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September 22, 2003
"The guy [McGrady] was expressionless after I asked him something, or he was two seconds away from hitting me. I couldn't tell. I'm hoping Tracy takes it with a sense of humor.": Tracy McGrady asserts that 5% of the NBA is gay in Stuff Magazine. ( I don't read it so it doesn't get a link.) Why 5%? Isn't that kind of a round (read arbitrary) number? That would basically mean that the 12th and sometimes 11th man on your favorite team's roster is gay. We've discussed gay atheletes ad infinitum. What's interesting to me is that McGrady puts it out there and then refuses to discuss anything else about the issue. Was this a lark? Anyone have a read on this, an aside or enlightening anecdote?
It's actually pretty cool of him to not 'out' anyone...The admission is enough in itself. Magic and Raptor teammates look out....the magnifying glass is now pointed at you. on preview: not sure, but it was a post move.
posted by garfield at 04:26 PM on September 22, 2003
McGrady said he has witnessed incidents of homosexual behavior in the league. Maybe he's counting all those times when he had two or more chicks and they would...uhh...ignore him for a moment.
posted by vito90 at 05:14 PM on September 22, 2003
I'm hoping Tracy takes it with a sense of humor. What the fuck does that mean? If McGrady actually said it, why would the writer need to worry about what TMac will think later? I'm just hoping this is not another one of those deals where within three days, no one can agree on what was said in the interview. As for the witnessing of gay behavior ... hell, that's the Timberwolves in the postseason every year.
posted by wfrazerjr at 05:46 PM on September 22, 2003
Mebbe Tracy isn't witnessing homosexual behavior so much as metrosexual tendencies. To be fair I read of "metrosexuality" on birdhouse, which in turn got it from Salon(usual ads, reg. sometimes req'd, bad flash). Be forewarned soccer fans, in each and every article Beckham is foisted upon us as the poster-child for the pussification of "real men". Or the sublimation of "real men" who like frilly outfits and getting their nails done. Could this explain some of the "allegedly gay atheletes" we keep hearing about?
posted by lilnemo at 05:56 PM on September 22, 2003
Yeah, maybe Tracy witnessed a few teammates drinking mineral water.
posted by pitchblende at 06:37 PM on September 22, 2003
Maybe Tracy is the gay guy, and he knows firsthand. Think about that for awhile.
posted by vito90 at 10:41 PM on September 22, 2003
a league wide consideration would be more like the 12th guy on every 2nd team. (1/24 is just over 4%) or, given the roster changes, probably at some point your team's roster would hit 20 players used in a year and then 1 in 20 of those guys... witnessed incidents of homosexual behavior. Yeah, that could sell some papers. it think the stat he quotes is nothing that you wouldn't guess.
posted by gspm at 01:42 AM on September 23, 2003
Let's put it this way: for a group of men where the norm is to hang out with each other naked in locker rooms just about every day of the year, McGrady must have some pretty serious (albeit anecdotal) "evidence" to make an allegation like that.
posted by smithers at 07:37 AM on September 23, 2003
Good - I hope he's right. America needs a new media image of the 6"9" muscluar black man. Even if ii is only 5%. I hope McGrady is specifically talking about Charles Oakley though. That's be great.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:22 AM on September 23, 2003
Or even Charles Barkley, right Weedy?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:35 AM on September 23, 2003
The amphibious Charles Shackleford?
posted by mbd1 at 11:40 AM on September 23, 2003
HA! Both Barkley and Oakley - that'd kick ass. Or kiss it - depending on your particular proclivities.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 12:19 PM on September 23, 2003
Or perhaps Tracy McGrady had an awkward incident with Scottie Pippen and his homosexual tendencies... for those who don't know, I refer to allegations that Pippen entered into homosexual relationships while in college...
posted by jhwoo82 at 06:46 PM on September 23, 2003
[silly] Slap a man's ass in public, get your face caved in. Slap a man's ass in public DURING A SPORT, nobody cares. Kiss a man on the cheek in public, get pummelled. Kiss a man on the cheek AFTER HE SCORES A GOAL, nobody cares. I'm surprised there aren't more gay men in sports... [/silly]
posted by grum@work at 07:39 PM on September 23, 2003
hey mom hey dad yeah sports are great if you like touching other men but when we touch each other off the field well this becomes a sin Guttermouth, Destroying the World
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:12 PM on September 23, 2003
McGrady said he has witnessed incidents of homosexual behavior in the league. Was a foul called?