I wonder if we should have thought about bringing T-Mac back for this Roger Mason role, with a chance for more if he showed he's healthy..All depends on what the price tags was I guess --- if we could've fit him in with the $3M we had left over, maybe he would've made some sense..

Funny, I was just having a discussion about this guy with a good buddy of mine the other day. He's convinced T-Mac will again be a factor and thought we should've made an offer. He thought he actually looked good in spurts last year and told me he felt a full to semi-full knee recovery doesn't happen over night as we've seen with some other guys like Amar'e, Antonio McDyess, etc.. It takes time..He went on to remind me that T-Mac did say he wouldn't mind taking less at this stage in his career to play for a winner, that he made all his big money already among some other positive things he had to say about NYC and joining the Knicks when he first arrived--he'd try to help us recruit better players, etc. (I countered that was only referring to playing alongside a mega star like a LeBron)...When he first brought up T-Mac I told him he was nuts and that the guy was done, but listening to him argue it, maybe we could've benefited from bringing him back..Again, all depends on what he got from the Pistons -- if he got anything over $3M, it's all moot I guess..

Finestrg wrote:For how much? Anyone know??

I wonder if we should have thought about bringing T-Mac back for this Roger Mason role, with a chance for more if he showed he's healthy..All depends on what the price tags was I guess --- if we could've fit him in with the $3M we had left over, maybe he would've made some sense..

Funny, I was just having a discussion about this guy with a good buddy of mine the other day. He's convinced T-Mac will again be a factor and thought we should've made an offer. He thought he actually looked good in spurts last year and told me he felt a full to semi-full knee recovery doesn't happen over night as we've seen with some other guys like Amar'e, Antonio McDyess, etc.. It takes time..He went on to remind me that T-Mac did say he wouldn't mind taking less at this stage in his career to play for a winner, that he made all his big money already among some other positive things he had to say about NYC and joining the Knicks when he first arrived--he'd try to help us recruit better players, etc. (I countered that was only referring to playing alongside a mega star like a LeBron)...When he first brought up T-Mac I told him he was nuts and that the guy was done, but listening to him argue it, maybe we could've benefited from bringing him back..Again, all depends on what he got from the Pistons -- if he got anything over $3M, it's all moot I guess..

The problem is that TMac is lazy- he doesn't want to bust his ass every night. With the knee problem he now has an excuse to get out of work whenever he doesn't feel like it, which is pretty often- when he came here I think D'Antoni got annoyed at him constantly wanting to scale back how much he played, to the point where you couldn't rely on him at all. He probably does have some good playing left in him, but it's not worth the uncertainty and unreliability, and the many nights off he's going to take off when he can't be bothered.

BasketballJones wrote:This is why we need Cap'n Zeke back. Surely he'd have made resigning TMac a top priority.

Man. You getting redundant
Even Isiah was more creative.

arkrud wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:This is why we need Cap'n Zeke back. Surely he'd have made resigning TMac a top priority.

Man. You getting redundant
Even Isiah was more creative.

looks like the zinger just got out zinged

TMS wrote:

arkrud wrote:

BasketballJones wrote:This is why we need Cap'n Zeke back. Surely he'd have made resigning TMac a top priority.

Man. You getting redundant
Even Isiah was more creative.

looks like the zinger just got out zinged

"the zinger and the russian" ... sounds like a solid pilot for FOX

Tracy McGrady has reach agreement on a one year, $1.3 million contract with the Pistons, league sources tell Y! Sports. Story soon on Y!

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/20795829331

freeskier wrote:how can you call a guy who is able to get back on the NBA floor after micro-fracture surgery "unmotivated"? maybe you are using the wrong word - perhaps "overly cautious" is more appropriate. it is too easy to sit in a chair behind a computer and dismiss the effort that rehabbing a serious knee injury requires. This isn't an ACL or meniscus issue we're talking about.

I'm pretty sure ACL surgery has a longer rehab period and is much more invasive of a surgery.