Rockets' Tracy McGrady demands to be activated

[Buddha]

The Houston Rockets have gone 41 straight games without the services of Tracy McGrady(notes) and he's getting extremely peeved about it. In fact, he's so annoyed that he showed up at the Target Center in Minneapolis and dressed in his game uniform and went through all his pregrame rituals, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski.

He and coach Rick Adelman then apparently had an "emotional and sometimes loud" meeting about what the plan is for McGrady. The meeting supposedly kicked off with McGrady slamming the door shut.

McGrady is apparently feeling recovered from the microfracture surgery on his left knee and wanted to hear straight from Adelman - not Rockets general manager Daryl Morey or trainer Keith Jones - about his plan for McGrady, who apparently has to wait to play till at least next week when he will get another MRI to see if everything looks healed up.

Source: Rockets' Tracy McGrady demands to be activated - Sports Rumors - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

The Rockets are obviously putting his return off as long as possible, I mean, they're winning games and doing fine without him. Are his days in a red jersey numbered?

[Ignition]

They probably want him to stay well rested until playoff time. This man can get injured from just dribbling a ball so its best to keep him out of danger. The thing they lacked most last year was firepower especially against the Lakers and Tmac could have been a big difference maker.

[Buddha]

There is a rumor going around that Adelman and McGrady had a pretty big argument. He'll demand a trade before long.

[Charles aka Cockmunch]

loving the team taking him slow, wish every organization was this patient. also love mcgrady really eager to play but hes gotta make sure hes 100% and prove to the trainers and coach he is 100%. it is a fair call as well holdin him back till the mri

[Buddha]

loving the team taking him slow, wish every organization was this patient. also love mcgrady really eager to play but hes gotta make sure hes 100% and prove to the trainers and coach he is 100%. it is a fair call as well holdin him back till the mri

McGrady doesn't seem to realize the seriousness of having microfracture surgery. Seriously Adelman could name off all the players who had careers, then after the surgery didn't.

Then again, it's a great excuse to delay his return when your team is winning games.