Pistons guard Tracy McGrady has made it clear that he is โ€˜reallyโ€™ frustrated about his recent benching and that it is weighing on whether or not he is going to return to the team next season. This is according to Vince Ellis of the Detroit Free Press.
โ€œItโ€™s out of my control, man,โ€ said McGrady, who will be a free agent this summer. โ€œI canโ€™t do anything. When the coach says he puts the guys out there he wants to play, I donโ€™t really like it. But it is what it is.
โ€œI canโ€™t do anything about it but come in here and practice and wait until I get my number called. Itโ€™s frustrating. Itโ€™s really frustrating.โ€
McGrady by most accounts was one of the few bright spots for the Pistons this season. After taking a chance on him during the offseason, McGrady has come in, been a leader and has shown some flashes of the past in terms of his scoring ability. This was all up until February 25th during the alleged player boycott in Philadelphia that McGrady may have been part of.
McGrady, who still maintains that he had a headache during the February 25th shoot around and that he hopes he isnโ€™t being singled out in the matter.
โ€œI hope not. I hope Iโ€™m not singled out like that,โ€ he said. โ€œI beg that itโ€™s not that, because that wouldnโ€™t be right. Not at all.โ€
Kuester said itโ€™s just a numbers game, and no one is being singled out.
โ€œI want to play,โ€ McGrady said. โ€œAnd the end of the day, Iโ€™m a competitor, and I want to play. I feel I can help us win games, but it is what is. Iโ€™m not going to lose any sleep.
โ€œIโ€™m just going to continue to work, and whatever happens these remaining 18 games will happen.โ€
Source: Detroit Free Press

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