I am extremely disappointed, which is unprecedented. I have never been so sad since Tiexin became a wheat fan. Sadly, it's not because McGrady hit the iron in two consecutive games and scored low points again and again. Sadly, the hearts of those fans who once supported TMAC and always stood on McGrady's side began to waver.
They saw the splendor of Kobe Bryant, who was as famous as McGrady in those days. By comparison, Tracy with a black shoulder pad and a white bandage on her knee was so insignificant. The layup was blocked by Kobe Bryant, who in turn succeeded in singles. Shooting 11 times and hitting the iron 1 times, the breakthrough was blocked again and again. Yes What he hit was so ugly that it was really embarrassing.
I know many Kobe fans, both rational fans and crazy fans. They all like to ask me the question "Why do you like McGrady so much?"
Their reasons are so full, of course, taking Kobe as the yardstick.
McGrady doesn't have Kobe's strong body and often misses games.
T-Mac doesn't have Kobe's perfect skills. T-Mac lags behind Kobe in three points and free throws, and his shooting percentage is far from perfect.
McGrady doesn't have Kobe's tough will. Kobe is used to fighting with injuries. Kobe likes to challenge his own limits and dominate the game at the most critical moment, but McGrady has done it but it is rare or rarely mentioned.
yes! Tracy McGrady is really behind in these aspects. However, how many people know about McGrady's helplessness and pain!
McGrady didn't have a big man like O 'Neal as a backer. He had to fight for everything by himself. Because his best partner always sits off the court in a suit and tie, he is always fighting alone in the magic team on the court. With an average playing time of more than 4 minutes per game and relying too much on his body to play, he has accumulated a lot of injuries. But he is the blue and white number one, the master of the water house center, and his core position requires him to drag his unhealthy body to meet every opponent, those who are not bad-hearted visitors. If O 'Neill and McGrady, who also played for the Magic at that time, joined hands, I don't think the Magic would not enter the finals and win the championship.
McGrady didn't have a superior life like Kobe when he was young. He was brought up by his grandmother, and McGrady's grandmother, who has been affectionately called "mom", also died last season, leaving McGrady with endless pain. And this kind of pain, McGrady tasted it nine times, once every season in the first nine seasons. Overwhelmed, mcgrady was afraid to answer the phone in the middle of the night, because he knew it would be unfortunate news. Over the years, McGrady has attended too many funerals and listened to too many elegies.
I once saw a report that an article in an American health magazine wrote about McGrady's congenital spinal diseases, saying that his career life would be short. The credibility is unknown, but at least it shows that McGrady has always been in poor health. It is understandable that McGrady is afraid of physical confrontation because of physical reasons. After all, he was tough and proved himself. After all, his body no longer allows him to smash like that.
McGrady played the worst two games in his career, which is exactly the moment to test the fans.
I hope that every McGrady fan can have the same mentality as me. When a player like Kobe Bryant plays well and McGrady continues to be depressed, when faced with other people's questions about why he likes McGrady, he can say from the bottom of his heart, "There is really no reason to like McGrady, so I like to support him and wait for his next king's return"!
"Although I am hurt, those facts can't be erased. I am hurt, but I am still alive. Although I have many physical injuries, I can still play, and I will continue to play. All the dead people deserve my respect and I deserve to fight for them. "
-This is what McGrady said after the relatives around him left one by one in these years.
"As a 29-year-old man, death and injury occupy more than half of the shadow."
The pain of the soul:
Ten seasons, ten deaths. -t-MAC
November, 1997: Henry Andrews, my best friend in school, was killed in a car accident. 98-99 season: Ryan McGrady, one of T-Mac's four best friends who grew up together, was like a brother's cousin, and died of an asthma attack while playing ball in December 1999.
"The knife fell from his hand, and then he and his girlfriend rushed out of the restaurant like crazy." I don't know if I had paid for that meal at that time. " Mcgrady later recalled "
99- season: Vanessa Jones, one of the four best friends that T-Mac grew up with, was shot in the head with a pistol by her boyfriend who broke up in October 1999.
