McGrady says James one of NBA's most gifted athletes ... in any era
Tracy McGrady finally played in the NBA Finals, albeit as a benchwarmer for
the San Antonio Spurs against the Miami Heat.
It had been a long time coming for him — he has been in the NBA since 1997
but had never made it past the first round of the playoffs before this season.
McGrady was asked last week by the New York Times about comparisons between
LeBron James and Michael Jordan, since he played against both. Here’s what
he said: “When I first came in ... you still had M.J. and them guys in the
game ... you had men. You played with men. Now it’s a bunch of boys.”
While he acknowledged the differences in their eras, McGrady called Dennis
Rodman’s recent statement that James would have been an “average” player
in the 1990s “a little overboard,” calling LeBron “one of the most gifted
athletes that we’ve ever seen in our game, any era.”
It was only natural that McGrady would be asked about the LeBron-Jordan
debate, because his career spanned both eras and he once was considered one
of the best players before injuries robbed him of his athleticism.
McGrady, who scored no points and averaged 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in
the postseason with the Spurs, played for the Pistons in 2010-11.
麥迪在上週接受紐約時報採訪時被問到了詹姆斯和喬丹相比較的問題，他直言詹姆斯
在籃球領域乃是天縱奇才。
他談道：“當我剛進來時，那時候的聯盟還擁有喬丹以及其他男子漢們，這裡是鐵漢
們的天下，而現在這裡是男孩們的了。”隨後麥迪指出羅德曼最近稱詹姆斯在90年代
只是一個“平均水平球員”的言論“有點過了(a little overboard)”, 麥迪進一步
稱讚詹姆斯“不管哪個時代，都是這項運動裡不世出的天才球員。”
麥迪之所以被這麼問到也不出奇，因為1997年進入聯盟的他曾先後對陣過多位時代巨
星，他自己也曾天馬行空風光無兩，本賽季季後賽麥迪隨馬刺隊殺入了總決賽，場均
貢獻1.3個籃板與1.2次助攻。
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