..."Freakish" sets McGrady's talent apart, but not necessarily in a
positive way; it makes him an undefined "other," a dude capable of feats
beyond our ken. In most walks of life, we tend to regard such others
skeptically, looking for what makes them somehow wrong and us somehow
right. We look past the 18,000-plus points McGrady has scored and see
only the 10,000 more we feel pretty confidenthe should have pocketed if
only he wasn't screwing around, because what
can't superheroes do, right?...
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