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Congrats on your 1st round exit.
After eight months of rehabilitation on his surgically repaired left knee, Tracy McGrady has told Yahoo! Sports he plans to return to the Houston Rockets’ lineup on Nov. 18.
After several league sources informed Yahoo! Sports of McGrady’s timetable, the seven-time All-Star forward confirmed he planned to make his season debut against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis next week.
“Excited to get back and compete at a high level again,” McGrady said in an email to Yahoo! Sports. “For a full year I had to play on one leg against the best and I couldn’t compete with anybody the way I was feeling.
“It’s gonna be a relief to get out there and play knowing what I went [through] last season and this summer.”
While McGrady is awaiting final clearance from team doctors, Rockets sources don’t expect there to be any problems. One source close to McGrady says he’s “still feeling a little pain” in his knee, but the front office and coaching staffs are encouraged by his progress. Houston general manager Daryl Morey declined comment, but suggested the organization would have something formal to say soon.
An intensive summer-long rehab process with renowned trainer Tim Grover in Chicago has been the catalyst, McGrady insists, for restoring his battered body and knee. McGrady had microfracture surgery in February which ended his 2008-09 season after 35 games. In his 12-year career, McGrady has won two scoring les and been named NBA first-team twice.
With McGrady and franchise center Yao Ming(notes) sidelined with injuries, the Rockets have been the biggest surprise of the young season, winning four of six games. They also lost an overtime game to the defending champion Lakers.
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Don't it up T-Mac, come out hard for a month or so, so you can up your trade value and we can get some decent pieces for you.
Congrats on your 1st round exit.
So much for the Rockets being a feel-good, team-first story this year.
After Artest's annual team honeymoon is over, you won't have too much to say yourself.
What happened to the MRI scheduled on the 23rd? They're just skipping an MRI all together? I'll believe it when I hear Morey talk about it.
TMAC will return better then ever!
He won't be here too long anyways, and knowing him his mouth speaks quicker than his mind reacts. Time will tell pimp.
Return for What???
I hope so for your team's sake. I was actually intrigued by them this year.
nice i just picked him up on my fantasy team.
sigh......
I lol'd
T-mac can't and won't cause chemistry problems with this team. For the first time in his Rockets tenure he is expendable, the team can win without him, and I am absolutely sure he is aware of it. Add the fact that it's a contract year, and the worst thing he could do for his career is come in and try to take over and disrupt what's working. I hope for his sake that he is smart enough to find his place on this team, and understand that he doesn't have to be T-Mac every game now. I think it's going to be a win win for everyone. Tracy get's to conserve a lot of energy on the offensive end, and the Rockets get a finisher/creator for the times the offense bogs down.
So, unlike last year when you were better without him, you'll be better with him this year?
They revised that, Luva, they now said it wouldn't be this year, but probably in year 2 or 3.
He has been, you Laker fans said it yourself. When you're winning it's easy to overlook. Give it till January.
Artest brought ur boys past the first round...what has tmac done for you.After Artest's annual team honeymoon is over, you won't have too much to say yourself.
Artest brought ur boys past the first round...what has tmac done for you.
Yao brought us out of the first round, sure Artest helped but he shot .39% from the field and .27% from three throughout the playoffs. Be real...and we also had Battier who played the best D out of the two on both Roy and Bryant. To be honest I'm glad Artest is gone and I hope T-Mac follows him out the door...
Tayshaun Prince, Jason Maxiell, and Dajuan Summers for T-Mac and a conditional 1st round pick
Let's do it.
Damn, to think Kevin Martin would have been a Rocket had he not gotten hurt
We can get two 10 million dollar high calibur players for T-Mac but guys like T-Mac don't grow on trees. If he comes back at a high level, I would not be suprised if Morey resigns him.
lmao rockets
Its probably gonna be a trade for Kevin Martin and another contract
lmfao Oden over Durant
I'm pretty sure that he meant when T-Mac comes off the books, we'll have $20 million to spend, which is NOT true. with the cap shrinking next year, and us having to re-sign Scola to a most likely much higher contract, re-signing Lowry, picking up the option on Hayes, and Yao opting to stick with the final year of his contract, we wont have nearly as much as people think.
If we want to make a splash in free agency, we'll have to trade Battier and maybe even Landry for expiring contracts. Realistically, our best bet is to trade T-Mac's 23 million dollar contract during the season, since we wont have much to spend if we just simply let him expire.
It's not that funny when you consider the Blazers and Thunder are better than the Rockettes.
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