Tracy McGrady: ‘If Bradley Beal is a max player, I’m coming back’

If Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal gets a max contract this summer, former NBA player Tracy McGrady is going to come out of retirement.

“If he’s a max player, I’m coming back,” McGrady said on ESPN’s The Jump, tongue in cheek.

Beal said yesterday that he will seek a max contract this summer. “I want to be valued the right way,” the 22-year-old restricted free agent told the Washington Post. “I feel like I’m a max player and that’s what I’m looking for. If Washington can’t meet that requirement then I may be thinking elsewhere.”

But Beal hasn’t played a full season since he came to the NBA as a first-round draft pick in 2012. In fact, he’s coming off a season in which he played the fewest games of his career due to injuries.

Beal has talent, no doubt. He’s also a pretty good shooter from 3-point range (39.7 percent for his career). But his durability might keep him from becoming a max player.

McGrady isn’t the only one that doesn’t see it with Beal. There are plenty of doubters out there that wouldn’t sign an injury-prone player to a max contract.

We’ll see during the summer if the Wizards value Beal as a max player, or if another team tries to lure him away with an offer Washington isn’t willing to match.

About Marcelo Villa

Marcelo is an associate editor at The Sports Daily, and has covered the San Diego Chargers for Bleacher Report. He also writes for Sportsdirect Inc.

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