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NBA Courtside: Tracy McGrady asked Chet Holmgren if he views Wemby as a rival for years to come: “The way I see it, when you’re in it, you have to look at it as Thunder vs Spurs. We’re trying to win these games. They’re trying to win these games. That’s how you have to attack it”
Cousins with Vince Carter & Tracy McGrady: . @realgranthill33 on Michael Jordan after he and a "Select Team" of elite college players famously defeated the Dream Team in a scrimmage: "The next two days we could barely get the ball over half-court. ... It was like Space Jam where you lose your powers." 😂😭 @FanDuel
.@realgranthill33 on Michael Jordan after he and a "Select Team" of elite college players famously defeated the Dream Team in a scrimmage:
— Cousins with Vince Carter & Tracy McGrady (@VinceAndTmac) May 15, 2026
"The next two days we could barely get the ball over half-court. ... It was like Space Jam where you lose your powers."
😂😭 @FanDuel pic.twitter.com/zMyWrR0J27
When we type in LeBron James’ résumé and apply the model, we can calculate the Hall of Fame probability based on his production in those eight seasons. So, what was his Hall of Fame probability as a Laker, according to Basketball Reference’s handy HOF probability calculator? Would he be a HOF in purple and gold only? Without further ado … Yup, Hall of Famer. It’s 86.5%. A near lock. We can say with pretty good certainty that James would be a Hall of Famer if we just looked at his Lakers run. That’s a crazy notion on the surface. Then we peel back the layers and realize that, since he turned 33, he has as many All-NBA appearances as Tracy McGrady, Patrick Ewing and Allen Iverson did in each of their careers. And they never won a title.
Shams Charania: Naismith Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady has taken a role with Wagner College as strategic advisor for the men's basketball program, joining his son Laymen who committed to the team, per ESPN sources. McGrady will lead Wagner's basketball operations, recruiting and name, image and likeness efforts, and joins a number of current and former NBA players to take administrative positions in college, such as John Wall (Howard), Stephen Curry (Davidson), Shaquille O’Neal (Sacramento State), Trae Young (Oklahoma) and others.
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Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: What was the situation with Jerry Krause and the Chicago Bulls? Tracy McGrady: You don’t know the type of obsession Jerry Krause had with me. It was ridiculous. He used to tell my agent, Arn Tellem, “Krause says he’s coming to get you when you’re a free agent.” He must’ve seen something in me. He tried to make things happen the night before the draft and again in 2000. Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: What if that trade went through and you played with Michael Jordan and Dennis Rodman? Tracy McGrady: [shaking head] Nah. You’re talking about trading a Top 50 player [Pippen] for a rookie who’s not ready. It puts too much pressure on an 18-year-old. To be alongside MJ? Not a good look.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: As a competitor, what was in your mind when you were looking at Kobe? Tracy McGrady: He set the bar. Once MJ was gone, Kobe was “that dude.” I felt I had the potential to reach that level because I had the skillset, and having a relationship with him was very valuable. I remember being in Paris and seeing how he worked out every day—after lying and saying he doesn’t work out in the offseason! [laughs]. To witness that grind, it rubbed off on me. Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: What was having dinner or playing video games with Kobe actually like? Tracy McGrady: Honestly, Kobe watched karate flicks. We watched karate flicks and Michael Jordan’s Come Fly With Me all day. He listened to Wu-Tang Clan and Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation the whole trip. Dinner was with his family; he lived with his parents. But in his room? It was all karate flicks and MJ homegrown movies.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: People often make it an MJ vs. LeBron debate, but some feel Kobe is being left out of that conversation. Tracy McGrady: I felt they were disrespecting Kobe by not having him in the conversation. Just because he patterned his game after MJ, he can’t be in that conversation? LeBron is a GOAT in his era; MJ was the best in his. My GOAT is MJ because I grew up watching him, but LeBron is in that conversation. There’s nobody like LeBron—6’8”, 260lbs, fast as anybody. He’s Karl Malone with a lot more skills. We all have to appreciate what we’re seeing from this dude.
