Here's what Jonathan Feigen wrote in his latest NBA article. The deal might be finalized by Wednesday. Now all we need are McDyess, Brent Berry, and Derek Fisher. Rockets lead McGrady suitors With the Tracy McGrady trading season officially under way, several league sources said the Rockets have emerged as the front-runner to land the NBA scoring champion and that a deal could be done by Wednesday. Though players involved could change in a variety of ways before a deal is completed, any Rockets trade for McGrady, due $14.4 million next season, would have to include the Rockets' three-time All-Star and former co-rookie of the year Steve Francis. Francis is considered a "base year" player until July 1, complicating deals involving him. But the teams could work around the difficulties of trading players in their "base year" by including other teams, or by reaching an agreement on a deal to be announced in July, a possibility that seemed to fit with Orlando Magic general manager John Weisbrod's plans. "I expect to know (by Thursday)," Weisbrod said. "I can't say that I would expect that to be public information. I have every intention of knowing where that's going when we make these (draft) decisions." McGrady's meeting with Magic owner and Amway founder Rich DeVos on Friday produced the expected results. McGrady told the Magic he still plans to opt out of his contract after next season, but he would like a large supply of household cleaning products. Because Weisbrod had vowed to deal McGrady rather than go into next season with an "I don't know," Friday's meeting started the clock on McGrady's departure. "From just the GMs who send unsolicited faxes and leave unsolicited messages, there are enough things out there that will be better than OK in a trade," Weisbrod said. "So I don't think us doing a bad deal is an option. We're not going to do a bad deal." The Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns also have been considered top contenders to land McGrady. Dallas could work its way into the talks. League sources said even with McGrady, a two-time scoring champion and twice an All-NBA first-team pick, holding an option to terminate his contract after the season, as many as 10 teams have made significant offers.
hahaha. i thought the article was a hoax due to the combined facts of there being no link and the above line! I'm so glad it's no hoax.
I guess just need to wait for the July 1st BYC deadline. Darn that's still 10 days away. If CD pull this off, I guess we can all forget the bad draft/trade choices he made in the past. Eddie Griffin, Cato, Taylor, Jason Collier, Glen Rice, etc etc.
and especially if they still make use of the TE to bring in a good point guard, power forward or back up center.
PG:Barry or Fisher/ SG:T-MAC SF:JJ PF:Howard Or Gooden C:Yao Plnty of Of Offense, little weak on defense!. still good enough to compete with anyone on-any-given-night!!
now i feel a lil bit better about the deal going down now pg barry or fisher/wilks sg T-MAC/pike (i think he's going to get pick up in exp draft) (person as a min offer fa) sf jj/boki pf gooden or howard/taylor/weatherspoon c YAO/declareq or street fa (doleac, foyle)
we'll we just aquired ollie from the cavs via the edraft in exchange for pike. this is most likely just because we need a back-up PG, however it could be the warning sign's of a trade involving a certain PG
Maybe I read it wrong, but it sounded as if he was saying that the Rockets are the front runners, but any deal from any team involving TMac would be completed by Wed. But again, maybe I read it wrong or I'm not letting myself get to excited until I see it really happens so I dont have my heart broken.
Wow! If there wasn't this whole TMac trade thing that trade to CHicago for the #3 and Davis would be something to think about.
