Posted 6/27/2004 11:44 PM Today's Top Sports Stories • Davenport, Sharapova, Federer lead way into quarters - 2:38 PM • Family issues resolved, Yanks' Contreras pitches gem vs. Mets - 3:03 AM • Scott avoids collapse, holds on to win Booz Allen - 12:20 AM • NHRA driver Russell killed at Gateway track - 2:47 AM • Gordon overcomes fatigue, low fuel to win at Sonoma - 10:06 PM Add USATODAY.com headlines to your Web site What's this? Buy and sell tickets to premium and sold out events Search a region for basketball events: Location Select a region Atlanta Baltimore/Washington D.C. Buffalo California North California South Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Montreal New England New Orleans New York Metro Ohio (all cities) Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Raleigh-Durham Salt Lake City San Antonio Seattle St. Louis Syracuse Tampa Bay Toronto Vancouver Team Select a team NBA NBA All Star Game Atlanta Hawks Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Cleveland Cavaliers Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets Detroit Pistons Golden State Warriors Houston Rockets Indiana Pacers Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers Memphis Grizzlies Miami Heat Milwaukee Bucks Minnesota Timberwolves New Jersey Nets New Orleans Hornets New York Knicks Orlando Magic Philadelphia 76ers Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers Sacramento Kings San Antonio Spurs Seattle Supersonics Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz Washington Wizards WNBA Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs Harlem Globetrotters Ticket holders: Looking to sell tickets quick? Register now. McGrady-Francis deal still on table but end uncertain By John Denton, Florida TODAY ORLANDO — The Tracy McGrady trade saga has churned into its second week for the Orlando Magic with no definitive end in sight. Steve Francis, the key piece of compensation in a potential trade with the Houston Rockets, has held an in-depth conversation with Magic management, which suggests that a deal is close. But as he did with Thursday's drafting of high school phenom Dwight Howard, Magic general manager John Weisbrod continues to keep all discussions shrouded in mystery and says he feels no pressure to hurry into a deal. "The knowledge of it would be useful for us in free agency, but as long as we know what our options are, I don't feel a lot of pressure from the timing of it," he said. According to Jeff Fried, Francis' agent, the trade on the table would involve the Magic getting Cuttino Mobley, Kelvin Cato and Francis, while the Rockets would get McGrady, Juwan Howard, Tyronn Lue and Reece Gaines. One factor that might speed up the process is that Lue has the option to opt out of his contract by Wednesday. If so, he can't be included in a trade. Weisbrod said Magic improvements have rarely come up in negotiations with McGrady and agent Arn Tellem. He suggested that getting Dwight Howard likely would play very little of a role in McGrady's decision to stay or go. "It hasn't been about trying to find ways to convince him to stay," Weisbrod said. "It's about determining what's best for our team."
No pressure to do an Deal?. his playing with the rockets by Stalling!. what planet does this baffon live on?
Maybe Weisbrod believes that CD/Les are committed to giving up whatever it takes to get T-Mac, so by stalling he is trying to frustrate them and maybe get them to sweeten the offer (include Nachbar)?????
i'm seriously beginning to believe this trade isn't going to happen...all these hangups have zapped what little faith i had coming into today. This trade will be dead in 72 hrs tops.
Dude, if you are going to cut and paste an article, please learn to edit out the crap that is not relevant to the subject. We don't need all of the ads and other stuff.
feel likes I'am back in junior high when a girl made me wait a month before she let me touch her t*tties.
I wouldn't think Lue would want to opt out. As I recall, Washington gave him what seemed to be a lot of money. I really don't see how any player on the Magic could be a showstopper, I don't even really want Juwanna Mann (although I like Reece Gaines)
