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Sports InsiderTracy McGrady Fears the 2008 All-Star Weekend.
March 3rd 2007 02:32
Here at NBALOUD we love Tracy McGrady. The sleepy eyes and casualness in his manner belies an athletic, basketball playing freak. T-Mac can straight up ball and should, as this space has alluded to numerous times be an MVP candidate. That being said T-Mac is also fast becoming the NBA version of Howard Hughes. What does NBALOUD mean? McGrady has recently expressed that he may give next year’s All-Star game a miss due to the fact that it is in New Orleans and may be dangerous.
Yes, the mid-season classic will be coming to you from the home of jazz, beads and breasts. T-Mac being an NBA player wouldn’t have a mortal fear of boobs so what is his problem? “When they first mentioned to me that the All-Star game was going to be in New Orleans, the first thing I thought about is how much security they are going to have for the players and everybody there," McGrady said. "If I don't feel that I'm going to be safe, if I am on that team, I will look into probably not even going.” (Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 2007)
Remember Tracy McGrady expressed safety concerns in relation to the Olympics in Athens as well where a reported $1.5 billion was spent on security alone. Still, this wasn’t safe enough for a multimillionaire basketball player.
Putting aside T-Mac’s concerns for a moment we will acknowledge that all is probably not well in New Orleans and the neglect the city has faced from the federal government atrocious rebuilding efforts does merit some concern from McGrady. However, the cloistered NBA players should be the ones with some of the least concerns in regards to safety because they can not only afford their own security personnel, which McGrady does have by the way, but the league would also throw a bucket load of money to ensure the well being of their employees as well.
The only fear that McGrady should have is that a few bouncing breasts of groupies might inadvertently attack him and his fellow All-Stars causing unintentional black eyes.
This is a democratic society and T-Mac is allowed to express his concerns about areas of personal safety, but it should be noted that McGrady is reportedly a ‘glass half empty’ type of guy. He definitely doesn’t look on the bright side of life.
We can safely assume that police numbers and money spent on securing New Orleans for the 2008 All-Star weekend would be foremost in everyone’s calculations, especially with the debacle of the game being in Las Vegas this year.
Sports is surrounded by hyperbole but it is not too far of a stretch to suggest that New Orleans needs events like the NBA All-Star weekend to get back some semblance of civic pride. Sure, a ‘insignificant’ major event pales in comparison to the mammoth efforts for the city to rebound as a whole but McGrady is doing a disservice to the league and New Orleans by prematurely boycotting an event that is one year away. Being in the All-Star game is an honour and NBALOUD can assure T-Mac that 99.9 percent of NBA players that have never been picked for an All-Star berth would gladly make a trade for your spot. It is an honour to be selected and T-Mac shouldn’t forget that fact.
We end today’s musings with a clip of a tremendous LeBron James dunk against the Mavs from a few days ago. Want to talk about poetry in motion check out this video.
Yes, the mid-season classic will be coming to you from the home of jazz, beads and breasts. T-Mac being an NBA player wouldn’t have a mortal fear of boobs so what is his problem? “When they first mentioned to me that the All-Star game was going to be in New Orleans, the first thing I thought about is how much security they are going to have for the players and everybody there," McGrady said. "If I don't feel that I'm going to be safe, if I am on that team, I will look into probably not even going.” (Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 2007)
Remember Tracy McGrady expressed safety concerns in relation to the Olympics in Athens as well where a reported $1.5 billion was spent on security alone. Still, this wasn’t safe enough for a multimillionaire basketball player.
Tracy McGrady fears an ambush attack from groupies? (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
Putting aside T-Mac’s concerns for a moment we will acknowledge that all is probably not well in New Orleans and the neglect the city has faced from the federal government atrocious rebuilding efforts does merit some concern from McGrady. However, the cloistered NBA players should be the ones with some of the least concerns in regards to safety because they can not only afford their own security personnel, which McGrady does have by the way, but the league would also throw a bucket load of money to ensure the well being of their employees as well.
The only fear that McGrady should have is that a few bouncing breasts of groupies might inadvertently attack him and his fellow All-Stars causing unintentional black eyes.
This is a democratic society and T-Mac is allowed to express his concerns about areas of personal safety, but it should be noted that McGrady is reportedly a ‘glass half empty’ type of guy. He definitely doesn’t look on the bright side of life.
We can safely assume that police numbers and money spent on securing New Orleans for the 2008 All-Star weekend would be foremost in everyone’s calculations, especially with the debacle of the game being in Las Vegas this year.
Sports is surrounded by hyperbole but it is not too far of a stretch to suggest that New Orleans needs events like the NBA All-Star weekend to get back some semblance of civic pride. Sure, a ‘insignificant’ major event pales in comparison to the mammoth efforts for the city to rebound as a whole but McGrady is doing a disservice to the league and New Orleans by prematurely boycotting an event that is one year away. Being in the All-Star game is an honour and NBALOUD can assure T-Mac that 99.9 percent of NBA players that have never been picked for an All-Star berth would gladly make a trade for your spot. It is an honour to be selected and T-Mac shouldn’t forget that fact.
We end today’s musings with a clip of a tremendous LeBron James dunk against the Mavs from a few days ago. Want to talk about poetry in motion check out this video.
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