to let him play and have him ride the bench for the rest of year. This Rockets Team is exactly that...A TEAM, and we don't need T-Mac we need Tracy McGrady
i dont give a fuck how great of a player it is, mcgrady is my favorite player of all time, but if he's my team mate, i am pissed as FUCK if he does this to my team
Big tmac fan but shit like this is why im glad that he got traded and we got someone good
@tony2crunk none of the players you said wouldn't even play if they were in his condition....
you again
When Houston has 49 points, something bad happens, like Trevor punching DeRozan
I find it funny that that he gave upon this game when his opponents were the raptors given there history, lol
@lsreborn Mistreated? You think this is acceptable behavior? He quit on the team. I'm not a T Mac fan, I'm a ROCKETS fan, and this is horrible. This is the game Tracy QUIT.
Glad to have a reality check of what TMac is capable of doing. I hope he comes back succesfully and help Houston.
he'll still make the all star game though lols
clearly Tmac wasnt himself,he was still not 100% and didnt wanna do anything.Tmac still killed the raptors this past season when he visited as a Pistons player he got like 15,5,5
Shoulda stayed in Toronto and played beside Vince
tmac just stay on the bench..
They really do suck without him
this is an old video man! leave tmac alone!
T-Mac is the most selfish player in NBA history period. He has given up and proven he can never be a team player no matter where he plays. The man has tremendous talent but I would rather have 12 guys on my team who play like Reggie Evans, then to have to deal with one T-Slack. I too hope that the googly eyed bastard blows all his money and ends up like Antoine Walker.
look at how adleman/rockets have mistreated their franchise players recently. francis,mcgrady, and yao will prolly get the boot too.
Tmac is going to play tonight against the Pistons !!!!!
would kobe do this? ever??
this was during the time he was getting injured alot. i think he was getting scared of getting injured now. he gave houston some of its best years. props
this shouldnt be surprising to be honest. he always quits on his team. i dont see iverson, kobe, wade, lebron quitting on the court like this. now off the court it could be different. but you are supposed to be a WARRIOR on the court not a nancy boy. sorry to say but mac has always been a nancy boy which is why he will never lead a team past the 1st round. just doesnt and never has had the mentality to do so.
ok he should be playing....i love tmac tho.
this is maybe the most pathetic thing ive ever seen from a "superstar"
he'll be gone tomorrow... thank god the trade deadline is coming
@stevechen1991 LOL! How can you excuse him like that? You're more bone headed than he is.
ummmmmmmmm...... ok tmac?
its funny how ppl jump to conclusion of how mcgrady is a selfish player blah blah blah off of one game and in which he is obviously injured also...this man had to carry shitty ass teams his whole career bt ppl ony acknowledge this one particular game smfh
he's barely moving!! what a shame!
disgrace
this man was responsible for the 22 win streak
Doesn't James Harden do this every game though?
HI-LARIOUS!
James harden does this all the time in the playoffs because he's a weak minded flopper that gives up when he can't score as effectively in the playoffs