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McGrady Looks Like He'll Play Wednesday
McGrady, 26, who missed the last two preseason games with tendinitis in his knees, had two therapy sessions Friday and another Saturday. McGrady improved so much that Rockets trainer Keith Jones said he would clear McGrady for today's practice. "He came in and is doing well," Jones said after Saturday's session. "He had therapy every day. Hell be practicing tomorrow. He is doing real well." McGrady played in five preseason games, averaging 15 points in 23.2 minutes per game. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets McGrady Could Miss Opener
"I'm not sure about that," he told the Houston Chronicle. "It's not just the knees. It's the knees, it's the quads, it's the hips, which ties back in to the knees again. I know people think I'm doing it [holding out McGrady] as a precaution; I'm not doing it as a precaution. I'm doing it because he can't go. There's nothing precautionary about it. We've got to try to get a handle on it now. I don't know how long he'll be out." Rockets trainer Keith Jones, however, said McGrady made enough progress Thursday for Jones to be confident McGrady will be fine. "I would hope he would play Wednesday," Jones told the paper. "He's doing a lot better. I think he's going to feel pretty good. He's feeling better today than he was yesterday." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rockets Hire Former Guard Charlie WardThe Houston Rockets hired former guard Charlie Ward on Friday to become an assistant coach. The 6-foot-2 Ward averaged 6.3 points, four assists and 1.23 steals in 11 NBA seasons. Drafted by New York in the first round of the 1994 draft, Ward spent his first 9 1/2 NBA seasons with the Knicks. Ward ranks third on the Knicks' all-time three-point list (598) and fifth in steals (744). Ward spent half a season with the San Antonio Spurs in 2004 before signing with the Rockets as a free agent in August 2004. He played in 14 games and averaged 5.4 points and 3.1 assists with the Rockets before having season-ending surgery on his right knee in December 2004. Ward, a former quarterback at Florida State, won the Heisman Trophy in 1993. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rockets Oct 2005 Archive
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Just two days after Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said he did not know if forward Tracy McGrady would be able to play in the season opener, the team learned that McGrady might not miss another practice.