The problem? He hasn't told the Rockets.

As of this afternoon, Rockets guard Tracy McGrady has reached out to ESPN's Stephen A. Smith to tell the whole world that he's out and will be getting microfracture surgery on his knee, and followed that up by posting on his personal website the same thing -- his season is over.

His employer? They have yet to receive a phone call.

Rockets coach Rick Adelman spoke to the press today.

"I found out like everybody else did," said Adelman. "I think there should be a protocol there. There should be a procedure where we have a chance to talk about the situation and not be announced to the press. I don't know why that happened, why he did that, but that's certainly not the way things should be handled."

When asked if he had spoken to Tracy, Adelman was quick to respond.

"No," said Adelman. "You know as much as I do at this point."

I've got plenty more to say on this whole situation soon as it reeks of fishiness on Tracy's part, but we'll let the trade deadline come and go first.

Adelman talked about the situation and the team and the audio, courtesy of 1560 the Game, is below:

Adelman: I found out about this through the press

Adelman: I'm concerned with the guys we have right now

Adelman: Not going to question if it's what doctors say, but we deserve better from T-Mac

Adelman: We're better off moving forward... we tried lots of ways to get Tracy in there

Adelman: We believe we can win, but got to be more consistent

Adelman: Guys may have anticipated that something was going to happen with Tracy... maybe it's good that it's settled now