Tracy McGrady Announces His Retirement From The NBA; Watch His Top 15 Basketball Moments

Earlier this morning on ESPN’s First Take, the great Tracy McGrady announced his retirement from the NBA. At 34 years old, and after 16 years in the Association, it’s a sad day and the end of an era. After career averages of 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists a game, T-Mac did say he would consider playing overseas. But more than likely, all McGrady-inspired attention will now shift to his Hall of Fame candidacy.

We’ve been watching him since he was a teenager – it’s hard to remember a time before he was in the NBA. His career is an illustrious one. We’ve covered T-Mac’s 10 Greatest Dunks already, but we wanted to go a little deeper. Here are the 15 greatest moments that have defined T-Mac’s legend:

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15. 2001: T-Mac puts 44 on Allen Iverson and the Sixers, knocks down his first career game-winner:

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14 & 13. 2003: T-Mac hangs a combined 74 points on Michael Jordan and the Wizards in two meetings in the same season:

12. 1998: A rookie T-Mac unleashes a huge fast-break dunk on the mighty Chicago Bulls:

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11. 2002: Tracy McGrady’s legendary off-backboard self-pass in All-Star Game:

10. 2003: T-Mac unloads the self-pass off-glass against his former team in Orlando:

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9. 2012: McGrady’s debut in the Chinese Basketball Association – he lets everyone know who’s boss (34 points, 8 assists, 9 rebounds):

8. T-Mac’s sick 360 reverse layup in traffic against the Cavs:

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7. 2009: McGrady returns to the Rockets and detonates a massive lefty-handed dunk on Tyrus Thomas’ face:

6. 2002: McGrady LOVED to play against the Wizards. MJ was out following knee surgery, but T-Mac still erupted for 50 points:

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5. Then a few years later… he dropped a career-high 62 on the Wizards…

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4. T-Mac’s fast-break tea bag dunk on the Bulls’ Kornel David:

3. 2005: THE DUNK on Shawn Bradley in the playoffs. This is just disgusting:

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2. The legendary high school adidas ABCD Camp dunk that put T-Mac on the map – we covered it here:

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1. 2004: The grandaddy of all T-Mac performances … McGrady explodes for 13 points in 35 seconds to upend the San Antonio Spurs:

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