Jeffries contract might be easy to move later in the year.

Knicks and Nyests would both have incredible cap space next year.

This is getting very intersting!

cuieee wrote:For some time now I've been hoping the Knicks acquire Tracy McGrady because of his contract. My suggestion is McGrady and Alston for Nate, Jared Jefferies, and either (1) Marbury or (2) Q. Rich and Malik Rose.

(1) http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ar9mau
(2) http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cxsd6h

Houston might bite because Nate is currently better than McGrady and doing either of these trades saves them a lot of money next season. When you take into account the penalty for being over the cap, the actual money the Rockets saved could be as much as twice the bellow listed “Money saved for Rockets” figure. With this move the Rockets could maybe even get under the salary cap next year. The Rockets would also make more money on selling Nate Robinson jerseys than they currently can selling McGrady jerseys because Nate is probably at the height of his popularity and most people who would consider purchasing a Houston T Mac jersey probably already have one. The Knicks would do this to free up money for 2010, get a legit shooting guard, acquire a local legend in Rafer to supplement Duhon.

Player 09/10 10/11
T Mac 23,239,561 0
Rafer 5,250,000 0

Nate 2,911,077 0
Jefferies 6,466,600 6,883,400
Marbury 0 0
Q Rich 9,352,500 0
M. Rose 0 0

Under trade scenario 1:
09/10 10/11
Contracts Knicks acquire 28,489,561 0
Contracts Rockets acquire 9,377,677 6,883,400
*Money saved for Rockets 19,111,884 -6,883,400

Under trade scenario 2:
09/10 10/11
Contracts Knicks acquire 28,489,561 0
Contracts Rockets acquire 18,730,177 6,883,400
*Money saved for Rockets 9,759,384 -6,883,400

(*Note: money saved assumes none of the players are re-signed)

[Edited by - cuieee on 02-15-2009 4:40 PM]

Trading ghosts for zombies?