[Another T-Mac trade thread] What course of action makes the most sense?

baller4life, you are an incredibly intelligent poster around here, what's your take on this trade?

 

Isn't giving Mcgrady minutes an option? I'm not convinced he can't play.

But if option B is available, you have to take it.

 

Anything other than Option B will be disappointing. But it's the lesat likely scenario though. Well, the whole McGrady thing is incredibly disappointing.

Adding another role player, even a high end one, won't make this team a title contender. Unless Yao comes back and play like an MVP, you might as well hope the Morey can somehow draft a superstar from the lower middle first round.

 

I picked C.

 

Chris Paul !! :grin:

 

This is really difficult to choose. It all depends on what is available on the table. There is little risk to let the contract expiring and in the same time to have insurance covered on it.

Priority 1. B. Chris Paul only, not Chris Bosh or Kevin Martin.
Priority 2. A.
Priority 3. D.
Priority 4. C.

 

Trades I think are plausible and make sense:

Okur + AK47 for Tmac

Ellis, Maggette, Randolph for Tmac and Lowry/or Brooks

DD

 

Call your shot Morey.

 

No take on my McGrady for Redd and Thomas trade?

 

I would do it just for Mo Williams. His PER is better than McGrady's. But I think Lebron would have to be thrown in to match the salaries.

 

Morey has clearly stated in the past that he wants another all-star caliber player if he were to trade tmc, so that means scenario B.

I wouldn't mind having Martin (SAC), Randolph (GSW), or more wishfully, Bosh (TOR) or Paul (NOH). But, as others have stated, we'll probably have to take a bad contract back with any of those players. In which case, we must get a 1st round pick back.

And, we may have to give up one or two of these guys in the process; Brooks, Scola, Battier or Landry.

Many of the realistic trades posted on CF sound pretty good. But none of us have come up with the trade that will go down.

This is Morey's chance to work his magic and improve the Rockets for this season and moving forward. And, as most on CF, I have much faith in the man.

I would like this trade to happen sooner, rather than later, but Morey will probably wait 'til the trading deadline because he will be taking bids from suitors from now until He pulls the trigger on the trade. Morey will not accept either of the bad contracts from New York. That is never going to happen.

It is likely that when a trade finally does happen, it will involve more than two teams, we will get a very good shooter, a bad contract, a draft pick and a bitter sweet loss of one or two of our currently coveted Rockets. I just can't wait to find out what happens!

 

As others have said, option B is unlikely.

So option C, but it needs to happen soon.

That way there would be time for a second trade(s) before the February deadline.

 

Option D is the most reasonable, both economically and market wise.

Economically because his salary is being paid only in part by the Rox.

Market wise because there are not suitable trade partners other than getting bad contracts and somehow usefull but not star players. At this point of the season is hard to introduce new players, so i prefer to wait untill the offseason and do it there.

Plus, his latter attitudes doesn't deserve us to take any detriment towards the team so that he can play, so let him rotten or let him offer us a buyout.

 

If I'm correct (big if), I think the Jermaine O'neal's contract is about the same as tmac's as far as expiring next year.

I would trade for Jermaine O'neal if possible. He fits a need, can contribute, and has the same expiring deal for next year's free agency money (I think)