Tracy Mcgrady

Tracy McGrady is one of the great players to come out of high school and shine, leading the league in scoring, averaging 32.1 points a game. The star is now playing on the USA Olympic team leading his squad once again. He has proven himself a great asset to the Orlando Magic, allowing a the Magic a good chance at making the playoffs and even becoming NBA champions. In the 2001 season Tracy McGrady was named All-NBA second team and received the award for the most improved player. He was voted to be a starter in the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.

Tracy McGrady, nicknamed T-Mac was born in Bartow, Florida. T-Mac was raised in the small town of Auburndale, Florida, also known as the "the hill". Like a lot of boys, Tracy wanted to seek a career in the ever popular sport of baseball. In fact, many of his coaches were sure he would be on the field instead of the court. Tracy was sure for awhile he would be on the dirt, too instead of the basketball court until he reached junior high.

In junior high Tracy began playing basketball. He was averaging 23.1 points and 12 rebounds per game. Despite his great talent and strength, Tracy was never a Divison 1 prospect. It wasn't till high school that Tracy's basketball career actually started to come together. He played in basketball until his junior year of high school.

In his junior year of High School Tracy was invited to an ABCD basketball camp in Teaneck, New Jersey. During the camp, Tracy really made himself known when he was racing on a fast break and dunked the ball over 6-9 Blue Chipper, James Felton. After the dunk, the crowd went wild and so did the USA today, naming him player of the year.

Tracy was actually planning to go play for Kentucky when Joe, his basketball coach in high school, got a call from NBA super scout Marty Blake, wanting a schedule of Tracy's games. NBA teams were already sending scouts out to look at Tracy. The thought of skipping college and pursuing his dream of becoming an NBA superstar excited him and lead him to forget Kentucky and enter the 1997 NBA draft along with some other NBA greats.