"At first, Tracy McGrady didn't bite.

He was asked after Saturday's practice about comments from current ABC analyst and former Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy that were critical of McGrady's practice habits.

"I don't have any thoughts," McGrady said of the comments Van Gundy made as a panelist at a sports conference in Boston on Friday. "It don't even matter.

"I don't take it as an insult or a jab at me at all. That's not how I receive it."

To be fair, Van Gundy's comments were far from a rip job, and McGrady was quick to say Van Gundy was the best coach he ever played for and that he still talks to him now.

But when prodded about his practice habits, McGrady couldn't resist.

McGrady once was among the best players in the game, and his 2002-03 season with the Magic is one of the best statistical seasons ever.

"How do you reach that type of status if you don't work hard?" McGrady said "That's why I really don't have anything to say when they make comments like that.

"You look over the time that I played with (Van Gundy) and when I played in Orlando, how do you reach that level if you don't work hard?"

But McGrady had no desire to bite back at Van Gundy."