"If you love a woman and you want to marry her, you should respect her. Why kill her? It's just ridiculous. "McGrady muttered
-1 season: childhood playmate Cory Bass was shot and killed by a robber. In the same year, McGrady's stepmother Jackie Chan McGrady left McGrady and this wonderful world because of cancer.
2-3 season: The death of Eric Anderson hurt McGrady the most. They grew up together and shared McGrady's NBA dream.
Now, when he has free time, McGrady often drives back to his hometown to reminisce about the past, where there is his childhood and a lot of traces of his life. Most importantly, when he comes there, he will naturally think of his friends in heaven. "It's right there. Look, it's right there." He pointed to a familiar place and said bitterly, "We played football and baseball together, which was our childhood paradise. There is also a river over there. My grandmother used to go fishing. At night, we have delicious fried fish to eat. That's what we look forward to most. "
3-4 season: McGrady's great-grandmother Johnny Ruth Green died, and she raised McGrady.
"McGrady once said that without her, I would have died.
My great-grandmother told me,' Don't touch drugs, it will kill you.
4-5 season: Carol Johnson, T-Mac's cousin, grew up together as a guide to bring T-Mac into the sports world, and died unexpectedly in March 25.
5-6 season: It was this year that McGrady's mother-in-law passed away.
"Everyone was comforting McGrady, and everyone in the NBA knew about him. For McGrady's sake, no one kept it public. In the All-Star Game, McGrady got 26 shots, and even Kobe was willing to pass the ball."
6-7 season: McGrady's grandfather Eddie Mccreadie died at his home in Florida. He and his grandfather had a very good relationship. In order to make full efforts to organize the funeral, he asked for leave from the team and missed the later media meeting day.
Physical pain:
Injuries: hands, feet, buttocks, knees, ankles, toes, quadriceps, pleurisy, concussion, and the most serious-long-term back injury history
"Back injury is the most serious and lasting of all sports injuries, because the limbs are attached to the back muscles, once damaged, the whole body will be paralyzed"
"
In the face of the death of relatives and friends, he said this:
It seems that a knife has been inserted in my heart.
no, no, now all the cats I grew up with are gone.
Every time we come here, we attend a funeral. We hate this church, really.
if you look at his expression at this moment, it is the grief-stricken look you hope to never see. (By Wayne Hall, Magic Trainer)
I have experienced so many such things that I can only forget my troubles temporarily on the basketball court.
why is god so hard on me? Why don't you give me more happiness and happiness? Why do you give me all pain and sadness?
"
I don't know what it's like to lose a relative every year. I'm afraid few people have this experience.
But I know that this man named McGrady still appeared on the battlefield after the tears dried up.
I don't know what it's like to be seriously injured by someone who plays well for no reason.
But I know that this man named McGrady has fallen down again and again, stood up again and again and ran on the court.
If a man doesn't flinch in front of death, People who have no fear in front of the devil
can't be called strong or brave.
Then I don't know at what height strength and courage should be defined.
If you still despise this man, please go on and worship those really strong people
If you want to pity this man, please go away, because no one can understand his experience
The devil is on the left.
"
" People who laugh sometimes have more sadness "
—— Dedicated to those who have loved, hated, scolded and despised T-mac
On December 2, 26, McGrady and Yao Ming participated in the ABC talk show in the United States, and the host jimmy king Mayer mentioned that, incredibly, in China, Yao Ming was not the most popular among fans. There was a burst of laughter at the scene. The host immediately stressed: "It's no kidding,it's no fun (this is true), Tracy, can you explain it?"
T-mac showed childish shyness and said, "I don't know.
In p>28, T-mac missed more than a dozen games because of a knee injury. This year, he failed to make the All-Star. As a talented star who participated in the All-Star Rookie Game at the age of 19 and has never lost the All-Star Game since 21, this is undoubtedly a shame.
