T-Mac: ‘I’m Back’; Rockets: ‘Not so Fast’

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni According to the perennially injured Tracy McGrady, he’ll resume his star-crossed career on next week (Nov. 18, when Houston pays Minny a visit.) According to GM Daryl Morey, however, T-Mac may be a bit presumptuous. Last night, McGrady and the team that employs him sent mixed messages about Tracy’s return to action. All sorts of media outlets were used by the two sides to communicate their sides of the story. Here’s the Houston Chronicle, attempting to make sense of things: Tracy McGrady said Monday that he would make his season debut Nov. 18. But the Rockets said neither they nor McGrady knows when he would go through a full practice, much less a game. McGrady’s announcement was contrary to comments by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, who had said earlier Monday that there is no timetable for McGrady to play and that he would not play until he can be checked out in the Rockets’ next full practice, Nov. 23. In his blog later, ...