GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Tracy McGrady is going to get a chance to show he is still a top NBA player.
And he wants to stick around if the New York Knicks bring in some bigger stars this summer, even if it means taking less money.
McGrady joined the Knicks on Friday after being acquired in a three-team trade a day earlier. He says he is healthy after microfracture knee surgery, vowing that, “This is not the same Tracy from last season, when I was hobbling on one leg.”
The seven-time All-Star knows he could just be a short-term rental before the Knicks pursue players such as LeBron James or Dwyane Wade this summer, but says he would take a considerable pay cut from this season’s $22.5 million salary to stay in New York if the Knicks got those players.
