"Kobe, You Made Me Work Harder And It Was An Honor To Play Against you."- Tracy McGrady

As I leave the league for now, there have been so many profound people who inspired me along my way. I have to say thank you for guiding me and having an enormous influence on the way I played basketball. Isaiah Thomas, Rich Devos, Leslie Alexander and John Gabriel, you believed in me and I thank you. Jeff Van Gundy, you exemplified the brilliance of what a great coach is. Steven A. Smith, you gave us players a voice and for that I thank you. Doug Christy, Charles Oakley, Dee Brown, Mugsy Bogues, Antonio Davis, Dell Curry, Kevin Willis, you all showed a young kid from Auburndale Florida how to be a better player. Kobe, you made me work harder and it was an honor to play against you. And Yao, we shared an experience together that will always be with me, thank you. Sonny & Pam Vaccarro showed me how there is loyalty and genuine friendship in this business. Arn Tellem and Tim Hoy, 15 years and you are still my agents. Thank you for guiding me throughout my career. When all is said and done, there is so many that made an impact on my life. I am one blessed man to have the love and never ending support of my wife CleRenda and the best 4 kids a man can ask for. But most important, I give glory and thanks to God. It is thru Him that I have been so blessed and I am forever thankful.

As I enter this next chapter, I am excited to play for Qingdao Eagles in China. I have been to China several times in the last few years and I love the people and the country. It will be an honor to play for them. Thank you to every fan that has followed me and believed in me. Injuries and all, I wouldn’t have changed a thing. I am proud of the mark I left on this game and am grateful to have been a part this league. It was a dream to play in front of all of you, each night, in every stadium. Thank you.

Tmac

Kobe outlasted all these dudes [pic]

He still beastin with the top young niccas in the league

avy check... 2 of the deadliest in they prime

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tmac >>>>>

mitch, shoulda picked him up!!!!!!!!!

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Kobe outlasted all these dudes [pic]

He still beastin with the top young niccas in the league

not sayin tmac better than kobe

just sayin tmac >>>> (he was dat nicca)

dont get me wrong, i mean, we all know, in they primes kobe > tmac [pic]

tmac was one baddddddd muh !!a tho..


n always thought if tmac and kobe teamed up together like dwade n bron, they'd dominate the l.. a duo of tmac n mamba >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wade n bron

T-Mac used to be my favorite player. Almost snuffed a few niccas for talking about his lazy eye. [pic]

But yo BX. We need an official Tmac simile! How do we not have one of the 2nd best SG the past decade!

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