Tracy McGrady retires from the NBA but is leaving the "door open" to China.

What exactly does it mean for a player to announce their retirement?

 

t-mac was one of the best rockets of all time. salute, t-mac. respect.

 

I think that means they become eligible for the pension plan. They have to formerly retire to start collecting.

 

why would you retire when you still got it? we could use him on the rockets.

 

If he leaves a door open for whatever league on the planet, it's not retirement per se

 

So Long T-Mac! Loved having you here, loved watching you in your prime. Best of luck moving forward in your career and your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzR2uwxQ_DI

Peace!

 

He got to the second round so he good now. If not for a few lucky bounces he could have gone out with a ring.

 

someone has to do jeremy lin's laundry and shine Dwight's shoes

 

"I felt like I had more to give in my role than what was given to me. As a competitor, you don't want to feel like you are settling. I felt like I was settling over the last three years. I felt I could give a lot more than I was able to. I can't allow myself to go through that again."

 

he quit on the magic and he quit on us in the toronto game

talented guy, but prick

 

Translated: I am no mascot riding the pine

 

Aka, the last 3 years, all the coaches limited my minutes because I'm old and slow .

 

I have no ill will towards him - he was great when healthy here but he also wasnt healthy that often and dogged it when he wasnt

though it does suck to have come back and be a free throw away from finally winning a ring and then nothing once again.

 

Yeah, but the competitive fire still burns inside him. Him not being happy riding the pine, wanting to be on the floor and contributing. How are you going to hate on a man who decided to retire, to be happy?

 

I was translating what he was saying.

translating = not hating, just changing language to allow others to fully understand the meaning of the statement

hating = i hate this tmac guy, he sucks

 

Troll

 

Stephen Jackson had the competitive fire too.

 

The Rockets organization paying their respects to one of the all-time Rocket greats:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Thanks for so many great memories <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_T_Mac">@Real_T_Mac</a>, including 13 in 35, one of the best moments in Toyota Center history: <a href="http://t.co/lTcudPsAy3">http://t.co/lTcudPsAy3</a></p>&mdash; Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/statuses/372019073141313536">August 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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