[T-Mac.com] T-Mac Injury Update-- In his own words

I have no more faith in T-Mac's crap, earlier this season, he told us that he would get better by taking back to back games off and resting for a long period, and he promised he would return to the old T-Mac. After one or two hot games, he even declared that he is really back. Now, they seem to me were all pure lies. Just like guys said, there must be truth behind all this, to me, I believe there must be fierce hustle between the team and T-Mac, maybe the management want T-mac traded.

What I wanna to say is no matter what is the truth behind all these soap operas, let's face the reality and not be delusional about T-Mac's next magical return to peak or even sub-peak level! Buy him out, clear the salary cap,try sign another star next season and push for playoff next year!

 

There is some more information in chronicle article @ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6270215.html

McGrady: I’m done Rockets: Not so fast
T-Mac’s handling of announcement regarding surgery irks Morey, Adelman
By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle

Tracy McGrady left little doubt. The Rockets, however, aren’t sure.
Forced to hear of McGrady’s decision to have season-ending and career-threatening surgery on ESPN and then to read about it on his Web site, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey emphasized that no decision has been made regarding an operation to repair McGrady’s troublesome left knee, either by the Rockets or McGrady.

Additionally, coach Rick Adelman strenuously decried having to learn about his struggling starting shooting guard’s status via the media rather than from McGrady.

“We’re still waiting on second opinions, and then we’re going to decide which direction we’re going to go,” Morey said at Wednesday night’s Tux & Tennies Charity Gala at Toyota Center. “That was the plan originally, and that’s still the plan. I just talked to his agent (Arn Tellem).

“Tracy hasn’t seen the doctor who would likely perform whatever procedure he ends up doing. The decision on the next step is still to be determined. Obviously, the most important person in the decision is Tracy. We think it’s best he hears all options before deciding on the final course of action.”
As far as McGrady is concerned, the decision has been made.

When an MRI last week showed no change in his condition, McGrady said he was not even considering surgery. But after Tuesday’s tests in New York with a more advanced T-2 MRI, one of just two in the nation, he said he would need microfracture surgery.

“My knee hasn’t been right all year, and we can’t seem to get the pain to go away,” McGrady wrote on t-mac.com. “We’ve tried just playing through it, taking back-to-backs off, and extended periods of rest, but none of it has really been effective in limiting the discomfort and allowing me to just go out there and play.

“Microfracture surgery is a serious procedure, but I’m confident that I will be able to return next season with the same strength and explosiveness you are all used to seeing from me,” McGrady wrote. “While we’ve come to this conclusion after much deliberation, we truly feel this is best for both me and the Rockets in the long term.”
Define ‘we’

When McGrady said how “we” feel, he apparently was not including the Rockets. Adelman said he didn’t know if the seven-time NBA All-Star would need to take the extreme step that McGrady said he would undergo immediately. Adelman was vehement, however, that McGrady should not have made an announcement without even talking to him.

“I found out like everybody else did,” Adelman said. “I think there should be a protocol there. There should be a procedure where we have a chance to sit down and talk about a situation and not (have it) announced in the press. I don’t know why that happened, why he did that. It certainly is not the way it should be handled.

“I saw what he said in the paper. With everything that’s gone on this year, it certainly is not the way it should have gone down. Certainly, we deserve a little bit better than having it announced in the press and not knowing exactly what went down.”

McGrady said Wednesday night that he did keep the Rockets informed.
“I don’t want this to go back and forth with the team,” he said. “I guess it’s just a miscommunication. As soon as I left the doctor’s office (Tuesday) night, I reported to (Rockets athletic trainer) Keith Jones what I was doing. I guess before he could report it to the team, it got out.”
Jones said he did keep team officials informed but that McGrady, who has missed 19 of the Rockets’ 54 games this season while trying to rehabilitate his knee after arthroscopic surgery May 6, was only “leaning” toward surgery when they spoke.

“I talked to Dr. (David) Altchek,” Jones said. “He called and told me about their appointment and his recommendations. Then I talked to Tracy, and he told me the way he was leaning. From there, I always talk to Daryl, I always talk to (team owner) Leslie (Alexander), and I always talk to the coach and let them know what’s going on. I think maybe the confusion comes because there was one more doctor we were going to see, and we were waiting for all information.”

In a microfracture procedure, a surgeon creates small fractures in underlying bone to form replacement cartilage known as a “super clot.” Rehabilitation can take from six months to a year, depending on how much cartilage must be replaced.

