麦迪被浪费的绝世天才

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麦迪被浪费的绝世天才

柳暗花明又一村，据美媒体爆料麦迪将加盟活塞。麦迪生涯中首轮噩运似乎成为不破的魔咒，不过有魔术专栏专家站出来为他平反，数据证明当年的绝世天才被奥兰多荒废了。

麦迪永远都会被批判成一名始终无法将“他”的球队带过首轮的人，即使那时魔术一直扮演黑马的角色但从来不被看好。(02年季后赛首轮对阵黄蜂的比赛打得难解难分)，暂不提后来的火箭队。这是针对奥兰多时的麦迪，在家乡打球的麦迪。这个关于一名球员拼尽全力让魔术变得更有竞争力的故事，尽管他的助手阵容简直就是个荒唐的笑话，同时饱受伤病折磨的希尔无法提供丝毫帮助。设身处地想一想，大家貌似遗忘了麦迪在巅峰时期时有多么地强大。魔术时期的麦迪毫无疑问是联盟的Top5，而魔术球迷也真的非常幸运见证了他的巅峰。那是最美妙的时期，也是他最糟糕的时候，无论如何，麦迪知道如何献上他的独家表演。 麦迪那时候到底有多强?而他的队友到底烂到何种程度? 让我们先谈谈糟糕的部分。 一捆庸才

麦迪在魔术时期并没有很多有天赋的队友，他最好的队友只有达雷尔-阿姆斯特朗，古登，迈克-米勒，奥特劳，别无其他了。阿姆斯特朗在这群人中是最棒的，他是一名非常不错的控卫，但当麦迪来到魔术时，他已经在走下坡路了。魔术不得不在转会截止日前将米勒打包换来古登和吉里塞克，当时这交易被认为是赚到了。然而06年米勒在灰熊迅速成长并夺得最佳第六人，而且如今也还是联盟中最为高效的射手之一。另一个令总经理约翰-加百利心痛并且影响到麦迪起落的交易是2001-02赛季用了奥特洛附加一个第一轮选秀权换来太阳的布奇乐，这个交易是为了避免奢侈税。要知道，太阳用交易中的那个第一轮选秀权选到了当年的斯塔德迈尔。

魔术还存在其他一些展现出无能的问题，他们始终无法在选秀中挑到好的球员，他们无力建立亟需的有天赋的年轻阵容。而诸如杰瑞尔?赛瑟，史蒂文亨特等人则是平庸无奇。而当魔术终于得到一名有价值的新秀哈普林时，他们却把他交易出去。魔术当时的确需要大个子，所以他们用哈普林换来安德鲁-德克勒克。而在自由人签约方面，成功的例子是少之又少。如果94年签下尤因，眼镜蛇格兰特等人算是稍有成效的动作，但是那只是解了燃眉之急，并不能解决魔术长远的问题。而当魔术真的签下有能力的球员时，03-04赛季之前签下了朱万-霍华德，可惜那时已经太迟了，魔术已经是伤痕累累。以下是01-04年魔术队员上场时间的统计 球员 时间 麦迪 11628 阿姆斯特朗 7847 帕特-加里蒂 6591 迈克-米勒6339

安德鲁-德克勒克 4074朱万-霍华德2877 特洛伊-哈德森2862 博-奥特洛 2694 古登 2678 蒙蒂-威廉姆斯2495 戈登-基里斯基 2396 泰伦-卢 2332 霍勒斯-格兰特 2295 基思-博甘斯1787 史蒂夫-亨特 1752 约翰-阿米奇1710 杰奎-沃恩1686 肖恩-坎普 1633 格兰特-希尔 1488

暂且不把希尔列入讨论范围，因为麦迪在魔术时期希尔基本上都是西装笔挺帅气地坐在场边，所以上面这些人就是麦迪的队友阵容了。

必须强调下，麦迪的巅峰黄金时期就这样被浪费了。

很难理解麦迪身边的队友实力糟糕到何种地步，但是，绝对，无疑地，十分肯定地说，麦迪利用他的天赋带领魔术取得5成胜率。就凭借着这样的阵容，推断来讲，麦迪几乎已经是完成了将烂泥扶上墙的奇迹。上面的数字是十分可怕的，但是它的确揭穿了不让人舒服的事实。麦迪，阿姆斯特朗和少数几个人就这样混了4年。这多羞耻呀!而且，由于当时魔术的无能，2004年主教练里弗斯因为球队惨不忍睹的21胜61负战绩宣告下课，这也是魔术最终大崩盘的到来。由于糟糕人事决定的错误，有才之人一个个离去。

