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McGrady is zoning out: Tracy McGrady has had enough.
The 6-8 Orlando Magic guard, last year's NBA scoring champion, is frustrated with the blanket defensive coverage he has been seeing.
"I'm frustrated," McGrady said. "I'm frustrated from the simple fact that the NBA needs to take out the zone. They say they want to speed up the game. Well, take out the zone.
"To me, it's frustrating because I love to entertain. I mean, you play a zone on me like that and I don't know if you guys realize that or the fans realize that, but my job is real tough when a team zones up on us. I can't do anything."
The frustration level is so high, McGrady said, that he has had some "crazy thoughts."
"I was thinking that after this year, I'm done with basketball. That's how frustrated I've been."
Over the last four games, McGrady is averaging 15 points on 29 percent shooting. He is shooting 35.2 percent for the season.
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