Fate is a big deal! McGrady is expected to cooperate with these five superstars, but unfortunately missed it, and Kemai s combination is a bubble!

Although he has been retired for more than ten years, even now, Tracy McGrady still has great popularity. As one of the four major points guards that were in power at that time, McGrady won almost all the honors except the championship and MVP during the NBA, and was also inducted into the Hall of Fame after retirement. However, whenever he recalls McGrady's career, it is still extremely regrettable, not only the failure to win the championship, but also the superstar teammates he regrets to miss. According to later reports and McGrady's own narrative, in his player age, there was a chance to form a top-level combination. Let’s review together below to see which superstar teammates McGrady missed!

1. Michael Jordan

This is a story that fans are familiar with. Time goes back to the summer of 1997. The Chicago Bulls, who had just won the fifth championship in team history, was on the verge of falling apart. The team's general manager Jerry Klaus had made it clear that he would not renew his contract with champion coach Phil Jackson after the end of the 1997-98 season. Moreover, since Scotty Pippen, the second in charge of the team, had a serious back injury at that time, and Pippen also publicly stated that he would not renew his contract with the team again, Klaus hopes to use Pippen's final value to send him to the Raptors in exchange for McGrady, who was just selected by the Raptors. Facts proved that Klaus's vision was still quite vicious. In less than three years, McGrady grew into an All-Star star. If he had been able to join the Bulls at that time, under Jordan's guidance, McGrady might have grown faster. However, Jordan was almost 35 years old at that time, and he wanted to take advantage of the last chance to win the championship again. He no longer had the time and patience to teach young people again. Therefore, he also put pressure on the team's management and eventually successfully retained the team to win the championship, and McGrady also lost the opportunity to cooperate with the God of Basketball.

2. Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal

Few people will go until this old news, that is, in the summer of 1997, it was not only the Bulls who had contact with McGrady, but the Lakers also became interested in McGrady. The team general manager at the time discovered Kobe Bryant's legendary Jerry West, who also took a fancy to McGrady that summer. In the eyes of the old man, this high school student had talent and potential that was no less than Kobe's, so he also discussed the possibility of a deal with his boss Jerry Bass. West's idea was to use Kobe's eldest brother Eddie Jones as a bargaining chip to exchange McGrady. But at that time, Old Bass was unwilling to take risks. After all, they had already caused considerable controversy when they traded Kobe with Vlad Divac the year before. Therefore, on the conservative side, he did not want the team to "scrape the lottery" again. And this decision was indeed a bit hasty. Although the Lakers later completed three consecutive championships, just imagine that if Kobe, McGrady and O'Neal could join forces, then the Lakers at that time would probably be the most terrifying existence. Even if O'Neal left the team later and was closer to the age and was also a friend, the Commad combination could definitely continue its previous glory. However, the combination of Kobe and McGrady can only stay in his dream and turn into a beautiful bubble.

3.Allen Iverson

By the 99-00 season, McGrady had already achieved value this year, and averaged 15.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game. Although his offensive skills have not yet been achieved, he had become one of the top defenders at that time. However, the Raptors had no funds to keep McGrady at that time, and McGrady himself also hoped to go to other teams to get more opportunities, so the Raptors were also seeking the possibility of trading McGrady this season. According to the later revelations of "American Yang Yi" Stephen A-Smith, the 76ers hope to use the same emerging rookie Larry Hughes as a bargaining chip to get McGrady. Unfortunately, this transaction was not reached due to various reasons. Just imagine, the combination of Iverson and McGrady would definitely be the most terrifying attack line in the NBA at that time. After all, in 2008, Iverson and Cameron Anthony, who were already 32 years old, could still average 52 points per game. Iverson in 2000 was only 24 years old, and McGrady was only 21 years old. Such a young combination will not only sell box office, but also bring good results to the 76ers. Unfortunately, the two failed to reach a cooperation.

4. Tim Duncan

Finally, McGrady missed the opportunity to cooperate with Duncan in the summer of 2000. You should know that although the Magic in 2000 was no longer at their peak, O'Neal and Anthony Hardaway in the past few years left the team one after another. At that time, they had good salary space, and the result was that they got Grant Hill and McGrady respectively. Hill could output 25.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists in the 99-00 season, and was an absolute superstar. Although McGrady joined as a deputy, she immediately scored luxurious data of 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in the 200-01 season. If it weren't for the injury, the achievements of this team's forward team would definitely not be low. What's even more terrifying is that they had the chance to get Duncan in 2000, but unfortunately the Magic made another low-level mistake. Duncan proposed that one of the conditions for joining was that when playing away games, his family could ride the team's passenger plane together, but the Magic executives actually refused outrageously, which disappointed Duncan. In addition, the Spurs team dispatched to persuade Duncan, and Shifo stayed in San Antonio. If Duncan, Hill and McGrady could work together, perhaps the Lakers would not be able to complete three consecutive championships back then, and it can only be said that time is a fate. When McGrady was able to cooperate with Duncan, it was already the Spurs in 2013. At that time, McGrady had long lost the ability to be in his peak period, and after the Spurs unfortunately missed the championship, he also announced his retirement..