[I think Daryl Morey will be trying desperately to make some kind of move before the trade deadline, though I'm not expecting anything major. I think they'd be willing to roll the dice on the Yao-Artest combination the rest of the season. --Fran] that will kill the trade if true. looks to me it's either a trade involving #1 (little chance) or no/minor trade. sigh.
Bump. Looks like Dallas is putting together the better offer with Josh Howard and Jerry Stackhouse. Still don't know why Ron Artest and Carl Landry isn't compelling to the Nets. What makes Dallas a curious situation is Jason Kidd is rumored to be done with Vince.
I don't see even the injured Luther Head being moved. McGrady's latest injury flareup has almost ended all chances of an Artest trade IMO.
if mcgrady doesnt really get along with artest, he shouldnt have made that press conference. he shouldve faked being better. with him supposedly healthy, then dm wouldnt have any second thoughts of trading him away. if tmac had kobe's mindset, he wouldve done it. tmac's too much of a good guy.
I believe his poor performances matter a lot more than his statements. He wasn't doing too badly before the Bucks game but he was clearly struggling. That 1-9 shooting game ruined any chance no matter how remote of moving him.
for a calculating guy, DM's taking an awful lot of risk on the artest-yao combo as i doubt he will be able to resign artest after the season. not to mention, not using any of his trade exceptions. i wonder what's going on in dm's head right now.
I think they want Artest to walk even if they keep him through the season so they can sign Bibby. Adelman is in love with the guy and he runs his offense flawlessly. If we keep our expiring contracts or pick up a few, you'll know why.
The Spurs, Rockets, Mavericks and Cavaliers are among the teams interested in Carter. One scenario has Carter going to Houston in a package that includes Ron Artest’s expiring contract. Dallas has dangled Jerry Stackhouse and parts, but unless one part is Josh Howard it makes little basketball sense. http://hoopshype.com/
i wonder why people do not want VC? His basically a Tmac with more penetration and less shooting. Yes he is not as good as a passer as tmac, but he is a willing passer. His no longer the ball hog of years ago, his no longer injury laden (he played 289/298 games for the past 4 years). Volume shooter? He average 16.5 attempt this season, while artest is taking 13.9 attempt where 5.4 of it is from the 3p line. For people that are saying about his defense. He is underrated on his defense. And unlike Tmac, he actually works hard on defense. And VC suits the game of Rick motion offense. A player that can move with and without the ball, and able to score at a high percentage.
When the Bucks hang 124 points on you, but you come up with at least 112, the problem is not the offense. I know shooting is streaky at times and even downright atrocious some nights, but how in God's name are we letting piss poor teams shame us by putting up 60 points at the half? That's not an issue with the Rockets offense.
*sigh* Rockets Intrested in Artest for Vince Carter, but so are other teams Sorry if posted, bur geez juse when you thought it couldnt get any worse! http://www.northjersey.com/sports/nets/39542092.html The Spurs, Rockets, Mavericks and Cavaliers are among the teams interested in Vince Carter. One trade scenario has Carter going to Houston in a package that includes Ron Artest’s expiring contract. Dallas has dangled Jerry Stackhouse and parts, but unless one part is Josh Howard it makes little sense for New Jersey. "We set out a business plan a year ago and we’re going to build with our young players," Vandeweghe said. "The one thing we won’t do is sort of go for Band Aid fixes that compromise our long-term plans or for that matter hurt the development of your young players. I think that’s a mistake. "If we can do something to improve our team within our game plan and business plan we’re definitely going to do it."
I don't if Vince is a really good upgrade over Ron Artest but considering that Artest will try to get a bigger contract maybe it is a good trade. Also it gives a better scorer, because we miss McGrady but on the other side defense is going to be worse if you ship Ron Ron. It should be interesting to see how does everything solve out. I still think that Rockets will not do any trades.
we have inconsistent offense and certain players are lazy. Every game you go into you dont know what Tmac will be putting up, is Alston going to shoot well, Brooks in a slump?
Carter for Artest would mean either extending McGrady the season before or releasing McGrady & Scola's cap holds for slightly over the MLE to use in 2010.
Honestly from what I see, we'll be good with a trade or without a trade. If we decide to keep everyone and stand pact it'll work out cause Artest and Yao are showing that they may fit each other better than Yao + McGrady. Plus as everyone knows his contract is expiring this year and so is Tracy's next. On the other hand if we decide to trade I'm pretty sure it'll be a trade for the better not one that will bring extremley long contracts that will but us in an even bigger bind. Either way I've lost most hopes for a WT but not all. And I think we are getting more towards re building for the future mode rather than win now mode. Hey may not be a bad thing looking at how great young teams like Atlanta, Miami, Philly, Portland, Minnesota (to an extent) and so on have been coming together and maturing. Anyway we'll see...
