Can someone with an insider subscription copy and paste what it says on the ESPN insider about TMac. I really hope he gets traded.
it's already been posted on this thread and it's nothing of note http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=139152&page=3 just the bit from the Chron blog
Here is what it says: Dream of Jason Kidd if you like. 'Tis the season. He's not coming to save the Rockets from themselves. They are not trading Tracy McGrady. They are not going to blow this thing up and start over. The Rockets will have to suffer through, or get themselves out of it, because what is missing -- leadership, determination, toughness -- can only come from within. If the Rockets make a move, it would be minor and probably contract-driven, and this team is not a tweak away, anyway. They could always move one of those many guards. They tried in the summer. But that's not a solution. -- Houston Chronicle
Unless we get a big-time perimeter player in return (not happening), I don't understand why we'd want to trade him. Whatever his faults are, he's still instrumental to any success we've had in the past 3 or 4 seasons. When he's out just look at how the team has struggled. If you want T-Mac gone, you're basically saying we should blow up the team and start over. Really, is that what you want? I'm not happy with his lack of leadership or his inconsistent effort. But he's still the most important guy on our team, and if we're going to turn our season around it will have to be because of him.
Now wouldn't be the right time to trade him. He even admitted he's not the number 1 guy on this team, and it's not his team anymore. Who the hell would want him? I've been saying for a long time now, as had DaDakota and redefined, we should have traded Tracy in the offseason. His stock was very high. He had a great series and season last year. KG and Kobe were on the market. The worst move Daryl Morey made this offseason was not trading TMac. Imagine if we got Kobe or KG, and traded Alston, HOward, and Head in the process.
I want Tmac gone. I don't want the team blown up. Kobe Micheal Redd Carmelo even D-wade you don't have to rebuild with guys like that.
those guys i just listed above with our team that we have now.. that equals SUCCESS cuz obviously.. this isn't working anymore well it never has since the rockets never got out of the first round
OR95, what makes you think that LA or Minnesota were interested in taking an aging, injury-prone player like Tracy McGrady? They were/are looking for young talent. You don't trade away a great player for a not-quite-as-good aging player with a big contract. People are simply dreaming if they think we could have gotten a Kobe or KG for T-Mac.
no success with yao. even we get kobe or d-wade. review the past 2 playoffs and see who is the reason.
What IF? We had got Amare Stoudamire instead of Yao and amare never got hurt. What IF? we didn't trade away Richard Jefferson What IF? we didn't trade away Rudy Gay AHHHH
First of all, we wouldn't be any better with Michael Redd or Carmelo Anthony. Redd's a nice offensive player, but his overall game does not match T-Mac's and he hasn't led his teams anywhere either. Carmelo is a great talent and he's young. But he also doesn't have the overall package that T-Mac gives you. And, regardless, Denver wouldn't trade him away for T-Mac so its a moot point. And there's no way in hell that LA or Miami trades a player like Kobe or Wade for T-Mac. That's a dream.
I'd take Corey Maggette for him. I'd even take Caron Butler for him. Anyone that's worth rooting for would do. I could run off a whole list of 2nd-tier or below guys and it's not going to get any worse than no playoff series wins in 11 years now. At least you wouldn't be fooled into thinking your team is capable of great things when it'll never really happen because the main guy is a loser.
In the offseason, it could have been a possibility. We could have sweetened the pot with some of our quality role players (they actually were quality in the offseason, though not now). I'm just saying, those 2 guys were available, and the ROckets weren't in any talks involving McGrady. I think if the Rockets really tried, they could have gotten a deal done for one of the two, because once the news hit KG or Kobe, they both would have said something like "Trade me to Houston, I want to play with Yao," kind of like how Tracy ended up in Houston. I would have never dreamed that a 2 time scoring champion, an allstar powerforward in his prime, a championship backup point guard who was one of the few people that could guard Allen Iverson, and a young shooting guard with loads of potential would only cost us Francis, Mobley, and Cato. Hey, anything can happen, especially if you're dealing with 2 not-so-smart GM's in Kevin McHale and Mitch Kupchak.
Micheal Redd hasn't gone anywhere cuz he's surrounded by trash. Carmelo is young and i think thats a good thing. Yao's window is still open Tmac's is closing slowly man i dont even know. theres other players in the league i could only think of those right now I'm frustrated with this BS. The stupidest thing Morey ever did was reassure Tmac that he wasn't going to get traded. Maybe if he didn't tell him anything he would play much harder to show the rockets "that's what you're going to lose if you want to get rid of me"
Alas, the one thing I have learnt about Morey thus far is to expect the unexpected. I don't think he did anything wrong by reassuring T-mac that he wasn't put on the block at THAT point of time. Look at how detrimental it was for the Bulls with all the speculating about Kobe.
why the hell would you want a 38 year old point guard on the team? lol Corey Magette barely averages 20 points a game. HELL NO
