Tracy McGrady wasn’t in the same tier as Kobe Bryant

Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty ImagesLet me start this off by saying that I was never a Kobe Bryant fan. I found him pompous, and other than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, I don’t really do Los Angeles Lakers. And lastly, he directly ripped off his post-playing-career, award-winning “Musecage” idea from Bobby Boucher on The Waterboy.

I also know this is a Rockets site, and I’ve personally been a Rockets fan for almost 40 years now and have been writing about the team in some capacity since 2007. It feels a little sacrilege to be touting a Laker over a Houston Rockets star right here on TDS.

But those of you who have been reading me here for the last eight years (yikes, where does the time go), know how…