<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Rockets forward Tracy McGrady, who has been dealing with "personal family issues" for about two weeks, said Thursday he had decided to skip today's All-Star media availabilities and participants meeting to talk with a friend about his situation. "With what is going on, I'm not going to be there," McGrady said. "I need to get away, just take some time and just chill. I won't be participating. "Everything is pretty much getting handled. I needed somebody I trust to have a conversation with and talk things out, a friend, a person that is real close and understands my situation and what I've been dealing with." McGrady would not be more specific about his "personal family issues," though said he was handling them better than he had been. On Tuesday, he said he had "exorcized the demons. "I'm just dealing with some off-the-court things and it's really affected my play," he said. "I just told myself to try to put that aside and come out here and just compete and leave all that personal stuff away from my profession and just play ball."</div> Source
