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McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:39 am
by TMU
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/spo ... 09914.htmlABRIDGED
IS it physical? Is it mental? It really doesn’t matter. One word tells you all you need to know about Tracy McGrady’s state of mind during the first half of this season.
Petrified.
“I was actually petrified at times to go to the basket or to have a fast break and to jump off my leg. I was,” McGrady said with emphasis as if he needed to convince anyone.
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McGrady has vowed to return with a vengeance.
“I know how good I am, and I know when I come back at the end of the season, I promise you, it is definitely going to be a different story,” McGrady said.
Criticize all you want, he says, and if you want to make McGrady laugh, tell him he is washed up.
“That’s funny, that’s real funny,” McGrady said.
We’ll see who laughs last when McGrady returns. It’s about time he took a break.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:59 am
by HTown_TMac
Good thing
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:54 pm
by Amel
TCrack stfu!
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:07 pm
by red96
I hope he comes back with a vengeance because, Im said to say thats the only way we have a shot we have at doing anything.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:28 pm
by Baller 24
seriously stfu tbrick, I've heard this 90485934589 in the past, and they have all resulted to the same damn mother **** thing----First Round Exit.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:45 pm
by Vator
This dude is just waaaay too honest. Seriously, just think of all the times that he has made himself look bad because he tells the media how he really feels instead of what they want to hear. It just isn't macho for him to admit some of these things he thinks.
...of course this could be just another "escapegoat"
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:23 pm
by BaYBaller
Baller 24 wrote:seriously stfu tbrick, I've heard this 90485934589 in the past, and they have all resulted to the same damn mother **** thing----First Round Exit.
Seriously some people are just too damn hard on him. The dude plays fantastic during the playoffs. You can get on him for saying stupid stuff to the media but you can't ask much more from him in the playoffs.
I don't think believe he's washed up, but I'm not very confident he's going to be very effective this season. Wade struggled last season due to a similar surgery but is having a bounce back year this year. I'm not sure T-Mac is going to able to be 100% by season's end. I think he'll still bring it in the playoffs because he'll probably take a pain killer if needed but the chemistry is the concern.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:15 pm
by Iggyemu
I am confused. Is he coming back full strength at the end of the season? Or does he say he'll be full strength by the end of the season? If so we can't expect to get home court in the first round...hell we may barely make the playoff. So how exactly does being healthy in late in the season gonna help us.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:34 pm
by moofs
Iggy, what's your point (and why were both your options the same)? Are you suggesting you'd rather he keep playing like he has been and hope that we luck into him magically healing by season's end, all in the name of home court advantage? I'm confused about your alternative(s) and why you'd want it(them).
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:44 pm
by Iggyemu
I wanna know if he is coming back full strength when he comes back in 2 weeks. Or if he won't be full strength till the end of the season. He talked about coming back with a vengeance at season's end.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:02 pm
by BaYBaller
Iggyemu wrote:I wanna know if he is coming back full strength when he comes back in 2 weeks. Or if he won't be full strength till the end of the season. He talked about coming back with a vengeance at season's end.
Well first off I wouldn't put much stock in what T-Mac says, ever. Secondly, I do not see T-Mac being healthy this season if Wade last year was any indication. And definitely not within 2 weeks. It would be silly to expect him to be @ 100% in 2 weeks. What is he going to do, rub holy water on it?
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:02 pm
by moofs
Iggyemu wrote:I wanna know if he is coming back full strength when he comes back in 2 weeks. Or if he won't be full strength till the end of the season. He talked about coming back with a vengeance at season's end.
Ah. $5 says neither he nor any doctors nor Keith Jones (
) know that one.
Re: McGrady: Petrified but don't count me out.
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:28 pm
by TMACFORMVP
Same old tune. His knee is bothering him, but not the extent that he's become what he has been this season, he can EASILY be 20+/5+/5+ he just has to be not "petrified." That will be the biggest difference in two weeks, and I doubt that mentality changes. We'll see.