ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Tracy McGrady has reportedly told the Magic that he wants out of Orlando.

McGrady informed the team of his decision in a meeting on Friday, the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Today newspapers reported on their Web sites.

Magic spokesman Joel Glass declined comment on the reports. McGrady didn’t answer phone calls, and someone who answered the intercom at his gated home said he wasn’t there Friday night. His agent, Arn Tellem, didn’t return a call from The Associated Press.

McGrady can opt out of his seven-year, $93-million contract after next season, and has said he will do that rather than suffer through more losses – such as the 21-61 campaign that ended in April.

Team executives repeatedly have said they wanted to know soon if McGrady is in or out. They insist they won’t let him walk without receiving compensation, as happened with Shaquille O’Neal, who joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent in 1996.

The future of the Magic apparently wasn’t an interest for McGrady on Friday as he skipped a pre-draft workout by potential No. 1 overall pick Emeka Okafor.

McGrady also won’t watch prep power forward Dwight Howard work out with the team on Saturday. The Magic own the top pick in the draft and are deciding who to take or whether they should trade the selection.

McGrady has said he’d rather see Orlando deal the pick it won in the draft lottery to acquire veteran help.

“That’s his opinion,” said Okafor, the 6-foot-10 center-forward from Connecticut.

Magic general manager John Weisbrod claims he has received trade bids that are intriguing and getting better by the day.

“There are teams offering three guys and their first-round pick. Three established players and a lottery pick is certainly a respectable offer for a team that has a lot of holes to fill,” Weisbrod said. “It comes down to making a judgment of how special you think one of these two kids can be.”

Drafting Okafor, a two-time national defensive player of the year, would immediately toughen up Orlando’s play in the paint. The Magic finished last in almost every defensive statistic last season, with the final games resembling layup lines and dunk contests.

Okafor averaged almost 4.3 blocks per game in his three seasons at Connecticut, and his 411 career blocks rank seventh in NCAA history.

He also averaged 10.6 rebounds.

The knock on Okafor is his offense, although it improved at Connecticut. His career average of 13.8 points has many wondering if his ceiling is limited.

“I’ll try to help in as many ways as I can,” Okafor said. “I’m not a big guy about talking, I’m going to do this, I’m going to do that.’ I pretty much just show up and let my play do the talking’ and come season time, everybody’s questions will be answered, good or bad.”

Okafor said he’s never played on a losing team, but if he’s selected by the Magic he’ll fall from college’s best to the NBA’s worst.

“The year before I came to Connecticut, they had a losing season or it was an NIT year,” said Okafor, named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player when the Huskies won the national title in April. “That’s kind of the same situation I see here. They just happened to have a bad year for whatever reason, but all the pieces are still there from last year.

“From what the people have told me, they have pretty much straightened out or are working on it,” he said.