Links: Tracy McGrady’s Strange YouTube Appearance
Forget the second round, T-Mac would like to make s’mores with you…
Fri-Day! Yes!
Earlier this week here on SLAMonline, my man Vincent Thomas wrote about the dangers of YouTube and professional athletes. Great column, salient point.
Maybe Tracy McGrady should’ve read it. Linkstigator Nick sent me the following YouTube video this morning. This is a video advertising a camp called Camp Chen-A-Wanda, which appears to be located somewhere in Pennsylvania. This camp has golf facilities, tennis courts, frisbee golf…and Tracy McGrady!
You need to watch the entire video below to really get a feel for how bizarre this entire thing is…








56 Responses to “Links: Tracy McGrady’s Strange YouTube Appearance”
Jan.11 at 4:31 pm
white hot eboy says:
Tracy’s high as fu*k in the video. And the dude running the camp looks like a cross between Ernie Johnson and Tailor Made from I Love NY. Was Tracy’s last part of the message in memoriam of Ryan and Russ.
Jan.11 at 4:33 pm
Lang Whitaker says:
Nah, I don’t think Tracy’s on anything, because that’s how he always talks. He’s just high on life.
Jan.11 at 4:35 pm
Reggie Evans says:
I like when T-Mac sings.
Jan.11 at 4:36 pm
Sam Mitchell's Conscience says:
teaching kids to rock ice, and sustain recurring back injuries.
Jan.11 at 4:37 pm
Myles Brown says:
I do all of my best thinking on the stairs too…word to the Incarcerated Scarfaces.
Jan.11 at 4:37 pm
white hot eboy says:
If not high, then drunk, Tracy was practically slurring at the end of his diatribe.
Jan.11 at 5:08 pm
Justin says:
Is he going to bring Mike Miller’s pet monkey with him?
Watching this reminded me of how T-Mac was my favorite player when he wore white and blue.
Then I paid $100 for tix to see him play his last season here. He didn’t play.
After the game they asked him if he didn’t play because he was hurt. He said he wasn’t hurt. Just didn’t feel like playing.
Well, I didn’t feel like paying $100 bucks.
No, I’m not bitter……
Jan.11 at 5:16 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Gotta be a put-on. Has to be. No way any of this can exist.
Jan.11 at 5:33 pm
white hot eboy says:
It did seem parody-ish, unless it’s viral marketing campaign for some new product that T-Mac is going to endorse in the summer.
Jan.11 at 5:35 pm
TADOne says:
High on life?! Ha! Puff, puff, pass Tracy.
Jan.11 at 5:52 pm
Holly MacKenzie says:
hahaha this video was posted on another thread on this site awhile back by one of our regulars. The funniest part is how he pronounces the camp’s name wrong every damn time!
Jan.11 at 6:27 pm
Toney Blare says:
Summer ‘08 is gonna be the weirdest camp ever. Kidz ain’t ready for the RV’s T-Mac’s got.
Jan.11 at 6:31 pm
Alex says:
That was pretty odd.
Jan.11 at 6:57 pm
hursty says:
true holly, tmac is pretty funny though, he just started rambling about stuff though, oh well its dam funny anyways, and he does slur his speech like that all the time, kinda like when ur tryin to wake up and cant always pronunciate clearly, CB4 is awesome, at least these guys are showing some personality though.
Jan.11 at 7:15 pm
Reggie Evans says:
wearing the sunglasses indoors is suspicious
Jan.11 at 7:26 pm
Big L says:
Life is great in New Jersey?
Jan.11 at 8:02 pm
Michael NZ says:
Drunk, no doubt.
Dude running the camp looked like Richard Jefferson too.
Jan.11 at 8:10 pm
Drolfe says:
Seven time NBA ’star’. That made me laugh. Not all-star, just star.
Jan.11 at 8:16 pm
Nelson James says:
The production values in that video were amazing…clearly, each half of that tape could have used more than one take
Jan.11 at 9:19 pm
peteb80 says:
Good that they got T-Mac! This way, they could start camp at the beginning of May and he’ll already have plenty of time to be there.
Jan.11 at 9:59 pm
RV says:
humm…it looks like he “sobers up” at the end, but its still odd to talk about smack and busting butts at a kids camp
Jan.11 at 10:48 pm
cdro says:
this video was fustratin to watch. im from houston and a huge rockets fn. he shouldnt be thinkin bout anything in the summer besides the finals. i say we send him to with battier an rafer and get mike bibby ron artest and kevin martin in return.
Jan.12 at 1:29 am
Lang Whitaker says:
You guys crack me up.
Jan.12 at 2:13 am
Zonman says:
Now we see what TMAC has really been doing in his spare time…..just glad to see he really doesn’t live in the MRI machine.
Jan.12 at 2:53 am
Gumdrop says:
It’s way past midnight, I can’t sleep because of insomnia and I don’t want to make any noise because it will wake my wife up, but man, it was hard to hold the laugh’s in on that one. The part where he was listing camp activities was unreal.
Jan.12 at 3:06 am
Gumdrop says:
It kind of reminded me of the part in Old School when Frank the Tank is talking about his plans for the next day: “Do a little antiquing, go to the Home Depot, maybe even the pottery barn. I don’t know, I don’t know if we’ll have enough time.”
Jan.12 at 3:54 am
nick says:
The high pitched “peace out” may be my favorite moment….and yeah, he’s gotta be f*cked up. I’m from Houston, and i see his interviews at halftime, postgame, whatever–and dude seems high pretty much all the time. That’s just his personality. But this, this is simply a cut (puff?) above.
