This is when I became a Rockets fan. This is the trade that piqued my interest.
Rockets acquire Tracy McGrady in blockbuster deal with Magic - 6/29/04
I was six years old when the Rockets traded for two-time scoring champion Tracy McGrady.
In this chapter of NBA history, the Kobe-Shaq Lakers era was ending and Shaquille O’Neal would be traded two weeks after T-Mac to the Heat in another blockbuster trade.
There was a new NBA forming, and with 25-year old T-Mac entering his prime joining forces with a third-year center from China named Yao Ming, the Rockets had a case to be the newest Western Conference powerhouse.