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I have been away from home for 2 weeks and couldn't watch the games or keep up with the team.

I hope you guys can help me to catch up on a few things.

Is it for sure that T-Mac is doing the microfracture and is out for the season?
What caused this did he reaggreveate the injury or it's just that the pain didn't go away?

Is the injury to Landry serious?


I heard we tried to trade Ron , did something particular he did caused this or is it because of his overall play?

And I like the trade we did , Lowry is a better defender than Rafer even against big pg's , he can't shoot but doesn't shoot much , he attacks the rim and we now have maybe the fastetst pg combo in the league.

Thanks guys I will appreciate if someone can take the time to help me.

EDIT:And is there any chance Lowry will play tonight?

He says he is. Team as of yet has not fully concurred. Apparently he got an MRI by one very sophisticated MRI machine. There are only two in the country. And the results showed that he needed microfracture surgery. I imagine the team doctors haven't finished looking over the results of that MRI thats why there hasn't been any definitive response from the team.

They say this surgery isn't gonna be on the weight bearing part of his leg so he should be able to come back. However giving McGrady's poor work ethic and frail body....chances are very slim he'll ever return to the player he once was. Most people around here...myself included...think his career as we knew it is over.

This is devestating for me to hear , he has always been my favourite player and the reason I started watching basketball.

Why did he take another MRI , did he hurt his knee again or something?

Any chance you can help me with the other stuff I'd like to know?

ShaY wrote:
What caused this did he reaggreveate the injury or it's just that the pain didn't go away?

I honestly don't know. We have been trying to figure out what happened between that missed dunk in Milwaukee and the day after that....that made him seriously go looking for doctors to tell him he needs more surgery. To me it seemed like he openly sought out a doctor to tell him what he wanted to hear. I speculated that he knew the team was trying to trade him for months and he knew it would end being to a bad team so in response he kept going public with how 'bad' his knee was. It picked up around the deadline b/c we openly discussed McGrady for Carter. I was pretty convinced that once the deadline passed he would be back and ready to play.

Boy did I hope I was right....but I was wrong. He says he is out for the season and the Rockets therefore could not move Artest. B/c they didn't move Artest this whole things sound legit.

Is the injury to Landry serious?

Twisted his ankle. He was day to day. We had 2 days off...he should play tonight.

I heard we tried to trade Ron , did something particular he did caused this or is it because of his overall play?

We had trades on the table from what I understand. The reason for it was b/c his expiring was something teams wanted. The Nets, Bulls wanted it. At the end of the day though when McGrady went McGrady....we pretty much had to pull all Artest deals off the table.

And I like the trade we did , Lowry is a better defender than Rafer even against big pg's , he can't shoot but doesn't shoot much , he attacks the rim and we now have maybe the fastetst pg combo in the league.

If you hear Morey tell it...he makes it sound like we got Jason Kidd in his prime. Its quite funny his interview on the radio yesterday. I read some of the quotes....executive speak...awesome. But we upgraded slightly. I am personally very happy b/c Alston is no more. I am sure he'll help Orlando but he is not this 'missing piece' media claims him to be.

EDIT:And is there any chance Lowry will play tonight?

I dunno. I am sure he flew in yesterday. Probably will get a physical today. Can't say for sure if he'll play.

1) He missed that dunk against the Bucks, he said it was a mental thing. McGrady gets an MRI---shows no damage.

2) He says he will see what he has to do because he has pain in his knee, he goes to New Jersey and somehow (cough cough money paid to the doctor) the MRI shows something bad, and he goes for Micro fracture surgery. The report was released through ESPN, NOT the Rockets organization which pisses everyone off.

3) If he goes through with the surgery, well consider that 1-9 shooting, missed dunk game against the Bucks his last game as a Rocket, because it takes about a year possibly more to return from Micro Fracture Surgery. Morey said "He's getting more options", but we'll see, doubt he comes back, and he's most likely played his last game as a Rocket.

Oh well, aside from playoff success, he had a great run. Before the age of 30: 7 time all star, 7 time all nba, 6th playoff PER, 4th playoff PPG, 6 time top 10 in MVP voting, not bad for a player that didn't turn 30 yet.

I hope his career is not over , and by that I mean I hope he can still be the 2nd best player somewhere.

That might be too optimistic.

It sucks that a 10 year old can handle situations better than him but I still hope he can come back next year.

