There is a reasonable chance at this point that Tmac will play a few games with us, at least til the trade deadline. He can only increase his trade value by doing so, as right now he is just an expiring contract and if he is terrible he will still be that. But I am not counting on him making a full recovery this season and going back to being a dominant force. Remember that Tmac also has struggled with back problems and shoulder problems in addition to his knee over the last few years. How long til one of those or something new side lines him? As for money motivating Tmac's rehab, it is really hard to say how much that plays in to multi-millionaires thinking. Just from this year's salary alone he is set for life financially even if he never plays again. Not even considering the rest of the money he has made in his career. Meaning he could just as easily say screw this hard work, and collect a check and call it a day if things are not going the way he hopes. It would be great if he came back better than he has been in years, but for now I will consider that an unexpected bonus rather than an expectation.
Have you read a single other post? Do oyu understand that just getting rid of TRaey Mcgradey at all costs is a retarted move. Let him try to play, worst thing happens is that he sucks and we sign someone big in 2010. He could come back and put up some decent numbers since he is playing for a contract. We are not going to get a big name anymore in this offseason. Most are already gone. Lets look forward
Um... did you read my posts? I'm not for getting rid of McGrady "at all costs." Waiving him doesn't hurt us at all. He sucks and we have young guys who would benefit from getting his minutes, to say nothing of saving them from his diva theatrics and all around horrible influence.
You asked 2 questions, and I answered... I think Morey is searching the right pieces for a trade, we can't just give up McGrady for nothing. If he will find the right trade, trade T-Mac as fast as you can, if not, let him play and see what he has left.
Im leaving this McGrady saga to Morey and Les...And God. It would be nice to have a crystal ball and hope on his future play. All I can say is if he is playing. He better bring it. If he turned it on full time we'd be dangerous and he knows that....McLazy, Stay home. McGrady, Will you play?
I beleive Tracy is amazing when he plays but when he is on the court, to me it just seems like he is the one playing BUT when he wasnt around much this season the whole team contributed everyone played their part it wasn't a one man team.. The rockets need to keep going with teamwork cuz if they dont then it might just turn as ugly as it did to the CAVs with no one doing anything besides Lebron.
Why are you still here? We are still putting up with diva theatrics and your all around horrible influence. Listen dude, your comments are full of hatred and bitterness toward a guy that you don't know personally. Honestly, your comments suck. So do us all a favor and pack your hatred in an old dusty suitcase and move somewhere there is no basketball team since it is obvious that either you don't know anything about the game or you are too blinded by hate to care.
The lakers are champs b/c Kobe didnt score 40+ plus a night which is playing TEAM ball. If you are hoping and wishing that Tmac comes back and puts 40+ points a night keep dreaming. We don't need a selfish declining Tmac and we proved that last year by playing TEAM ball and getting past the first round. BYE BYE BYE TSLACK
This is a horrible situation for Morey. It's poker between Morey vs Tmac. Tmac screwed Morey at the trade deadline by bluffing, so we lost out on getting Vince Carter. We lost out last year on the Billups trade with Detroit. What now? Amare? Sooner or later Morey has to make a move or we'll end up getting the worst deal possible.
1) i still don't know how tracy can fake annoucing microfracture surgery last year. if he was going to be traded, the other team's doctor would have evaluate tracy and see how his knee sucked badly that year and see whether tracy was still able to play or not. i still don't get that. he still has to pass the physical before a trade is done. you think he would have passed that physical? 2) morey was the one who turned down that billups trade, and tracy ended up being on all-nba 3rd team last yr.
1. he bluffed the whole league out besides Morey. announcing he can't play at the trade deadline and doing in such grandiose style by going to the biggest loud mouth on TV, Stephen A Smith is Tracy laying his pocket Aces in front of Morey's face. 2. I would have loved Billups on this team. Look what he did for Denver. 3. He still is the highest paid player on our team and possibly the league. if we keep him, we are sitting around and watching other teams get better and younger.
1) and i'm sure everyone in the world saw that missed dunk. there's no need for him to announce anything. actual game tapes are better evidence. tracy sucked last yr. 2) billups would have been great. but this is revisionist history. tracy was better at the time STILL. he made all-nba 3rd team. if you ask me last yr, hell yes, i help tracy pack if we could have gotten chauncey. 3) i've said countless times we should trade tracy, and yao. these 2 guys are too injury prone and there's no way they are franchise players anymore. other teams are getting younger superstars, while ours are injured all the damn time. i'm sure morey knows that.
Billups is getting highly overrated, all he's done is provide leadership to that Nuggets team, and us without Yao? Billups doesn't help much, if at all. McGrady's surgury is similar to the one John Stockton had, it wasn't as major as the one Amar'e had. McGrady's also working with Tim Grover, he's really put his money to someone who will train his ass to the fullest, this guy is the same miracle worker that helped D-Wade turn into success this past season. And the way they're shaping up the roster, it seems as if they're saving that shooting guard spot for particularly him. The way I see it, he'll be back by December, possibly even earlier. You've basically got the same team around him as you did in '08, BUT BETTER and MORE EXPERIENCED. IMO I don't see him being traded, it more or so looks like we're going to go ahead with this team and make the playoffs, see if Yao can come back in time for the playoffs and possibly make a strong run. It's a win-win situation, he'll help you if he's back and really motivated and playing, if he isn't....we miss the playoffs, but we get a 24 million dollar expiring contract. Win-Win. I'll say it again, anyone that states waiving him is a good idea has a lack of knowledge about the game and needs to just stop posting, it's just a flat out idiotic statement.
I'm sorry but this is just stupid I still believe Tracy will be moved but if he isnt and can come back and play then you have to play him..a post surgery tmac is still better than any wing player we have. You cant just let a player of his talent just go especially when you are paying him 23 million. I think Morey would sooner just sit him on the bench for the entire season than to waive him if a trade cant be made. And McGrady will play for the Rockets at some point this year, they have to show case him to any team that may want to trade for him
Yeah 'cause waiting to see if he's really motivated and ready to take a team on a run is such a safe bet...
Considering he's working with one of the most prominent trainers in the sport of Basketball particularly (Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, Wade), I'd consider it's a good bet, plus he's money motivated. BUT if he's not coming back and contributing the way he should (still broken down), his expiring contract is worth significantly more than what a "waive" will do, considering around the trade deadline many teams would want that expiring. LOL I don't think any team in league history has done a move so stupid. Like I said, just the flat out stupidest idea anyone can state regarding the situation.
