Bulls Paxson inquires about McGrady [Chicago Sun-Times]

Another, 'gee rumors are McGrady is available, make a deal'.

Still, nothing with honest to goodness meat to the article. Nothing.

 

Yeah, because the Rockets are just dying to trade one of the top overall talents in the league for a package centered around Ben Gordon, right?

I guess these "Trade T-Mac" threads really will never end.......

 

if the bulls really do want tmac they better be trading deng, gordon, n some others wit some draft picks n some money too.

 

I think this article confirms that the Bulls have contacted the Rockets. That's at least news worthy. But seriously, I don't think there's any package of players on that team we want. Even Luol Deng is terribly overrated. Ben Gordon is basically Luther Head, but he takes more shots. Heinrich has been terrible. Thomas is only ok. There's not a lot Chicago can offer us.

 

It's no surprise that Chicago is interested in McGrady who is one of the best players when's healthy!

It's really tragic that guy that is playing 4 seasons for us is being heavily shopped around with no logic.

Imagine if Tracy McGrady is traded, Yao is hurt then who is going to lead the team?

I mean who is leading the team right now?

Don't be fooled by these games, IT IS JUST EASY SCHEDUELE and now home games.

On the other hand, these rumors have no sense, OK you're stupid, you would trade T-Mac, but Daryl Morey isn't you!

Think, and just remember why we are in this position because of who?

Why did we even make playoffs last year?

 

Trady McRiddy strikes again!

 

Poor Bulls! They have great history but now Celtics are coming back while they slumping back. I don't blame them, they are desperate and their ship are sinking real fast.

 

God damn it, next time McGrady should just shut his yap if he is unhappy and cause all the wrong damn rumours to come out. This sort of thing could unsettle the team and send the season plummeting.

 

dont you understand what is going on here ? the whole thing was fabricated by journalist sam smith to try and get the rockets to deal for their underachieving bulls, and sadly it almost worked. yea they contacted the rockets, AFTER this phoney story was conjured up and spread like wildfire. that is complete BS that t-mac told friends he would like to be traded.... how can people be this damn gullible ? IT DIDNT HAPPEN !!! the only thing that happened is they couldnt get kobe, the bulls and rockets were both struggling so this smith guy knew it would be easy to say t-mac is unhappy and wanted to be traded, hoping the rockets brass would think it was true and pull the trigger. we started out 6-1, mcgrady was having his best season as a rocket and you think after an injury and slump trying to adjust to a new offense we just wants to be traded ???? c'mon people, it doesnt take much to realize this story is BS

 

I think trading tmac will be unavoidable. maybe not this season, but next season or the summer tmac will be heavily discussed.

first magic said either tmac or yao has to go and hinted tmac is the one

second he express unhappiness

third morey no longer said tmac is untouchable, but rather we can't find equal value in return.

fourth chicago talking with houston, why the conversation? is it because morey would like to explore options with tmac too.

lastly, this team is playing much better AD style with Yao.

This current team without Tmac is not going to be better without tmac. that's for fact, however, if rockets willing to take a step back. we may be able to future a better team within a year or two.

tmac is going downhill at this point, rockets will gradually getting worst and worst. we just speed up the decay and rebuild.

I think a package of Deng plus filters for tmac would be something that chicago would do and consider.

deng
wallace
1st round draft for tmac.

wallace can be yao's backup and starting pf.

 

I don't know about you guys but this looks like some hard evidence that indicate that there were at least talks of T-mac and Chicago. How many people here said that was Rumor BS? We have how many cities talking about how Tracy is unhappy? Or that the Rockets are willing to see what kind of offers their are?

 

I haven't read this thread, but we're not talented enuff to have Hayes and Wallace on tha same team. I dont want Wallace on this team. God, we already have enuff offensively challenged players on tha squad, especially at tha free throw line.

 

LOL- Imagine if they held on to Chandler and Brand....

DD

 

I wish Tmac would come back sooner than later so the speculation can end.

 

Not possible - they traded Brand for the 2001 #2 pick (which was Chandler).

However, if they had kept Brand, they might have been able to draft Chandler at #4 instead of Eddie Curry. But probably not.

 

For those smart enough to be curious about who wrote this, it was Jay Mariotti. Not the greatest of writers, but one that isn't quick to write something unless it did have credible information prompting it. In other words, not Sam "Trade Machine" Smith.

Q: "Is Tracy McGrady unhappy in Houston?"
Jonathon Feigen: "It's overblown"
-->Notice it was not a denial.

I'm ready to move Tracy, provided it is a smart deal done with diligence.

Thorn #1: Don't let McGrady handcuff the negotiations with a list of acceptable destinations.
This is rapidly becoming worse than the cap as far as restricting trades in the league. It's already tough enough finding a trade partner. It should be noted that Chicago is one of the places he strongly considered vs Orlando when he was a Raptor FA. They're also a near-contender and it would be easier for him to get the playoff monkey off his back in the East.

Thorn #2: Getting 50 cents on the dollar.
You can't get equal value for upper-level All Stars, no one says "what the heck, I'll swap you Duncan for Dirk and we'll see what happens." Any change in your stars is a gamble and no one wants to be on the wrong side of a bust. The best you could reasonably hope for is one tier down: a Marion, a Joe Johnson, etc.
Instead, you need to decide what is the clearer path to getting you further along as a team: rolling the dice that younger guys will turn into studs down the road, or rolling the dice that lesser players that compliment the team better will do the trick. Or a mixture.

The last few years a major subject we've wrestled with is whether this should be Yao's team or McGrady's. The ideal situation would have been the two blending their games to where they were a one-two punch that could terrorize the league. Unfortunately, I haven't seen evidence of that happening. Typically, one or the other takes over or one of them is injured. We can win behind either one, but the two haven't really made each other better by being on the court at the same time.

In my opinion, the best route to go if we move McGrady would be to focus on guys that could make teh game easier for Yao and/or feed off his game. Sharpshooters are one obvious target, and everyone is clamoring for a PG upgrade. Hinrich and Gordon could fill the bill nicely. If Deng was a deal-breaker in the Kobe talks, you can best believe the same will be true here. Include Nocioni, and we've got a nice crew to put around Yao.

Yao
Scola/Hayes
Battier/Nocioni
Gordon/Bonzi/Head
Hinrich/Rafer

Evan

 

The same people Who used to step up when Dream Got injured?

 

Although I am not keen on trading T-Mc to Chicago, the trade works better with Hayes tossed in to even out the number contracts -- two players for two players + their 2008 first rounder (preferably unprotected but I'd accept a top 3 protected).