On January 3rd, T-mac, who was showing off his famous brand suit at home against Warriors, met jimmy king Mayer again. Jimmy asked, "Hey, Tracy, do you know what China fans think of you now?"
McGrady didn't answer. He looked at the crow's seat, and thunderous cheers were given to his teammate Yao Ming. In this game, Yao Ming was unable to support himself, and the Rockets suffered a crushing defeat.
T-mac showed a bitter smile, which was quickly captured by an oriental-faced reporter crouching beside him. T-mac would never have thought that in a country that claims to have 1 million fans on the other side of the ocean, an intriguing eye-catching headline would appear on major news portals the next day, accompanied by pictures: The Rockets were caught in a losing streak, and McGrady's expression off the court was relaxed.
T-mac wouldn't have thought that the square writers who used to eulogize the M-M group were racking their brains to design his future, and they were trying their best to incite him to send him to the Lakers.
T-mac didn't take the familiar passage of Toyota Center. He was used to being surrounded by a group of orientals, but he still couldn't adapt to the aggressiveness under the cover of polite rhetoric and the excessive concern about the strangeness in his eyes. However, China reporters with tenacious professionalism can always catch him, and he can't escape.
"t-MAC, how do you feel about losing the All-Star this time? ESPN columnist Mark Stern pointed out that' comparing Camby and Paul', you don't deserve an all-star. What's your response? "
"t-MAC, how is your knee injury? Although the team doctor said it was just a slight inflammation, is that right? "
"Tracy, the Detroit people recently gave you the title of' half-price man', saying that you can only be half a man at most and can only play for half a season. Is that right?"
T-mac was convulsed, and he was speechless.
if the rocket wins, it will be another situation.
"T-MAC, now Yao Ming is leading the Rockets to play better and better. Buckley said that the Rockets are now Yao Ming's team. What do you think?"
"T-Mac, what do you think of the exciting winning streak of the absent Rockets?"
"t-MAC, evaluate your teammates, or do you have any suggestions for your teammates?"
T-mac's slightly raised lips are stiff. Once, when he was extremely sad, he would respond to ridicule and injustice with a mocking smile. Today, his charming smile has become very cautious and unnatural. Because his agent told him that his unintentional smile had hurt the fans in China. Because they think it is a kind of schadenfreude. What a ridiculous association this is! However, T-mac followed the agent's advice. He didn't smile and solemnly said to the reporter, "I am proud of the victory of the rocket, but don't be too happy, because the opponents I defeated during this period of time are not strong enough ..." < P > Many writers who used to walk the dragon and snake with two pens recorded excitedly that the writers hired by major sports websites in China never lacked exaggerated rhetoric and gorgeous imagination with square characters that T-mac could never understand.
The advice to the Rockets behind T-MAC is irrelevant. What is important is that there will be a harsh headline on major Chinese websites tomorrow: McGrady questioned the gold content of winning streak and even claimed that winning was only because the opponent was weak!
when McGrady stepped into his Lexus land cruiser with his head down, a big boy with a childish face in China shouted at him, "Tracy, you are a soft egg!" "
T-mac is puzzled. He doesn't understand Chinese, but he understands the contempt on the boy's face. Of course, he can't remember that he signed an autograph for this China student two years ago. At that time, this young man named Yang enthusiastically climbed his high shoulder and told him in broken English: I liked you when you were doing magic.
While T-mac is sweating and struggling with waist fat in the gym at home, China writers are relishing the professional habit that McGrady is always the last to arrive at the training hall.
when T-mac tries to avoid the painful past of the playoffs, China reporters with amazing memories always lose no time to mention it. They even looked at his back injury with malicious intent. It would be nice if the back injury could be displayed bloodily like a knife wound-of course, this is my idea and the voice of a bystander-but T-mac can't. He can only silently bear the double pain of back injury and doubt his personality and spiritual quality.
Sometimes, they can't help but mention some new terms that can't be translated in English: soft egg, blacksmith, brittle knee, sleeper, cancer, glass man …