Round #1/Pick #28
Tracy McGrady
Like mmbt0ne, I too was hoping for at least one of the last few picks to continue to get overlooked, but it was not to be. So, I'll take TMac. Since we'll be getting him at age 24, let's take a look at his career up to that point.
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Season Age G MP FG% 3P 3PA 3P% TS% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PER
1997-98 18 64 1179 0.450 0.200 0.600 0.341 0.505 0.467 1.200 1.700 0.712 1.600 2.600 4.200 1.500 0.800 1.000 1.000 1.300 7.000 17.400
1998-99 19 49 1106 0.436 0.200 0.700 0.229 0.504 0.447 2.300 3.200 0.726 2.400 3.200 5.700 2.300 1.100 1.300 1.600 1.900 9.300 20.600
1999-00 20 79 2462 0.451 0.200 0.800 0.277 0.509 0.460 3.500 5.000 0.707 2.400 4.000 6.300 3.300 1.100 1.900 2.000 2.500 15.400 20.000
2000-01 21 77 3087 0.457 0.800 2.200 0.355 0.521 0.474 5.600 7.600 0.733 2.500 5.000 7.500 4.600 1.500 1.500 2.600 2.100 26.800 24.900
2001-02 22 76 2912 0.451 1.400 3.700 0.364 0.532 0.483 5.500 7.300 0.748 2.000 5.900 7.900 5.300 1.600 1.000 2.500 1.800 25.600 25.100
2002-03 23 75 2954 0.457 2.300 6.000 0.386 0.564 0.505 7.700 9.700 0.793 1.600 4.900 6.500 5.500 1.700 0.800 2.600 2.100 32.100 30.300
Leads the league in scoring at age 23. A PER of over 30, which is the 11th highest total of all time, only behind names such as Chamberlain, Jordan, Robinson, and O'Neal. Pretty heady territory.
I don't care if he's never reached the second round, he's too good to pass up on, and besides, I'm not a believer in all that clutch nonsense anyways. This is an alternate world, maybe he'll ride the positive wave of variance given a second chance and new teammates. I like this pick, I think it's great, and with that, we're off to the doctor's to make sure his back never bothers him again.