没错，魔术球迷因为麦迪选择离开的方式和当时那些言论而批判他，但是麦迪本来就不是圣人，他不应该因为离开一个逐渐恶化的环境而承担所有的谩骂。麦迪最好的年华就这样被首轮魔咒摧灭。在那样的时期和情况下，麦迪只有做出“留下”或者“离开”的选择，他做出了对自己职业生涯最有利的选择。之前无数无情的球星撇下魔术打包走人，但如果说哪一位应该得到些许支持和同情的话，那个人必定是麦迪。在魔术的前3年，麦迪竭尽全力让魔术成为有竞争力的球队，直到他身体的能量逐渐枯竭。的确没错，麦迪在魔术的第四年和最后一年并没尽全力去拼，他因此得到批判是正常的，但魔术沦落到如此田地，他再努力也是白费了。

总有一些愚蠢的评论说麦迪在魔术时期没有使队友变得更好，但其实那是一个充满逻辑缺陷的评论。他每年都在提升队友的表现，特别是在季后赛里，并且保持了四个赛季之久，他坚持不懈地努力着，虽然周围都是一些可有可无的垃圾球员。麦迪打得再好也无济于事。你的表现与身边的队友和教练一样，而那正是麦迪对于魔术的坚持开始动摇的原因之一。麦迪与魔术的永恒记忆被沾污了，因为他身边缺乏有天赋的队友。麦迪创下的纪录可以证明有些年头是联盟中最好的球员之一，但是被一群“无能”的队友使得这些出彩时刻都不好启齿了。 一群男孩中的大人

魔术幸亏有麦迪才能是5成胜率的球队。魔术因为麦迪可以赢下比赛，最经典的是2003年季后赛他们以8号种子的身份险些将活塞拉下马。

2003年麦迪没有获得MVP存在争议，邓肯才是MVP获得者，邓肯也理应获得MVP，因为他的数据的确是联盟中最漂亮的。然而，麦迪与邓肯都获得了很不错的数据统计，但两者的区别就是，众所周知的--队友阵容。麦迪打出了极具有统治力的一个赛季，但是在MVP投票的评委眼里是远远不够的，他们看重的是球队的综合表现，这则是麦迪当时无能为力的方面。顺便说下，这正是MVP评选中存在的问题，麦迪最终的排名为第4，排在科比之后，尽管麦迪的大部分数据都要优于前者，但毫无疑问，这是个悲剧。

当麦迪处于巅峰时期时，他的表现是任何人前所未见的。

他在球场上如丝绸般流畅顺滑，看他打球就好比欣赏莫扎特的交响曲一样舒服。麦迪就是一名伟大的作曲家，球场就是他的舞台，观众就是来见证他的天才。

你想要一个球员所具备的素质他都具备。麦迪是一个可以在场上任何位置得分的小前锋。他的得分范围看起来是无极限的，他可以随心所欲取分。但是让麦迪的球技与众不同的是他的球场大局观和他的无私。他的传球永远是他能力最被低估的一项，尽管他的助攻数据不高，但那都是因为他常常身负得分的重担。而且当麦迪想到要防守并为之努力的时候，他还是一个优秀的外线防守者，他的身材和臂展让对位的球员非常难受。

麦迪不仅仅是一名可以狂飚分的顶尖得分手，而且在得分的同时他还能保持高的效率。还有一方面值得注意，当你在看他的技术统计的时候会发现，他持球的机会如此地多但失误次数却是相当低。麦迪对球的保护就像在保护自己的生命一样，这是非常令人惊讶的。某种意义上说确实如此。如果没有麦迪这么顶级的表现，光凭那些龙套队友，魔术一个赛季能赢20场球就感谢天感谢地了。

[G友激辩:麦迪生涯无法打破首轮的关键是什么?] 2001-2004球员上场时间对比 麦迪 11628 鲨鱼奥尼尔10345 加内特12929 邓肯 12211 麦迪应该被大家当做传奇来铭记，但事实上不可能，因为基于他无法控制的球队成绩方面的多种因素。最悲哀的事实是，当我们回顾麦迪的生涯时，他就是当时环境下的产物。数据上来说，麦迪巅峰的2003年可以与任何人匹敌，包括飞人乔丹。然而人们永远都会认为麦迪在魔术是一名

