- Tracy McGrady was one of the most skilled offensive players in the NBA at his peak
- McGrady has a problem with the excessive dribbling in today’s game
- He also feels there is no originality as everyone has the same moves
Tracy McGrady was one of the greatest offensive players of his generation. The seven-time All-Star averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.2 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game during his 15-year NBA career. McGrady would win back-to-back scoring titles in 2003 and 2004 when he was at his peak, and teams had no answer for him.
While McGrady had all the tools you needed on the offensive end, he realized that sometimes all you had to do was keep it simple. He feels today’s players don’t understand that, as he sees excessive dribbling in the game.
“It’s incredible what they are doing,” McGrady said during an appearance on the KG Certified podcast. “The creativity right? It’s incredible. I see a lot of wasted dribbling, though, you’re trying to do these moves when the defense is just sitting on you. You’re trying to be too creative, you’re trying to do too much, whereas sometimes you just gotta keep it simple.
“There’s a lot of wasted dribbling, right,” McGrady continued. “And where is the originality at? It’s like all these guys are doing the same moves. It seems like they all train with the same trainer. The originality is lost.”
You do see originality from players like Kyrie Irving, but, for the most part, everyone seems to do the same moves, and McGrady isn’t a fan of that. The former Houston Rockets star also shared some valuable advice during this episode, as he stated that if one can master learning how to play within three dribbles, then one can play anywhere.
Tracy McGrady Prefers Watching College Basketball Over The NBA
The excessive dribbling isn’t the only aspect of today’s NBA that McGrady seems to have an issue with. He revealed earlier this year during an interview with GQ that he doesn’t watch much of the regular season and only really follows the league closely when it gets to the playoffs.
The reason for McGrady’s relative lack of interest in the NBA is that the players shoot too many threes, and he thinks too many terrible shots are taken during games as well. He doesn’t see a lot of that at the college level and hence, prefers watching it over the NBA.
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