T-Mac Officially Retires

Tomas_11 · Post #1 » by **Tomas_11** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:46 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qk-NAMeiI[/youtube]

The T-Mac Era has finally come to an end..

MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:29 pm

zapatasblood · Post #3 » by **zapatasblood** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:00 pm

Don't hate him but I won't miss him.

MaxRider · Post #4 » by **MaxRider** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:59 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3EqY5gPrcU[/youtube]

Post #5 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:48 am

Darn, now my username will never come true.

MaxRider · Post #6 » by **MaxRider** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:05 am

TMACFORMVP wrote:Darn, now my username will never come true.

time for name change?

Post #7 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:10 am

I've tried simpler versions, TMAC, TMac, etc. But all of them were taken...and I still feel like I'm too associated with TMAC to change it to something completely different.

zapatasblood · Post #8 » by **zapatasblood** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:17 am

TMACFORMVP wrote:Darn, now my username will never come true.

Theres still China or do they not have a MVP in China

MaxRider · Post #9 » by **MaxRider** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:36 am

zapatasblood wrote:
TMACFORMVP wrote:Darn, now my username will never come true.

Theres still China or do they not have a MVP in China

sorry but non-Chinese borned citizen is not eligible

spolgar · Post #10 » by **spolgar** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 4:49 pm

TMACFORMVP wrote:I've tried simpler versions, TMAC, TMac, etc. But all of them were taken...and I still feel like I'm too associated with TMAC to change it to something completely different.

TMAC4EVA

TMAC-PEOPLES-CHAMP

Wait, sorry. That's how I feel. Did't mean to butt in.

kam_soluusar · Post #11 » by **kam_soluusar** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:37 am

I he is as well spoken as he was in the interview, I wouldn't mind seeing him commentating.

zapatasblood · Post #12 » by **zapatasblood** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:54 pm

Would not mind that. Anybody is better then Dexler

dunleavyjr · Post #13 » by **dunleavyjr** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:08 am

Glorious moment: He horse ride on Shawn Bradley
Tough moment: 2nd round virgin

Overall, a steal for a 9th pick out of high school.

MaxRider · Post #14 » by **MaxRider** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:05 pm

dunleavyjr wrote:Glorious moment: He horse ride on Shawn Bradley
Tough moment: 2nd round virgin

Overall, a steal for a 9th pick out of high school.

he made it to the final

Jack Sparrow · Post #15 » by **Jack Sparrow** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:03 pm

MaxRider wrote:
zapatasblood wrote:
TMACFORMVP wrote:Darn, now my username will never come true.

Theres still China or do they not have a MVP in China

sorry but non-Chinese borned citizen is not eligible

He's not going to get the MVP even non-Chinese born citizen are eligible candidates.

Last year in china, tmac's team make a booby, ranked 17th among all 17 teams.

texasholdem · Post #16 » by **texasholdem** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:16 pm

Top 10 all time shooting guard? First ballot hall of famer?

I would say no to both.

Zubby · Post #17 » by **Zubby** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:40 pm

Tmac no! This is a sad day...

spolgar · Post #18 » by **spolgar** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:52 pm

I think it's kinda sad. A peak TMAC would be a top 2-3 shooting guard, a 2-3 small forward and probably a top 10 point guard in any era. To say that he could do whatever he wanted to, by way of incredible athleticism, savvy and dexterity, would be an understatement.

I figure that popular opinion probably wouldn't count him as a top 10 shooting guard of all time. His greatness on the court simply does not reduce well onto a resume. In 5 years, most of those starting out in their nba fandom will judge his ability by way of grainy youtube clips. He would've lead the league in scoring once, have some gaudy numbers, no playoff wins, let alone championships.

But in most people's top 10, there are Jordan, Bryant, West and Oscar. These 4 are immutable. Then in many, there's some combination of Drexler, Pearl, Gervin, Maravich, Dumars, Ray Allen, Reggie Miller and Sam Jones.

To me, to account for greatness, I don't think having an outstanding resume is good enough. You have to change how the game is played. With that in regard, those that made and broke their position come first. In that list, Maravich counts, so does Gervin and Pearl, and to a degree, Miller and Sam Jones. The last spot goes to TMAC.

dunleavyjr · Post #19 » by **dunleavyjr** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:25 am

MaxRider wrote:he made it to the final

Hm...you need to correct the statement.

moofs · Post #20 » by **moofs** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:30 pm

Ah, Maravich. Right up there with Iverson in the "Nightmarishly Horrible Chucker but Extremely Entertaining Player who Changed the Game"

Both for the worse, some purists and stat heads may argue, but still, they probably both deserve to get in, even if the reasons are stupid.

It's the Hall of FAME not the Hall of EFFECTIVENESS, after all..

Regarding Tmac, for 3 straight seasons he was clearly far superior to Kobe. That's a third of quite a few HOF careers, with another 4 seasons being notable.

It'd be nice if there was one military drone fully dedicated toward slapping someone in the head every time they uttered a phrase related to detracting from a players' career due to playoff success.