Unhappy Maggette says it may be time for him to move on

It appears Corey Maggette and the Clippers are headed toward a breakup soon.

Maggette’s agent, Rob Pelinka, recently asked the team to trade the seven-year veteran, and the Clippers have offered Maggette to the Philadelphia 76ers as part of a proposed package for disgruntled star guard Allen Iverson.

And even if they fail to acquire Iverson, the Clippers are expected to trade Maggette this season.

Change can be good, Maggette said.

“Me and Coach [Mike] Dunleavy ... we don’t see eye to eye,” Maggette said Friday night before scoring 18 points in a 109-99 loss to Portland at the Rose Garden. “Coach doesn’t respect what I do. If that’s the case, it might be time for me to go, move on and have a new beginning. It’s better for me to go.”

Dunleavy said he must do what’s in the best interests of the Clippers.

“I do respect his ability,” Dunleavy said. “But I play him according to what’s best for our team.”

Maggette has averaged at least 20 points a game in two seasons. He volunteered to come off the bench this season and is averaging 14.3 points, but his minutes have fallen from 29.5 a game last season to 25.7 this season.

The Clippers are trying to accommodate Maggette, but they won’t make a move unless it benefits them too.

“If it happens it happens,” he said. “It would be good, on both sides, if they could get something they need and I got into a different situation.”

Although the situation is difficult, Maggette said he’s committed to helping his team win.

“This is where I’m at now, so this is where my focus is,” he said. “I’ve always gone out there and played hard, always did whatever I could do for my teammates, and that’s not going to change. This is where I am until they make a change.”

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Many aboard the Clippers’ chartered flight Thursday from Los Angeles suffered from airsickness because of a storm that rocked their plane for an hour.

“In 14 years in this game, I’ve only been on one flight similar to that,” Sam Cassell said. “It was wild, it was bad for a whole lot of people, but the show must go on.”

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As of Friday night, 500 tickets priced at $35 each were still available for Sunday’s game vs. the Houston Rockets at Staples Center, a Clippers spokesman said.

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jason.reid@latimes.com