McGrady’s Knee in Bad Shape
Tracy McGrady
revealed Monday that he’s playing on a left knee that needs painkilling injections just so he can get on the floor and hinted postseason surgery is a possibility.
“It is back to that situation where it was in the beginning of the season,” he said. “I’m still playing. I played on it the other night. I took a couple of shots. I’ll be playing on it.”
Asked how the bad knee had limited him, McGrady said: “My elevation. There has been a couple times when I went to the basket I would have dunked, finished over the top. I don’t even know if it (needs) rest. I might have to talk to the doctors and see. It might need something I don’t want to have to do. We’ll see.” — Houston Chronicle
Didn’t seem like his knee was bothering him the other night in dropping 29 on the Jazz in getting the Rockets back in the series. That said, this should damper any T-Mac-to-New York rumors that were buzzing around a few months ago. I’m sure the Rockets, should they lose in the first round, would swap T-Mac in a package for Marbury’s expiring, an idea that Donnie Walsh should promptly ignore.
