He was named high school Player of the Year by USA Today.ĭue in part to his strong showing at the ABCD camp, McGrady was selected ninth overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. He created national buzz after his performance in the Adidas ABCD Camp, to which the best high school players in the nation are invited annually. Zion Christian Academy) straight to the NBA without attending college. McGrady plays both Shooting Guard and Small Forward, and is also one of the first players who went from high school ( Mt. From April to July 2014, he realized his dream of playing professional baseball, pitching for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Since retiring, McGrady has worked as a basketball analyst for ESPN. His final seasons in the NBA were plagued by injuries, and he retired in 2013 following a brief stint with the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and San Antonio Spurs.

In 2004, he was traded to the Houston Rockets, where he paired with center Yao Ming to help the Rockets become a perennial playoff team. In 2000, he left the Raptors for the Orlando Magic, where he became one of the league's most prolific scorers and a candidate for the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. Beginning his career as a low-minute player, he gradually improved his role with the team, eventually forming an exciting duo with his cousin Vince Carter. McGrady entered the NBA straight out of high school and was selected as the ninth overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1997 NBA Draft. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017. McGrady is a seven-time NBA All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, two-time NBA scoring champion, and one-time winner of the NBA Most Improved Player Award. (born May 24, 1979), also nicknamed ' T-Mac', is an American former professional basketball player, best known for his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Final game: 2013 for the San Antonio Spurs

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