I hope we get an answer on what he will do soon.

Yeah, the thing is, you don't know with T-Mac, maybe after the gets his "2nd opinion" that Morey's asking him to take, he'll say he's out until the playoffs and try to get back and shape, and saying that he's done for the season could have just been something for other teams not to take him. He said 2010 off season is important for him because he wants to land a big contract, well he needs to play NEXT SEASON if he wants to do that, and if he wants to play next season he needs to find an alternative option.

Btw, the doctor he's seeing according to Morey is number 1 in the nation in helping to find an alternative solution to micro fracture surgery . We'll see what's going to happen, you just never know with T-Mac.

I think it is all drama from TMAC. Since Alston is gone and the trade deadline is past, he is gonna come back.

We don't know.

We need a healthy T-Mac, right now we are much better without him. It's too late this season already. My goal for this team is to advanced to the 2nd round. We can do that without T-Mac, just need to play the right opponent.

Baller 24 wrote:Btw, the doctor he's seeing according to Morey is number 1 in the nation in helping to find an alternative solution to micro fracture surgery . We'll see what's going to happen, you just never know with T-Mac.

Nice to know

Prediction: Tmac finds the doctor that "magically" healed his back. The doctor fixes his vagina so he no longer needs microfacture surgery. Tmac leads the Rockets to the first round of the playoffs where he puts up 35/9/8 and lose to the Nuggets in 7 games.

last with t-mac,

Tracy McGrady’s next round of medical examinations on his sore left knee are scheduled for Sunday in Chicago.

“He’s meeting with a doctor in Chicago who at this point will likely perform whatever procedure he ends up choosing,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. “I think obviously one of the doctors has recommended the microfracture surgery. Until Tracy hears all the options and we hear all the options, we can sit down together and decide what’s the next step.”

Morey said because of the trade deadline Thursday, he has not spoken to McGrady.

Guy986 wrote:Prediction: Tmac finds the doctor that "magically" healed his back. The doctor fixes his vagina so he no longer needs microfacture surgery. Tmac leads the Rockets to the first round of the playoffs where he puts up 35/9/8 and lose to the Nuggets in 7 games.

I think he will start a band and they will be called "bananarama @$$ticklers"

I hope he can come back. I was a little upset at T-Mac for coming out publicly about his knee before the deadline. But if he could come back and play at 80% for the playoffs I would embrace him with open arms.

I believe Landry is ruled out this game, but should come back the next.

And yeah, everyone pretty much covered everything, but I honestly wonder had T-Mac not missed that dunk, if we'd even be in this position. It's all mental with that boy.

man i don't want his career to end like that, i hope his playoff goal to achieve happens (get past 1st round) . He might be able to come back and be comeback player of the year next year. Man that would be amazing. Amare did it, wade did it with similar injuries (arm and knee) and his hops are even better this year and hes on his prime. Nene came back from a tumor which is mentally hard to have a mentality to play like that again. Kenyon came back. Those two's comebacks are major reasons of denver's success this year. Man i just hope it dusnt end for him like this. This is the same guy that was arguably the best player in the league in orlando being called better then the league's elite like kobe, AI, KG. This is amazing how bad the injury bug can ruin a future legend's career.

who cares. His effort this season and the way he handled his situation with the media, lets not talk about him

I'll be curious to know how he personally addresses the media and the fans when they come to a FINAL decision. We've definitely played much better without him, but he gives us a different type of potential if he's healthy enough. But after watching tonight's game, sometimes you think, even if he did want to come back, would we let him, lol.

Tracy IMO is still one of the top 5 Swings to ever play this game dynamically along with Mike, Kobe, Lebron and somebody else. I'm talking about sheer athletic capability and supreme power. But unlike the other 4 he came crashing down to Earth in a bad way.. The "Imma Bust Y'all Up TMAC from the early 2000 Adidas Commericials is what the Rockets never ever had a hold of" Orlando had the experience. To put things into perspective.. TMac's dunk over Bradley and that 13 in 33 secs was still not the got the rack and shoot it from anywhere TMAC of Orlando. Not even.. He in some ways was more dynamic than Kobe or Mike at his freakish best.. Buh Bye..

Small update: Tracy McGrady's schedule knee examination that was scheduled for today in Chicago has been pushed back until Monday.   The doctor has a scheduling conflict.

according to Blinebury.