Jan.12 at 5:35 am
Bigi says:
Summer of 8…Whuuut?Kidz watch out for Candy-Mac @ camp…Just sayin’
Jan.12 at 6:12 am
Pat Is Five says:
actually he’ll be sitting out 45% of the camp due to injury, but that doesnt mean it wont still be great!
Jan.12 at 7:41 am
Sesa says:
it has been taken out.
Jan.12 at 7:49 am
Sesa says:
It’s him alright. That is his shade he used all the time when he’s not playing on the Magic and the one he used when he visits China.
I don’t see nothin wrong with him.
He uses shade all the time because he’s a little bit cross-eyed.
I forgot on which eye.
Jan.12 at 8:27 am
sefos says:
does steph have a new smoking buddy?
Jan.12 at 9:50 am
Mr. Bob Dobolina says:
^^my thoughts exactly
Jan.12 at 10:35 am
Bigi says:
Camp CHEN-A-WANDA.where T-Mac happens.
Jan.12 at 11:50 am
Tom says:
OMG….that was weird. “whatever there is to do there, I’ll be doin it” wait to do your research T-mac. Maybe this is the a new NBA Cares campaign……and Vincent is like a prophet or something…call his column “the book of Vincent”
Jan.12 at 12:06 pm
tsmith7791 says:
somebody needs to do a post on glen rice getting caught in an episode of trapped in the closet.
Jan.12 at 6:49 pm
Wizards Fan says:
the website says nothing about tracy mcgrady, but he somehow is involved in the video…
Jan.12 at 10:22 pm
alan paul says:
Words can not even begin to describe my letdown that this video was removed by the time i read through your comments. I must see this.
Jan.12 at 10:27 pm
alan paul says:
Oh sweet jesus. I just found it. This is unbelievable. Just fantastic beyond words. If it’s a parody, somebody ought to hire whoever wrote it because it’s about 30 times funnier than most of what passes for comedy these days.
Jan.12 at 10:30 pm
Paps says:
This has got to be fake.
Jan.13 at 6:34 am
Clendon says:
I love it when he says … I just wanna say … (and hanges the tone) Peace out…. hahaha its soo corny and funny
Jan.13 at 8:11 am
Kevin says:
wtf.. as in WHAT the F*. lol.. i don’t think he’s high or drunk though, i jus think he either owes these fellas a HUGE favour or he got paid to do it.. either way, more power to him hahaha.
Jan.13 at 11:16 am
Galo says:
I hope the camp hire a security agency for T-Mac, otherwise he will be afraid of going. I mean, all those damn kids! They might try something on him!
Jan.13 at 2:43 pm
J-Smoove says:
t-mac cool he one of the best players in the league when he aint injured but we all know that when you’re high and u dont want anybody to notice that your eyes are kool-aid red….u put on sunglasses
Jan.13 at 3:03 pm
Cub Buenning says:
Not sure if there is a post anywhere, but gotta give a shout to Nene, as he takes a leave to deal with a personal illness.
Jan.13 at 6:58 pm
Zonman says:
Lil kids riding ATVs…talkin bout bustin lil kids butts….talkin smack(what we know sh!t)…TMAC is truly drunk
Jan.13 at 9:10 pm
gii says:
holy crap… wtf was that?!? camp shen-a-wanda has definitely got some hidden video blackmail action on tmac.
Jan.14 at 12:33 am
BigWalt206 says:
Look out Ladies? Butt Bustin? The question is, what’s not to love about T-Mac’s message to campers? It’s going to be a Wet Hot American Summer at Camp Chen-A-Wanda in 08!
Jan.14 at 9:14 am
Tarzan Cooper says:
we all know that if youre smoking the really good stuff, it doesnt turn your eyes red. so either, it is like lang said, or tracy needs to hit up damon for the plug.
Jan.14 at 9:57 am
Solito says:
If you have the reading comprehension, and rhetoric skills of a 3rd grader, you should listen to your PR Manager…
Jan.14 at 7:08 pm
Raven says:
Is there a fill out form or something? Where can I sign up for this camp.
Jan.15 at 12:45 am
TC says:
tmac is hilarious!! David Stern should get Mac, Bosh and Gilbert to do a NBA commercial together, it would be the best thing ever…..
Jan.15 at 9:43 am
mat smith says:
wow, what is all that about, tmac allways looks sleepy smurf anyways….
Jan.18 at 11:01 pm
chenny0008 says:
just to let you know…this isnt a fake video…i live on long island and during the summer i go to camp chen-a-wnada…the new owners wife is his sports manager…so this video is real
Jan.18 at 11:04 pm
chenny0008 says:
also its a sleepaway camp so its not all “lil kids”
Jan.24 at 3:42 pm
SLAM ONLINE | » Links: My All-Star Team says:
[…] And in the West, the starters look to be… C — Yao Ming PF — Tim Duncan SF — Carmelo Anthony SG — Kobe Bryant PG — Tracy McGrady It’s a good thing you’re injured, T-Mac, because you do not belong here. We still don’t know who the Western Conference coach will be, but I’m assuming whoever it is will do the right thing and put Chris Paul (averaging 21 and 10, plus his team leads the Western Conference and he lives in N’awlins) in T-Mac’s spot. T-Mac, you can stay home and you don’t even have to worry about the rampant crime in New Orleans you worried about last summer. Or maybe you can hang at Camp Chen-A-Wanda. […]