失败者，那正是人们深烙在心里的，而那是很不公平的。

麦迪是一名天才球员，人们应当记住他所做到的成就，而不是他在那支魔术队时没完成到什么。而那正是麦迪的宣言。

【3G体育NBA翻译站附英文原文】 A picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, it‟s a photo of failure and unfortunately for Tracy McGrady, it‟s perhaps the lasting image of his time with the Orlando Magic. The players sitting next to McGrady, aside from Darrell Armstrong, are none other than Pat Garrity and Shawn Kemp — each embodying the word that defined the McGrady era in Orlando for three seasons until the bottom fell out in 2004. Average, if not worse. And no Grant Hill. McGrady will forever be criticized as someone that didn‟t lead “his” team past the first round of the NBA Playoffs, even though the Magic were always the underdogs and never the favorites in each of their matchups (granted, the first round series against the Charlotte Hornets in 2002 was a toss-up). This isn‟t about the Houston Rockets, mind you. This is about Orlando and this is about McGrady playing in his hometown. This is about a player that did everything humanly possible to make the Magic a competitive squad, despite a supporting cast that was a joke and the lack of help from Hill due to his injuries. Given McGrady‟s situation, it seems like people forget how good he was in his prime. McGrady was a top five player in the league with Orlando, without a doubt, and Magic fans were truly blessed to witness him at his zenith. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but McGrady knew how to put on a show. How good was McGrady and how bad was his supporting cast? Let‟s start with the bad.

A band of misfits McGrady didn‟t play with a lot of talent during his tenure with the Magic. McGrady‟s best teammates were Darrell Armstrong, Drew Gooden, Mike Miller, Bo Outlaw, and not much else. Armstrong was the best of the bunch and a very good point guard, but he was on the decline as soon as McGrady arrived in Orlando. The Magic had to package Miller in a deadline deal for Gooden and Gordan Giricek, a trade that did pan out at the time. Yet Miller emerged as the Sixth Man of the Year in 2006 with the Memphis Grizzlies and remains one of the most efficient shooters in the NBA. And one of the moves that stands out like a sore thumb from general manager John Gabriel, that would slowly set in motion the rise and fall of McGrady, was when Outlaw was traded early in the 2001-2002 regular season, along with a first round draft pick, to the Phoenix Suns for Jud Buechler to free up cap space. That pick became Amar‟e Stoudemire. Other issues that arose was the Magic‟s inability to make good draft picks, which robbed the roster of young talent that was desperately needed. Prospects like Jeryl Sasser, Steven Hunter, and others became synonymous with the word „bust‟ in the dictionary. When Orlando did have a rookie of worth, like Matt Harpring, they traded him away. The Magic needed big men, which is why they traded Harpring for Andrew DeClercq, but still. As for Orlando‟s free agent signings, not many of them panned out very well. If it was 1994, the signings of Patrick Ewing, Horace Grant, and others would have meant something significant but they were quick fixes, not long-term solutions. When the Ma

gic did sign someone of worth, like Juwan Howard in the off-season prior to the 2003-2004 regular season, it was too late. The damage was done. 2001-2004 Minutes Played stat. +/- Tracy McGrady 11628 +7.41 Darrell Armstrong 7847 +3.30 Pat Garrity 6591 -1.41 Mike Miller 6339 -1.03 Andrew DeClercq 4074 -1.16 Juwan Howard 2877 -3.46 Troy Hudson 2862 -3.55 Bo Outlaw 2694 +4.42 Drew Gooden 2678 -2.08 Monty Williams 2495 -3.25 Gordan Giricek 2396 -2.20 Tyronn Lue 2332 -2.39 Horace Grant 2295 -0.86 Keith Bogans 1787 -2.42 Steven Hunter 1752 -2.41 John Amaechi 1710 -6.78 Jacque Vaughn 1686 -3.15 Shawn Kemp 1633 -2.97 Grant Hill 1488 +0.03 Don Reid 1478 -1.06 Michael Doleac 1398 -5.13 Jeryl Sasser 1061 -2.50 DeShawn Stevenson 933 -4.05 Rod Strickland 915 -1.78 For PER, WARP, and Win Shares/48: 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 Excluding Hill, who was sitting on the sidelines during most of McGrady‟s tenure with the Magic, this was the supporting cast. It needs to be stated. McGrady‟s prime was wasted.

