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Who is Tracy McGrady?
Tracy Lamar McGrady, Jr is an American professional basketball player, currently playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He can also play as a small forward, and is commonly referred to as "T-Mac".

Recent events of Tracy McGrady
On February 18, 2009, McGrady announced on his website that he would have surgery on his left knee and miss the remainder of the 2008–09 season. He had already missed 18 games before the All-Star break, including a two-week stretch in January, and said before the season that his knee was not healed from his off-season surgery. Head coach Rick Adelman, who found out about the announcement when he read the newspaper in the morning, criticized McGrady for not informing the team of the decision. He decided to have microfracture surgery in Chicago on February 24, 2009. Despite McGrady being on injured reserve, the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs to advance in the playoffs for the first time since 1997. The Rockets would compete in a memorable series against the eventual NBA champion LA Lakers, before losing Game 7 in LA. The Rockets lost Yao Ming to a foot injury after Game 3, yet the Rockets employed a spread "smallball" style to beat the Lakers in Game 4 and Game 6 without Yao or McGrady. Since McGrady was on the Rockets' roster during the 2008-2009 playoffs, he officially advanced past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in his career.

McGrady is currently under a contract which will end following the 2009–10 NBA season, and the contract is worth an estimated $21.1 million per year.