Tracy McGrady

Tracy Lamar McGrady Jr is an American player of Basket-ball born with Barthow in Florida (close to Orlando) the May 24th 1979.

It measures 2,03 m for 101kg and carries number 1 in homage to its idol of childhood, Anfernee " Penny" Hardaway, which carried the same number when he played Magic d' Orlando. It carries out its college with the academy Mount Zion Christian and was drafté in 1997 by the Raptors of Toronto, 9th of the first turn. Its elegance and its physique of " swingman" he is worth to be compared with Scottie Pippen. On another side its eyelids some not very sagging give him its " célèbre" deadened air, which it will quickly have made cancel.

It is joined with the Raptors of Toronto by Vince Carter, and they will be discovered family ties; they are distant cousins. Although arrived before his/her cousin in the Canadian team, McGrady does not remain about it less one young basketball player 18 year old all coldly unloaded college. Vince Carter as for him has a significant experiment since it made its weapons in the prestigious university team of North Carolina which formed amongst other things Michael Jordan. During its first 2 years in NBA, Tracy McGrady the matches on the bench however it begins shows an astonishing maturity and especially a real talent. That is worth to him a time of play much more important during its third season, again one makes the bringing together with Scottie Pippen so much the role which it holds at the side of Vince Carter resembles that of the player of Chicago the side of Jordan. However McGrady does not wish to play the supporting role and especially he wants to approach his family remained in Florida.

Tracy McGrady decided, 3 years after its arrival in NBA i.e. at the end of its first contract, to migrate towards the Florida and the Magic d' Orlando. He is elected MIP (player having progressed more) in 2001.

Grant Hill, her new fellow-member in sudden Magic of frequent wounds, putting an end to the dream of many fans who saw in this duet a new Pippen-Jordan pair. McGrady very quickly becomes the fanchise player of Floridiens and is during two seasons of continuation better marker of the NBA with respectively 32.1 points in 2002-2003 and 28.0 in 2003-2004. It makes one remarkable season 2002-2003 so much so that it is strongly had a presentiment of like MVP (Most Valuable Player) i.e. better player of the year. Its statistics are distracting: 32.1 pts per match, 6.5 rebounds, 5.5 decisive master keys, 1.6 interceptions all that combined with an exceptional percentage of success for a player evolving/moving with his station (45.7% to 2 points and 38.7% with 3points). With the general surprise it is Tim Duncan San Antonio Spurs which obtained the title of MVP there this season.

However the lack of constancy of the team and the weaknesses of the bench push the young player of the country to leave his club fetish for new horizons. T-Mac (nickname given by his/her grandmother) made pressure on its leaders so that they transfer it. It takes then the direction of Houston to join the Rockets, in particular Steve Francis and of Cuttino Mobley exchanges some.

At the sides of Yao Ming, it becomes All-Star for the 5th consecutive season. Unfortunately its statistics are strongly lowers the following season by it (2005 - 2006), because of recurring wounds. That does not give nevertheless causes of it its participation in the All-Star Range which is held with Houston this year there, but it must be inclined with the selection of the west, although having brought its share to the battle, by registering the trifle of 36 points.

One of the most outstanding exploits of this young star of the team of Houston was to mark 13 points in the last 35 seconds of a match against the spurs of Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, and thus to save its team of 1 point!

After a personal difficult beginning of the season (statistically speaking) during the first half of the season 2006-2007, Mcgrady is still deprived, like the previous year, of the Chinese giant Yao Ming because of several wounds. He manages parcontre to save his team in spite of this wound while bringing back his stats to a level worthy of a MVP (Most Valuable Player) by registering to his stats several parts with the cumulative ones of more than 30 pts and by making master key more and more decisive. Moreover he plays in a very good team. Rockets carry out one good season. Tracy McGrady is the father of a little girl (Layla Clarice) and of a little boy (Laymen Lamar)

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