Roster exception possible

If McGrady must miss all of next season, the Rockets could request a disabled player exception to the NBA salary cap that would allow them to spend half of his $23.2 million salary on another player. It is unclear and subject to league review whether his condition would be considered to have fallen within the Dec. 1-June 30 window to make the Rockets eligible for that exception.
In December, McGrady visited Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion on the knee. The Rockets announced he would miss one week; McGrady said he would miss three weeks. In January, he agreed he could play hard but would not be able to see action in both games of back-to-backs. Later in January, he took two weeks off from games to work on his conditioning.
Upon returning after each departure, McGrady claimed he had turned a corner.
Last week, however, he said the knee had regressed.

Owner caught off guard

Alexander said he expected that McGrady would choose surgery “eventually,” but he was surprised McGrady announced it on his own.
“We’ll make a statement in a day or two,” Alexander said. “I was caught by surprise that he said something.”

Players who undergo microfracture surgery have had widely varying degrees of success coming back. McGrady’s procedure would be on a non-weight-bearing part of his knee, dramatically improving his prognosis.

The procedure effectively ended the NBA careers of Allan Houston, Terrell Brandon, Jonathan Bender and Jamal Mashburn. Others, such as Chris Webber and Anfernee Hardaway, returned from microfracture surgery but were never the same. Others still, from Amare Stoudemire to Jason Kidd to Antonio McDyess to John Stockton, returned to play well, with Stoudemire seeming as strong as he was before the procedure.

 

IT got out? .... Tracy, tracy, tracy. U let it out!
... and U throwin' Keith Jones under the bus?!?!?

 

And now the story springs more tentacles. Is it possible to get a tmac story w/out any strings attached?

 

Again, a week ago McGrady insisted that surgery was the furthest thing from his mind, that it was a last resort. This week, he made up his mind after seeing one doctor. And he made sure that it leaked out to the media, and that he posted about it on his website. Why was he in such a hurry to do all of this? Is the timing of this coinciding with the trade deadline really just a coincidence?

It really looks to me like he felt a real possibility that he could be traded, and he wanted to get this out there right away to keep that from happening.

 

he made this decision after receiving info from the latest and newest MRIs (the 2-T whatever), not the original MRI last week.

and les said he probably thinks "eventually" mcgrady will go the surgery route anyways. so surgery was inevitable.

tracy just went the wrong way about it. he should have let the team make the announcement, not him.

 

i knew we should've traded tmac earlier.
the only silver-lining from the rockets point of view is that he is a great expiring contract now. I know it's slack to say that about someone's life and career, but i'm looking at this from the rocket's perspective.

Without T-Mac, the rockets are not a serious contender, however i still see them as a lock in the playoffs next season. we wll be one of the weaker playoff teams.

As a Rox fan, i just feel I needt o be patient. While I'm sure we all hate what is going on right now, let's be excited about the possibilities in the next 3 years.

 

Can't believe there are still some T-mac defenders after everything we've been through!!

 

Damn. Well...it was nice while it lasted.

It's ironic that T-Mac and Stevie had their careers ended on the same year....and on the same team.

Anyways, here's to Tracy and Stevie.

*takes of shot of JD*

Thanks for the memories...all though, I do wish those memories you left behind had something to do with a certain third banner being raised in a certain arena in a certain city in Texas.

*Looks at Yao*

This is officially YOUR time, and YOUR team now, big guy.

*Pumps fist*

I say we shock the league and make it to the 2nd round.

 

T-Mac managed this situation veeery badly, he should say sorry to the team and the organization, but who of you really wanted T-Mac to play in that condition? Do you really think some teams will trade for him? Do you really think T-Mac will undergo this surgery that can stop his career only because he doesn't want to be traded? Now we know he will not play for sure, the team can focuse and we all must go on!

GO ROCKETS!!!

 

I HATE　HIM!

 

From the Chron article:

That's interesting. So an option would be to spend $11.6 million on a player, while eating McGrady's contract until the 2010 trade bonanza?

I wonder when the Rockets would be allowed to spend that money. This summer?

 

who is T-mac?

 

Tracy is a punk, the sooner he gets his sorry butt run out of Houston the better.

I have never booed a player in my entire life, but he is getting darned close to me refining those rules.

Tracy.....just go awayzy !

DD

 

Know what you mean.

I've never felt this way about a player on a team that I support. Heck Quitten didn't get me this pissed.

 

tmac is cursed, get rid of him, never believe in him, boo him hard if he played again.

we are playoff team, and we are still contender.

with Yao, the true warrior, anything possible!

 

All MRI's use T1, T2, T2* (star), or some other type of weighting - it gets technical very quickly. Unlike an X-ray, MR's employ extremely complex sequences to "tune in" to specific tissue types. T2 can be used for visualizing cartilage (amongst other things).

This latest greatest MR is more likely a high magnet strength (7T?) or employs next generation receiver coils for improved resolution and/or clarity.

Evan

 

Do you think they will do it together again

 

Above is me
sorry


你认为他们还会再次在一起嘛吗

 

time to change your nickname then