Wang Meng: Destiny Plays Joke on JVG and the Franchise

I overheard the phone conversation between CD and Isiah about SF.

CD: Hey Isiah, can the Knicks buyout SF and so we can have him back in minimum?

Isiah: That's exactly what we have in mind. I have already asked James Dolan to sign off the 30 millions buyout check. So, just be patient for a few more days.

 

Reading that I would never say that Steve is going back to Houston.
We were all only secretly hoping for that to come.

 

Okay, Pryuen, I'm not killing the messenger (still appreciate the good translation work) I'm just killing the message (the article). While this "could" have happened I have my doubts. If JVG was so interested in having a shooting point guard capable of creating his own shot rather than Alston, why was he alright with the James for Alston trade?

That being said, who would have been traded to NY for Steve's contract? I think the Rockets got lucky with Francis getting bought out after his trade to Portland. This article is way too full of conjecture.

 

This is confusing. Why would the Rockets call up the Knicks....if the Knicks were thinking about buying out Francis? Francis had a huge contract so it would not have been likely a trade....signing Francis after he's bought was the only possibility, but the Knicks and Rockets don't need to communicate for that. The Knicks can just buy him out or not.

 

Maybe JVG realized after a season and a half that Rafer wasn't any good and that giving up MJ for Rafer was a mistake.

If we got SF from the Knicks last season it wouldn't have been from a trade. If Jamal Crawford hadn't got hurt it was thought the Knicks would likely have bought SF out and released him in March to save a few million.

 

I don't know how a news reporter could get away with writing a whole article without any attributions or citations.

Then again, I guess guys like Peter Vescey get away with the same thing, except they tack on a "Sources tell me..."

 

Oh and of course, thanks Pryuen for the translation.

 

i think the article all the writer's specluation. too many things don't make sense and addup.

We just don't have the pieces to trade with NY for SF. The only thing that would make sense is JVG approval of SF coming back once he get brought out. JVG realized that losing MJ was the biggest mistake and putting alston at the helm.

 

This is not really anything new. It was reported last year in the Chronicle and other places that the Rockets were interested in Francis - I don't know about the specifics in wang's article and don't really think it matters, but I find it hard to believe that the Rockets were interested in Francis without JVG's sign-off.

 

Kirk Snyder has a not-so-sober brain?

 

You are so misinformed. Last year there were several articles in various newspapers in New York that the Knicks were considering buying out Steve's contract. Obviously the Rockets couldn't comment on it until he actually was bought out, but Feigens and Blinebury were asked about it in their blogs and both of them said it would be likely that the Rockets would sign him if he did agree to the veteran's minimum.

During the offseason, JVG confirmed this on Sportsradio 610 and CD confirmed this on Calvin Murphy's show on 97.5 The Ticket.

 

I think this story isn't totally imagination and "creation" by Wangmeng, but the CD call Knicks part is totally BS. You can buy out or you can trade, but you can't do both. For Rockets, trade with knicks is not an option beause they don't have the suitable pieces to make the trade at that time. So if Rockets want to sign Francis after New York buyout Francis, you have no reason to call them before buyout because that's not your business, you also have no reason to call them after buyout because that's not their business. What's CD supposed to say to Thomas in the phone, " Isiah, please hurry, we need to sign Francis to the vet. min. asap."?

 

I heard about this rumor. Francis and Yao were both rehabbing together in Houston last season when they were hurt. Francis was waiting to get waived, and the Knicks were going to, and he would have come back to Houston, but Jamal Crawford got hurt, and the next night Francis all of a sudden got healthy and was in the lineup for NY. If we had Francis or James last year, we easily make it to the Conference Finals.

 

"brain-not-so-sober Kirk Snyder"

ahhh hahahahah