TMS wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:TMac doesn't cost you any more than AI, he actually costs less since you'd have to trade dollar for dollar.

Only way he costs anything in real dollars is if we traded the Mobley deal for him.

not if he's on the IR & not playing he doesn't... if u have $23 mil invested in 1 player & he's not able to play it's a huge hit on your franchise any way u wanna slice it... don't get me wrong i'd trade for him in a heartbeat if we could dump Curry or Fishlips' contract in the process, but i know Donnie Walsh won't do it... he'll spit the usual shpiel about us looking into it & considering it, but in the end nothing will get done.

That's not fair, since DW has certainly demonstrated that he will move players to clear cap space. If he could dump Curry/JJ on Houston, it would get done.

Moonangie wrote:

TMS wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:TMac doesn't cost you any more than AI, he actually costs less since you'd have to trade dollar for dollar.

Only way he costs anything in real dollars is if we traded the Mobley deal for him.

not if he's on the IR & not playing he doesn't... if u have $23 mil invested in 1 player & he's not able to play it's a huge hit on your franchise any way u wanna slice it... don't get me wrong i'd trade for him in a heartbeat if we could dump Curry or Fishlips' contract in the process, but i know Donnie Walsh won't do it... he'll spit the usual shpiel about us looking into it & considering it, but in the end nothing will get done.

That's not fair, since DW has certainly demonstrated that he will move players to clear cap space. If he could dump Curry/JJ on Houston, it would get done.

he will move players to clear cap space if he thinks adding that player will improve the team... that's why he went after Harrington & Hughes, or so he says... if Curry's playing well (which is a given to assume if we think any team would trade for him) then things could change very easily... all of a sudden T-Mac's durability will come into question, at least from Donnie Walsh's perspective, & i have a good feeling he'd balk on pulling the trigger on the deal... maybe it's a bit unfair to assume on my part but that's just the feeling i get from him.

If the Rockets believed McGrady could help them win, there's almost no doubt McGrady would be in uniform. Problem is, no one who has seen McGrady in practice believes he's ready to play....
If McGrady had been this committed during the playoffs, his reputation around the NBA might be as something other than a self-absorbed, me-first whiner.

The Rockets would love to trade McGrady, 30, for a player around whom they could build, but those players aren't being shopped.
Regardless of how McGrady leaves, he will leave. He's done here.

The Rockets say McGrady will practice Monday and then have his knee examined. There'll be a discussion of when he might return. The Rockets think he might be weeks away from returning. McGrady thinks he should be back already.

Whenever he returns is almost beside the point. Now it's just a matter of how quickly the Rockets can rid themselves of him.

I wouldn't take T-Mac unless both Curry an JJ were included and we got back a #1 pick. For salary matching we'd have to add another player....maybe Nate? They need players and we need cap relief. However getting T-Mac is not a plus for this team. But he can take away our contracts for 2010 - 2011.

PS to TMS - Dorsey was sent down to the D-League.