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.

Quentin Richardson Living Out of Suitcase

"I hate to settle in just to find out that I've been traded again."

MEMPHIS, LOS ANGELES, MINNEAPOLIS, MIAMI - According to multiple sources, NBA journeyman Quentin Richardson has held no permanent residence this off-season and has been living out of his suitcase.

"I hate to get settled in just to find out that I've been traded again." Richardson said in a phone interview.

Richardson, who previously played for the Phoenix Suns before a 2005 trade that sent him to the New York Knicks, was traded on June 25 to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Darko Milicic. Upon hearing the news, Richardson flew to Memphis, checked into a Marriott hotel and began house hunting.

Less than a month later Richardson was on the move again, this time being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Zach Randolph.

"'Wow, it's the second time I've been traded this off-season. This must be unprecedented,'" Richardson mused at the time, "L.A. is where I've always wanted to be though. I'd like to retire as a Clipper."

Richardson flew to California, and planned to stay with friends while he began drafting plans to build his dream home in L.A. Before he could get approval from the zoning board however, word came down three days later that the Clippers had shipped Richardson to the Timberwolves, in exchange for Sebastian Telfair, Mark Madsen, and Craig Smith.

The jet-lagged swingman was reached for an interview the next day, speaking to the media via the Holiday Inn Express's front desk phone. "Wow, three trades in a month. At least I know I'll be a mainstay here in Minnesota."

On August 12, the newly settled sharpshooter bought a mansion in nearby St. Paul. Richardson also bought a new winter wardrobe to prepare for his new frigid climate.

"It's been a hectic off-season for me, but I'm finally warming up to the idea of playing many years for the T-Wolves," Richardson told reporters from his new home, "hold on I've got call waiting...why would Pat Riley be calling me?"