Mystery Player #30
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 · already played
The answer
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Tracy McGrady
G-F · 1997–2013
Tracy McGrady's career
Tracy McGrady played 16 seasons between 1997 and 2013, across 6 franchises — Raptors, Magic, Rockets, Knicks, Pistons and Hawks. Over 938 regular-season games he averaged 19.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists, finishing with 18,381 career points. He was 7× All-Star and 7× All-NBA.
He entered the league in the 1997 draft, taken 9th overall in the lottery. That makes him a product of the 1990s, and his career totals should be read against the pace and rules of that period.
Across a long career of 16 seasons he was a consistent starter at 19.6 points per game.
- Games
- 938
- PPG
- 19.6
- RPG
- 5.6
- APG
- 4.4
- Points
- 18,381
- Rebounds
- 5,275
- Assists
- 4,161
- 3PM
- 1,081
Teams
- Raptors · 1998–2000
- Magic · 2001–2004
- Rockets · 2005–2010
- Knicks · 2010
- Pistons · 2011
- Hawks · 2012
Honours
7× All-Star · 7× All-NBA
How the clues read
Every guess that day was scored against Tracy McGrady across nine categories. These were the values behind the grid.
- Position:
- G-F
- Debut season:
- 1997
- Status:
- Retired
- Nationality:
- USA
- Teams:
- Raptors, Magic, Rockets, Knicks, Pistons, Hawks
- Points per game:
- 19.6
- Championships:
- 0
- All-Star selections:
- 7
Why this was a fair answer
Answers are never obscure by design: the pool is every NBA All-Star who debuted in the 1969-70 season or later, plus current players carrying a real scoring role. Tracy McGrady qualifies on the first route, with 7 All-Star selections — a perennial selection rather than a one-off.
With 6 franchises on his record, the shared-team clue was unusually generous here — a wide range of guesses would have lit it up green and pointed the wrong way as often as the right one. He never won a title, which quietly rules out a large share of the most-guessed names.
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