Around the NBA - summer edition

The first Dame face makes me lol every time!

 

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trailblazers
7 minutes ago · Rip City
Training Camp starts this month. That is all. ??????

 

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Because baseball didn't work?

 

It was really just a social visit. As a has-been, he'd get the same workout at the Y. The only advantage to working out with Kobe is if you're in such great shape, you get nothing from working out with lesser NBA players.

 

If you'd let Mike Rice hold it, you wouldn't peter out.

 

This sure looks like an old pic. I wonder what he looks like now.

 

My bet is he looks like Rufus from Bum Fights.

 

OT: Tracy McGrady works out with Kobe Bryant as test for possible comeback

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tracy-...test-for-possible-nba-comeback-024653910.html :MARIS61::MARIS61:

Retired seven-time All-Star Tracy McGrady worked out with Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant late this summer in a Southern California gymnasium, testing the preparedness of his body for a possible NBA comeback attempt.

"Yes, I was working out with K.B. to get in shape and see how my body feels," McGrady told Yahoo Sports in an email Tuesday night.

Bryant and McGrady, 35, worked out three days a week for a period of time in August, several sources, including McGrady, told Yahoo.

At least two NBA teams were contacted over the summer about their potential interest in McGrady, but none registered a desire to further explore the possibility, league executives told Yahoo Sports.


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.Tracy McGrady made a brief attempt at playing professional baseball. (AP)
Tracy McGrady made a brief attempt at playing professional baseball. (AP)
McGrady is contractually obligated to a lucrative basketball tour of China in October, which would make it impossible for him to try and make an NBA team in training camp. McGrady is still an immensely popular figure in China, dating back to his partnership with Yao Ming on the Houston Rockets.
"The comeback will not happen, unless I have the drive whenever I get back," McGrady told Yahoo in the email.

Knee and back injuries had taken their toll on McGrady's reedy body, causing diminished durability and performance late in his career.

McGrady had been unable to get a guaranteed NBA contract for the 2012-13 season and instead played in China. Upon McGrady's return from the China Basketball Association that April, the San Antonio Spurs signed him on the final day of the regular season to join their playoff roster. He didn't play any meaningful minutes on the team's run to the NBA Finals.

McGrady publicly retired from the NBA in August 2013.

McGrady made a short-lived professional baseball debut in the spring, spending several weeks as a starting pitcher with the Sugarland Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League.

In his 15-year NBA career, McGrady won two regular-season scoring titles and was selected first- or second-team All-NBA five times. He made the leap from high school to the NBA in 1997, when he was chosen ninth overall by the Toronto Raptors.

 

To be completely honest... I wouldn't mind him as our backup 3.

 

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Guess baseball didn't pan out for TMac...he should go play with Vince min Memphis

 

Well, i was an advocate for signing Vince Carter...

 

They can't honestly produce less than Wright.

 

Wright is capable of playing at a much higher level than he did last season.

 

I agree, but idk if he fits well with the team. He is the type of player that needs at least 20 minutes a game to be effective. I rather have a player that has shown the ability to take over a game (even if he's older).

 

I think CJ is that guy who can take over a game from the bench, if not now, then soon.

I think Dwright needs to get his head into the fact he might only get 3 shots a night if he's lucky, and to make them count. He's definitely a better shooter than he showed last season.

I also don't think that VC or McGrady are capable of taking over games anymore. VC maybe 1/82 games...

 

I hope not, frankly. I want Wes to get all of the backup 3 minutes and CJ to get all of the backup 2 minutes.

 

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The last month of the offseason produces the worst news...

 

Greg Monroe QO... Trade Dwright and Claver, Detroit isn't getting shit because Monroe can deny any trade he wants to. Detroit would be wise to get some expiring contracts for him.

Then again this is a product of Dumars being bad, so I'm sure he will end up walking next year with Det getting nothing.

Edit: he doesn't retain his bird rights if traded, so I don't think this would work?