It‟s hard to fathom how awful McGrady‟s supporting cast was. It absolutely, clearly, and positively speaks to McGrady‟s gifted abilities that Orlando was a .500 team. Given the amount of talent on the roster, or a lack thereof, McGrady did the equivalent of turning water into wine. Make no mistake about it, the Magic were trotting out players on the floor that had no business being in NBA rotations. The numbers are hideous to look at, but they show an inconvenient truth. It was McGrady, Armstrong, and little else for four years. A shame. Also, it was due to Orlando‟s incompetence — at the time — that head coach Doc Rivers was fired during the 21-61 debacle in 2004 when the bridge finally came crumbling down. The talent pool was shallow as a result of poor personnel decisions that piled up on top of each other. Yes, Magic fans criticize McGrady for how he left and what he said. McGrady is not a saint by any means, but he shouldn‟t entirely be blamed for wanting to leave a situation that was deteriorating around him rapidly. McGrady‟s best years were being washed away by first round flameouts. Given the time and situation, McGrady had almost no choice but to either stay or leave and do what was best for his career. Former stars for the Magic are infamous for burning bridges when they depart but if there‟s one figure that deserves some sympathy, it‟s McGrady. For three years, McGrady gave everything he had to make Orlando a competitive team until his body literally gave out. It‟s true that McGrady didn‟t give a full effort in his fourth and final year with the Magic, and he deserves to be criticized for that but it is what it is. There will be some that foolishly criticize McGrady for not making his teammates better in Orlando, but that‟s a statement wrapped in flawed logic. McGrady did elevate the play of his peers and proved that for four seasons with the Magic, especially in the playoffs, as he consistently played with rosters littered with replacement-level players. It makes no difference how good you are. You‟re as good as your teammates and coaches around you, and that was one of the downfalls of McGrady‟s stint with Orlando. The lasting memory of McGrady with the Magic was besmirched because of the inadequate amount of talent that he had around him. Let the record state that McGrady was one of the best players in the league for several years, but was undermined by a supporting cast that had their moments but was not very good to begin with.

A man among boys Orlando was fortunate to be .500 because of McGrady. It speaks to how good McGrady was that the Magic were in the position to win games, culminating in the near-upset of the Detroit Pistons in the 2003 NBA Playoffs as a No. 8 seed. 2003 net +/- PER WARP Win Shares/48 Tim Duncan +14.3 26.9 22.9 .248 Kevin Garnett +22.8 26.4 23.2 .225 Tracy McGrady +11.8 30.3 23.5 .262 Shaquille O‟Neal +11.7 29.5 17.9 .250 McGrady‟s stats in other years: 2001 | 2002 | 2004

It can be argued that McGrady deserved to win the MVP in 2003. Tim Duncan won the award, and rightfully so, because the case can be made for him that he was statistically the best player in the league. However, the same argument can be given for McGrady but the difference between the two players was, you guessed it, their supporting casts. McGrady put up one of the most dominant seasons ever by a player not named Michael Jordan, yet it wasn‟t good enough in the eyes of the voters because they were caught up too much in team accomplishments that were out of McGrady‟s control at the time. These are some of the same issues that remain with MVP voting, by the way. McGrady finished fourth in the voting, behind Kobe Bryant, despite the fact that most of his numbers were superior across the board. A minor tragedy, no question. In his prime, McGrady was unlike anyone had ever seen before. McGrady was silky smooth on the floor and when he played, it was like watching a Mozart symphony taking place every night. McGrady was the composer, the court was his stage, and the audience was there to witness his genius. McGrady had the complete package you‟d want in a franchise player. McGrady was a point forward that could score anywhere on the floor. McGrady‟s range was unlimited, it seemed like, and he could put up points at will. However, it was McGrady‟s court vision and unselfishness that really set him apart in terms of his playmaking abilities. McGrady‟s passing will forever remain as one of the most underrated aspects of his skill-set, even though he didn‟t amass higher assist totals because he was too busy scoring all the time. Plus, when McGrady set his mind to it and put in the effort, he was a good wing defender as well, using his frame and wingspan to make life very difficult for players matched up against him. Not only was McGrady an elite scorer that could score at a high volume, but he could do it without sacrificing efficiency. Another thing that was really impressive about McGrady, when taking a look back at his statistics, was that his turnover rate was extremely low for the amount of possessions he used up. It‟s amazing that McGrady took fantastic care of the basketball like his life depended on it. In a way, it did. Without McGrady doing everything at the highest level, Orlando would have been lucky to win 20 games with the supporting cast that was being featured. 2001-2004 Minutes Played stat. +/- Tracy McGrady 11628 +7.41 Shaquille O‟Neal 10345 +7.24 Kevin Garnett 12929 +6.76 Tim Duncan 12211 +6.42 McGrady should be remembered as a legend, yet he won‟t be because many of the circumstances surrounding his success on the team level were out of his control. The harshest reality, when looking back at McGrady‟s career, was that he was a product of his environment. Statistically, at his absolute peak in 2003, McGrady rivals anyone — even Jordan. Yet the perception will forever remain that McGrady was a loser with the M

agic. That is what people will remember about McGrady in Orlando, and it shouldn‟t be that way. McGrady was a gifted player and should be remembered for what he did do, rather than what he didn‟t do with the Magic. That is McGrady‟s manifesto. *all the numbers that are shown were during the regular season