ORLANDO - Magic guard Tracy McGrady will not sign an extension unless the team improves, Florida Today reported Wednesday.
"I've got to wait and see what happens this summer and next season before I do anything," McGrady told the newspaper. "I don't necessarily want to be a free agent, but I've got to wait and see what changes are going to come around here."
McGrady is in the fourth year of a seven-year deal worth $93-million. But he can exercise his option to leave Orlando after next season.
During McGrady's first three seasons, he carried the Magic to the playoffs though the team never advanced out of the first round.
The Magic is last in the league at 16-43, and the team's poor play is grating on the four-time All Star.
"I just can't go through this again - all this losing," McGrady said. During the team's 19-game skid earlier in the season, McGrady talked of retiring.
The Magic can offer McGrady an extension this summer worth $54-million over three years that would keep him in Orlando through the 2010 season.
WILLIAMS TRIAL: The judge in the manslaughter case of former All-Star Jayson Williams denied for a third time an attempt to split the case into two trials, one involving the shooting death of a limo driver and another on accusations Williams tried to cover it up. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Edward Coleman rejected the defense's argument the jury would not be able to consider all eight counts against Williams fairly.
BUCKS: Rookie point guard T.J. Ford is expected to miss 2-3 weeks because of a bruised spinal cord. Ford fell hard during a loss Tuesday night to Minnesota.
SONICS: The league fined guard Ray Allen $10,000 for criticizing officials after a 94-92 loss at Golden State on Friday.
Wednesday's games
WOLVES 81, NETS 68: Troy Hudson filled in just fine for Sam Cassell, helping end New Jersey's win streak at 14. Hudson, making his first start of the season in place of the injured Cassell, scored a season-high 29 for host Minnesota. Hudson, a streaky shooter who has been hampered all season by a sprained ankle, scored 12 in the fourth. It was coach Lawrence Frank's first loss (13-1) since replacing Byron Scott on Jan. 26.
BUCKS 106, CELTICS 104: Walter McCarty's 3-pointer was waved off at the buzzer, the referees ruling it came too late for Boston. Michael Redd scored 26 and Desmond Mason added 21 for Milwaukee, which won back-to-back road games for the second time this season. Boston lost its seventh straight and has dropped 13 of 14.
LAKERS 112, NUGGETS 111: Kareem Rush hit a 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left, lifting Los Angeles, which trailed by as much as 13 in the fourth. Kobe Bryant, playing his second game in Denver since being charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a Colorado resort last summer, had 35 points and 10 assists for the Lakers. Carmelo Anthony had 35 points for the Nuggets.
SUNS 113, KNICKS 95: Phoenix snapped an eight-game skid and spoiled Stephon Marbury's return. Joe Johnson scored 16 of his 22 in the second half and Amare Stoudemire had 24 points and 14 rebounds as the Suns dominated the boards 58-26. Marbury had 15 points and 13 assists in his first game in Phoenix since being traded to the Knicks on Jan. 5.
PISTONS 107, BULLS 88: Richard Hamilton scored 21 and Rasheed Wallace added 15 points and seven rebounds to lead visiting Detroit. Chauncey Billups had 14 points and Ben Wallace added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Pistons, who have beaten the Bulls eight straight.
WARRIORS 99, GRIZZLIES 92: Speedy Claxton scored a career-high 28 to lead visiting Golden State, which snapped Memphis' five-game win streak. It was a sloppy game with 29 turnovers and 62 fouls. Four players fouled out, and Memphis coach Hubie Brown was ejected for two of the eight technical fouls called.
HORNETS 99, CLIPPERS 93: Baron Davis' 26 points and nine assists led host New Orleans out of a two-game skid. Jamaal Magloire had 21 points and 14 rebounds, including a jump hook off an offensive rebound to give New Orleans a 91-85 lead with less than two minutes left.
WIZARDS 76, RAPTORS 74: Gilbert Arenas had all seven of his points in the final five minutes and Kwame Brown added 16 as visiting Washington ended a five-game skid. Arenas, recently criticized for being selfish, did not attempt a shot until 5:30 remained.
ROCKETS 90, CAVS 84: Cuttino Mobley scored 22 and fed the ball to Yao Ming for a crucial dunk in the closing seconds to lift host Houston. The loss snapped Cleveland's three-game win streak.
JAZZ 93, SONICS 92 (OT): Andrei Kirilenko scored two critical baskets in overtime to lift visiting Utah, which won despite a 40-point outing by Seattle's Ray Allen. Utah's Carlos Arroyo sent it to overtime after making two free throws with 32.9 seconds left.
