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Orlando Magic Daily Roundtable: Tracy McGrady Edition

By Philip Rossman-Reich

ORLANDO, FL - APRIL 27: Orlando Magic's Tracy McGrady display threes on each hand after shooting a three pointer to the score at 92 points to send the game into overtime during the game against Charlotte Hornets at the first round of Eastern Conference playoffs at the TD Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, FL, 27 April 2002. The Magic lost 100 to 110 as the Hornets pulled ahead and won game three. (Photo credit should read CALVIN KNIGHT/AFP/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - APRIL 27: Orlando Magic's Tracy McGrady display threes on each hand after shooting a three pointer to the score at 92 points to send the game into overtime during the game against Charlotte Hornets at the first round of Eastern Conference playoffs at the TD Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, FL, 27 April 2002. The Magic lost 100 to 110 as the Hornets pulled ahead and won game three. (Photo credit should read CALVIN KNIGHT/AFP/Getty Images) /
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What is your favorite memory of Tracy McGrady?

Zach Palmer (@FmrTankCommandr): Definitely the duel he had with Gilbert Arenas in 2004. Tracy McGrady popped off for 63 points and Gilbert Arenas had 40. McGrady and Arenas went back and forth with their teammates doing little to help them out that night and the difference ended up being McGrady having a historic night versus Arenas having an excellent night.

Joe Buckley (@EarnTheW): There are obviously a wealth of games and scoring highs to choose from, but I am going to choose a singular play I did not even see live. And it is this number 6 on his top 10 play list.

It was one of the few highlights to make it to British TV back in those days and inspired hours of failed attempts to recreate it.

Philip Rossman-Reich (@philiprr_omd): When I think of Tracy McGrady, I think of a typical play of his that, to me, just encapsulates the danger of McGrady when he had the ball in his hands. McGrady would seemingly do the Deion Sanders’ high step up the floor and you knew he was going to do one of two things: He was going to stop at the 3-point line and make a 3-pointer because he felt like it, or he was going to stop the seeming showboating and drive past you in a whir and get all the way to the basket. That is what McGrady did every time. And it was completely unstoppable. It was hard not to watch him and just leave your jaw agape.