Tracy McGrady's family must be really, really bored
by grungedave on Dec 11, 2009 9:34 AM CST
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PrintSo, uh, the NBA released the first round of vote totals for the All-Star Game.
You have your usual suspects... including Tracy McGrady. WHA?!?!?
Just to be clear, here are T-Mac's stats for 2009/10:
0 games played
0 games started (ask Allen Iverson, this one is important)
0.0 ppg
0.0 rpg
0.0 apg
1 times put on uniform
Look, I know there is a long history of players being voted into the All-Star Game who haven't even played that particular season. Hell, Magic Johnson had HIV (past tense), and had already retired - yet he was voted into the game - and he even won the MVP award. On multiple occasions, Yao Ming has been voted into the game when he was injured. So, I'm not necessarily surprised that McGrady has received a few token votes this year.
But, come on, it's Tracy McGrady. Are you seriously telling me there are fans/people that look at the ballot... see the names "Bryant, Kobe", "Paul, Chris", "Roy, Brandon", "Nash, Steve" and "Williams, Deron" at the guard position... and then somehow decide that McGrady deserves to receive their vote instead??? Really!?!?!?!
To make it even crazier, this might have made more sense if Yao were once again the leading vote-getter at center. But he's not even on the ballot. Yet McGrady is?
The only conclusion I can draw? T-Mac's family is very, very dedicated.
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China votes in all the Rockets. Check the other positions and you will find most of the Rockets are in the run lol.
by thirdcoastnole on Dec 11, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions
As much as you don't want to admit it. He does still have fans, a lot of them.
Maybe not in much houston but elsewhere. Pretty much the fans that have followed him since his career in Magic. And maybe just maybe, this is the result of his status as “not being allowed to play” and the recent rumors of Morey and Adelman not wanting him anymore. And since these fans can’t do anything about whether or not he will play anymore in houston, maybe they chose this way instead. That way, in their minds, he gets to play at least one game, for sure, this season. Then again, Yes, it probably is China. But never dismiss the fact that he still has fans.
Chris Paul, probably yes.
But Brandon Roy is relatively new to the world, I never knew much about him until last season.
he only came into consideration until last season, and I found out about him last season. And the numbers he averages don’t exactly yell superstar, don’t they? Its what he does when it counts that make him a superstar. I know of him now of course and of how good he is and that’s probably because he plays his best against my team which may not be the case for some people. Also, live in the Philippines…I don’t have instant access like you do.
just to clarify, we (the Chinese) aren't pro-T-Mac,
Chinese are pro-Rockets since Rockets games are the most watch/televised NBA Bball games in China. so if you vote, vote for the names/faces familiar to you.
don't bully me, i am from the D(etroit)!!!
um...so wouldn't that mean...
that the Chinese are pro-T-Mac?
on a side note, Pro-T-Mac sounds like a weightlifters version of Macaroni Hamburger Helper.
and yet, I see mostly chinese names in the comments section of his recent post in his website.
But yes, I do agree that you probably are more Pro-Rockets than Pro-Tmac. I cannot see you guys wanting the team to lose for tmac’s sake. No one does.
it's difficult to characterize American Rockets fans, and I wouldn't deign to try to do it with fans in China, either
Beyond that, the “pro-McGrady” vs. “pro-Rockets” line you’re drawing is just… utter, complete crap.
I didn't draw it.
Just went along with what he said. I mean McGrady IS a rocket. And I went along with the pattern you set. Hey, I’m just replying to people the way they said it… I’m not trying to reply to something everybody said, just to what certain individuals say. So I tend to pattern my answers to the way they replied so they’d understand more what I mean. What’s wrong with that?
Let's not make this the Chinese vs. American thing. it's a simply a fan thing.
and this is a popularity contest, not a talent show (well, kind of going hand to hand with Bball, but you know what i meant). YOu voted for whoever’s name catching your eye the most, simple as that.
And been a Rockets fan automatically make me a T-Mac fan. that idea gives me goose bumps……..
Let’s try it this this way. If you are living in the great State of Texas & LOVING IT (I do), and since Mav is also in Texas. Shouldn’t you be a Mav fan as well? (not that there’s anything wrong w/ it. but I would say it loud at a different forum….)
don't bully me, i am from the D(etroit)!!!
This happens (in some fashion) every year,
and every year it is accompanied by the usual calls for the NBA to “do something” about the international voting “problem.”
There are a lot of fans overseas (not just in China, but, as we’ve seen with the people who comment around here, predominately from Asian countries) who are Rockets fans. And, as such, they tend to vote like most fans – entirely for players on their favorite team.
Beyond this, the NBA in general has a lot of fans in China, and a great many people are (just as in the USA) fans of a specific player. Kobe Bryant jerseys are the biggest-selling item at the NBA stores in China. So McGrady has a lot of fans overseas (and at home, as well).
Is there a real problem with Chinese fans voting for Rockets players (even those who haven’t played in a game this season)? No, not really. It should be clear by now that the NBA is decidedly international in its composition and marketing. Stern and Co. spend a lot of resources creating basketball programs and fans in China and elsewhere, and the fact that there are enough international fans to tip the scales in favor of their stupid desires (just as there are enough stupid American and Canadian fans to make stupid decisions) is something the NBA should embrace.
It’s only a problem if guys like Yi get voted in (and it’s clear that’s not going to happen), and even then it’s not much of one. The ASG is meaningless fun, and if a lot of fans want to see their favorite shitty player on the court, then so be it.
i say let tmac play
let him get his game legs there if need be and show coach he needs more min
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