Tracy McGrady has left the Rockets after a meeting with coach Rick Adelman. The Rockets were in New Jersey to play the Nets.
McGrady returned home on Saturday after Adelman told him that his playing time wouldn't increase.
The Rockets claim McGrady received the team's permission to fly back to Houston, in part so that be could be home for his the birthday of his son, Laymen.
Houston said the situation would be readdressed Monday after the team returns home from a back-to-back set against New Jersey and Cleveland.
"I'm a player, man," McGrady told the Houston Chronicle. "I don't make these decisions. I just abide by whatever they bring to me. That's the plan. I'm not going to argue and fight with them -- just run with it. I felt it was time [to increase the routine of playing seven to eight first-half minutes].
"I'm not going to cause any confusion or confrontations. As a player, that's what I felt. They obviously feel different. That's what I have to roll with."
