据Chron报道，麦迪因伤痛还没有痊愈将缺阵火箭对阵灰熊的第一场季前赛。他表示说自己还没有准备好，膝盖使不出全力。

“I’m not ready to play,” McGrady said. “It’s early…My knee is not at full strength to go out there and play basketball right now.”

阿泰斯特状态非常好，他说他们的训练营进行得非常顺利，他已经准备好了为季前赛而战。

“We had a good training camp and we really competed,” said Artest. “Everybody had some fun. It was definitely encouraging. But I am definitely ready to get out there and see what we can do to put this thing together.

姚明说他错过了上个赛季的后半部，因此他将出战每场季前赛。

“I didn’t play the whole second half of the season last year,” Yao said with a grin. “So maybe I should play the whole game.

10月8日火箭vs灰熊！期待已久了，终于可以看火箭的比赛了。