Updated: December 26, 2009, 5:50 PM ET
Report: McGrady to sit out weekend
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Tracy McGrady says he's ready to see more action for the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets decided he won't see any action for at least two games.

Three days after McGrady said he wanted to increase his playing time, the Houston Chronicle reported Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said the team would rest McGrady during this weekend's games and would consider changes to the rotation once it returned to Houston early next week.

"I'm a player, man," McGrady said in the Chronicle. "I don't make these decisions. I just abide by whatever they bring to me. That's the plan. I'm not going to argue and fight with them -- just run with it. I felt it was time [to increase the routine of playing seven to eight first-half minutes].

"I'm not going to cause any confusion or confrontations. As a player, that's what I felt. They obviously feel different. That's what I have to roll with."

McGrady has played a very limited schedule after returning from microfracture surgery on his knee midway through last season. The Rockets have held him to the same pattern of playing time since he returned to action Dec. 15 against the Detroit Pistons.

According to the Chronicle, Morey said the decision to bench McGrady was temporary, based partly on the player's dissatisfaction with how he was currently being used.

"Where we go next deserves a lot of discussions and talking to Tracy and figuring out what the best next step is," Morey told the Chronicle. "Tracy didn't feel like this is working in terms of working him back in. We want to develop the best next step. We'll figure out what's next when we get back to Houston."

Morey said neither McGrady nor his representatives have asked for a trade, and McGrady said no one had asked for his playing time to increase. He voiced his displeasure with his schedule in response to questions after the game in Orlando on Wednesday.

so far HOU has resisted any insistence by Walsh that Fishlips' contract be included in any deal for T-Mac as the reports go... how would y'all feel about just trading expirings for T-Mac?

Nate, Darko & Mobley's contract
for
T-Mac & a 1st round lottery protected pick

all are expirings, so it's a wash, but if T-Mac works out he can help w/a playoff push in the East... if he doesn't, it's no big loss, Nate & Darko weren't gonna see any minutes here anyway... Nate can see some minutes in meaningful games in the West, i don't think he'd veto a trade to go there... the 1st round pick is payment for the insurance savings that Mobley's contract gives the Rockets, which is substantial.

http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=5343282

I suggested Nate, Eddy, Wilson, and Mobley for Tmac.

playa2 wrote:If we trade Wilson Chandler , who's going to defend the oppossing teams best swing man Mcgrady ?

Chandler is The best two-way player on the team, if the knicks trade him ......

Landing 2 max guys is far more important than figuring out who is going to defend who on a D'antoni coached team. You already know its about the shot's falling in. And I'm almost positive Chandler isn't THAT much better than Tmac at this point.

latest reports have T-Mac leaving the team & going home with team permission... i think he'll be traded & i don't know if HOU will get many better offers than Nate + expirings under the circumstances (T-Mac rehabbing after microfracture knee surgery & having no role on his current team)

efw wrote:I just don't think Houston will give up the biggest expiring contract of the year for just more expiring contracts. If I were them, I'd want a prospect. And while I love Wilson, I'd be willing to trade him if it meant being able to sign 2 max free agents.

i'd want a prospect too but not if it means taking on another $11 million dollar salary in 2010... Wilson's a nice young player but is he worth investing $11 million in a single season for?