It has been announced that Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady will be changing his number from 1 to 3.  When asked why, he said it was a move to reflect his status in the league.

“For a while there, I was the best player in the league.  I was the man, everybody knew it, I was number 1.  Unfortunately, that’s not the case any longer, but I’m still pretty damn good.  So now I’m number 3.  If you can’t tell, I am a very tough critic when it comes to my play.  Hopefully Yao Ming is back in time for next season.  If not, my number may be going up to something like 15.”

McGrady made it clear that the switch has nothing to do whatsoever with any sort of charity work he has been doing. He expressed no interest in the events taking place in Darfur.  His knowledge of the Sudan area was obviously lacking.  When told that there are three goals for the region- peace, protection, and punishment- he seemed rather indifferent.

“Neat.”