Friday, November 20, 2009

Rockets Haven't Told McGrady He's Fired Yet


HOUSTON, TX -- Tracy McGrady showed up to Wednesday night's game against the Timberwolves in full uniform expecting to be activated, only to find out that he wasn't on the roster.

"I showed up for warmups, and everyone was shooting me weird looks and I was just shooting around and then coach [Adelman] took me aside and told me that- that he didn't know what was going on, but that I wasn't on the team's roster, " The confuseed former all-star free agent said Thursday in a phone interview." He told me to get it cleared up with front office, but I couldn't get a hold of Daryl [Rockets' general manager Morey], so I just went home. I hope he's okay."

"Nobody's told him still?" Newly acquired small forward Trevor Ariza said at the halftime interview. "Uhh... Well, I'm not gonna be the one to tell him that I took his job. No way."

"We just haven't gotten around to it, yet," Morey said when questioned after the game.