As of now everybody knows that Tracy McGrady is 0-7 in the Playoffs now. Every year people will blame T-Mac for not getting his team to the second round. Well, fact is it's not his fault.

When a player who is a two-time scoring champion, 4th all-time in points per game in the playoffs, and 6 time all-star. It's not his fault that his teams may not be good enough.

Like the Rockets this year, he had a bad shoulder and knee. His all-star center was out for the year. Everybody said the Rockets were not going to make the playoffs. Well, he was able to carry the team to the playoffs. Unfortunately, though the Rockets were just too young an they lost in 6 games to the Utah Jazz. He had 27.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 6.8 apg in the series. It's not his fault.

Also, take the series last year. He had 25 ppg, 6 rpg, and 7 apg. The Rockets would have won if Yao, or Battier grabbed the rebound when the Jazz missed the free throw. That didn't happen and the Rockets lost in 7. Rafer Alston, Luther Head, Juwan Howard, and Shane Battier all didn't play like they did in the Regular Season, they didn't do there roles and the Rockets got bounced. Same with the 2004-2005 Playoffs T-Mac had 31-7-7 and it still wasn't enough. Why? because of the teams he has been on.

You can even go back when he was with the Orlando Magic. Tracy McGrady in his first season with the Magic when he made the playoffs. He had 34-6-8. Next year, he had 31-6-5. Next year, 32-7-5. (Not to mention two of the three years with the Orlando Magic Tracy McGrady won back-to-back Scoring Titles.) With stats like that in the playoffs there is nothing more one player can do.

Even when were not talking about the playoffs, T-Mac isn't appriciated for anything he does in the Regular Season either. How many times do you hear that he is one of the few players in NBA history to have 60+ points in a game? How many times have you seen on the TV where they show T-Mac scoring 13 in 33 seconds against the Spurs. Ok now going back to the playoffs. You don't see his clutch three he hit game 2 against the Mavericks to win the game. In that same game he dunked over Shawn Bradley to light a spark in the Houston Rockets.

Tracy McGrady is not appriciated as a player and very underrated. Whenever players like LeBron or Kobe do something and they show the stat list. You will most likely see Tracy McGrady right there with them.

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