Well Tracy McGrady’s life after basketball lasted a whole year after his short stint pitching with The Sugarland Skeeters, but now McGrady might be eyeing a comeback to The NBA. According to Adrian Wojnarowski Tracy McGrady has been working out with Kobe Bryant three times a week in the month of August “to see how his body feels”. McGrady stated a comeback would not happen unless he has the drive to play once again. With McGrady working out with Bryant tells me that this is bound to happen. Besides Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant has convinced quite a few free agents to come to Los Angeles to play and some have worked and some have not obviously.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the early 2000’s where Kobe and McGrady are in their primes now that would certainly be fun to watch! With McGrady taking a year off it may have done the often injured 7 time all star some good, but I cannot see McGrady having the effect on The Lakers that they need. The Lakers also would have Kobe Bryant, Nick Young, and McGrady as their shooting guards, and those are all players that need the ball in their hand. Without a pass first Point Guard that’s a scary mental image for me.
If McGrady wants to make a comeback I think he needs to go after a ring, and I think joining The Lakers would be the wrong move for him at this point in his career. Joining a team like San Antonio, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago, or Cleveland would make the most sense to me. McGrady gets to play a important role on a championship contending team while not logging a ton of minutes to keep his legs fresh throughout the year. With that said if McGrady does so happen to join The Lakers I’ll certainly be watching as will thousands of other NBA fans around the world since McGrady has a huge following not only in The United States but in China as well.
McGrady joining forces with Bryant will bring back plenty of memories it’s just too bad it’s in the tail end of their successful NBA careers.
