Can a partner with the Shark win the championship? McGrady: Based on the background assumption, no one can replace Kobe

Recently, Tracy McGrady was a guest on Arenas's program and responded to his previous remarks about "Partnering with O'Neal":

This is the thing, when we talk about basketball, we are always talking about various assumptions, and it is always like this, right? The core of what we were talking about at the time was about the championship ring culture. We are talking about the early 2000s. I didn't mention the days when I went to the Rockets later. We were talking specifically about a very short stage of my career. It's when I'm on that level. This is the background of our discussion.

So, I look at O'Neal, you have to think about the Spurs and the Lakers took all the championships at that time, and the other teams didn't win at all. So, when I said that, there is one thing I really want to make clear: no one can replace Kobe, right? No one can replace Kobe. People forgot that I am one of the people who are most trying to defend Kobe and defend him outside, and whenever someone disrespects him. If someone thinks what I say is disrespectful, that is your problem, right? Because my intention is by no means disrespectful to my brothers.

No matter which one you rank him, he is the top five in history. To me, he is one of the greatest players and I put him in the top five of my history. But this is just back to the situation at that time, I looked at myself at that time, and O'Neal - the most dominant basketball player - I was thinking, if I was playing with a big guy like O'Neal, based on our discussions about the championship culture at that time... Damn, yes, I would definitely win a championship with this big guy too.