Daniel Donabedian: Jaylen Brown clears the air around Tracy McGrady’s “frustration” comments immediately on stream: “Me and Brad have a great relationship. I love Boston. If it was up to me I could play in Boston for the next 10 years.” Via @FCHWPO on Twitch
Daniel Donabedian: Brad Stevens on Tracy McGrady’s comments about Jaylen Brown reportedly being frustrated with the organization: “I talked to Jalen Monday a little bit after…real quickly and it was nothing but positive. He has not expressed those frustrations to me.”
Brad Stevens on Tracy McGrady’s comments about Jaylen Brown reportedly being frustrated with the organization:
— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) May 6, 2026
“I talked to Jalen Monday a little bit after…real quickly and it was nothing but positive. He has not expressed those frustrations to me.” pic.twitter.com/klUIv6RPYD
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Tracy McGrady on Jaylen Brown: I think his frustration lies deeply within the organization and other things that… Vince Carter: Of course, of course, I knew that. McGrady: We don't really have details too. Is's just been a lot of stuff that I've been hearing just going on with the Boston organization with JB. So I think part of him is like ‘I showed you guys more of who I am as a basketball player, not only just what I did on the basketball court, but the leadership that I displayed within this team and you've seen that, not having our best player in JT. You’ve seen the different side of me and what I'm able to bring to the game of basketball.' So, all that stuff I think just came into play with him and his frustration. However, the 3-1 loss, it was devastating because this never happened in Boston's history with any other greats.
Tracy McGrady on Kevin Durant passing Michael Jordan in scoring: That had to be a great ass feeling, man, to hear your name being mentioned and passing the great Michael Jordan. It's the longevity for me because these guys are great. They're the greatest to do it and when you have that type of skill set and you have the ability to go out and be the number one option for your team, you're going to score points. But it's just the consistency and the health in which you display year after year, getting your body in that type of shape. To go out and do that is hard to do with the wake up every single day for that amount of years and still want to do it at that level. And surpassing Mike is a phenomenal thing to do. He did it differently, and a lot of these guys are going to do it differently because of how the game has changed. Mike didn't shoot threes. So when I see these guys be like he did it in X amount of shots… Of course! Because KD shot threes, Mike really didn't shoot threes. So don't try to make the comparison that, you know, Mike uh versus KD and scoring. They did it in different ways, but they got there.
Asked by ClutchPoints about his conversation with Karl-Anthony Towns, McGrady expanded on the “like basketball players” comment. He made clear at the New York tryouts for his Ones Basketball league that he views shepherding the next generation of athletes as part of the role of former players. “It’s not just him, I mean, we a fraternity. So if I see that one of our players is going through something, it’s up to us to lean on him and help him get out of that rut that he’s in. Regardless of if it’s KAT, or if it’s Jalen Brunson going through something, if it's Mikal Bridges, it doesn’t matter. It’s just, KAT is the focal point right now,” McGrady told reporters in midtown Manhattan.
Tracy McGrady: “Everybody is going to go with the hottest thing right now. Luka. He is on a nine game winning streak. He is averaging 40.” Vince Carter: “In those nine games. He is averaging 33 for the season.” Tracy McGrady: “Right. I think when you look at the Lakers, Luka started out the gates hot. He and AR and Bron come back. Things kind of get out of alignment a little bit… AR kind of lost his rhythm a little bit…” Tracy McGrady: “Although Luka was putting up crazy numbers in terms of leading the league and scoring, we didn't consider him one even at the halfway point of him being an MVP candidate. We talk about guys when they're hot. He's hot now, for sure. But I think when I look at the grand scheme of things, the big picture, the consistency over the whole entire season, I got to go with Jaylen Brown. JB and what he is up against. No Jayson Tatum. So that means no other All-Star alongside him… Derek White has been very good. Derek White is really good. He is one of my favorite players.”