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[NorthJersey] Tracy McGrady on Knick shopping list

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Malcolm, Feb 2, 2010.

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  1. Malcolm

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    http://www.northjersey.com/sports/p...ks/83319277_T-Mac_on_Knick_shopping_list.html




    E-mail: adamek@northjersey.com
    Larry Hughes sat on the Knicks' bench Sunday night, as he did for all but two games in January, and admitted thinking he had something to offer a team that, five days after smoking the Timberwolves by 27, got smoked in return by 21.

    "I feel like I can definitely help, no question," the veteran guard said after sitting out his 13th January game. "I've proven that."

    Yet, what the Knicks proved during a 6-9 month that pushed their season to the brink of irrelevance is that they need help from somewhere, somehow by the Feb. 18 NBA trade deadline.

    It could come in the form of Tracy McGrady, who with his expiring $22.5 million contract sits in limbo after Houston put him on hiatus.

    The Knicks have big-bucks components to meet the salary-cap requirements to get him — i.e. the expiring deals of Hughes ($13.6 million), Al Harrington ($10 million) and Darko Milicic ($7.5 million), plus Cuttino Mobley's still-on-the-books $9.5 million.

    Except, Houston actually wants players it can use, including, reportedly, rookie Jordan Hill.

    But McGrady hasn't played significant minutes since last February and likely would be a two-month rental that, based on his history of needing the ball, could become the elephant in Mike D'Antoni's system.

    However, the frequent breakdowns of that system have been a prime component of the Knicks' current 3-9 funk that might be more easily cured by a lesser deal for another point guard (i.e. Steve Blake, Mike James, Chucky Atkins, Luke Ridnour, Sergio Rodriguez).

    D'Antoni has been stubborn about shuffling the deck, saying that plugging in the likes of Hughes or rookie Toney Douglas for Jonathan Bender (0-for-5 in his last two games) or Hill (3-for-19 in his last four) wouldn't accomplish much.

    Except in Phoenix, where he also was stubborn about his eight-man rotation, he had Steve Nash, not Chris Duhon, running the point and component parts such as Amar'e Stoudemire (whom the Knicks aren't pursuing).

    Now he has Harrington (and his often-questionable shot selection), who's missed the last two games with his knee injury, plus Nate Robinson, who since hasn't exactly provided any consistency returning from his 14-game December hiatus.

    So something, even if it only shuffles this Titanic's deck chairs, seems inevitable within the confines of president Donnie Walsh's plan to not add any salary to the cap beyond this season.

    A McGrady move qualifies and perhaps the closer the trade deadline gets, the more appealing some kind of Knicks package might look.

    Blake (who owns a $4 million expiring contract) is probably the most accomplished point guard available in the wake of teammate Andre Miller's recent play. But Portland needs a big man and neither Milicic (who's turned off his ignition) nor the injured Eddy Curry qualify.

    Jared Jeffries, owed $6.9 million next season, is the player the Knicks would like most to deal, to create more 2010-11 cap space. But if they harbor any hope that they can get back in the playoff race, trading him would cost a key component of the 9-6 December run they just undid in January.

    E-mail: adamek@northjersey.com
     
    #1 Malcolm, Feb 2, 2010
  2. DarkHorse

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    This is not a rumor. This is someone expressing what has been known to everyone in the known world for months.
     
    #2 DarkHorse, Feb 2, 2010
  3. LifeisButaDream

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    Houston Trade Breakdown This could be the best deal we get
    Change in Team Outlook: +17.0 ppg, +6.7 rpg, and +4.0 apg.
    Incoming Players
    Larry Hughes
    6-5 SG from St. Louis
    9.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.7 apg in 27.0 minutes
    Cuttino Mobley
    6-4 SG from Rhode Island
    No games yet played in 2009-2010
    Jordan Hill
    6-9 PF from Arizona
    4.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.4 apg in 9.8 minutes
    Toney Douglas
    6-2 PG from Florida State
    6.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.9 apg in 12.9 minutes
    Outgoing Players
    Tracy McGrady
    6-8 SG / SF from Mount Zion Christian Academy (HS)
    3.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 1.0 apg in 7.6 minutes

    New York Trade Breakdown
    Change in Team Outlook: -17.0 ppg, -6.7 rpg, and -4.0 apg.
    Incoming Players
    Tracy McGrady
    6-8 SG / SF from Mount Zion Christian Academy (HS)
    3.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 1.0 apg in 7.6 minutes
    Outgoing Players
    Larry Hughes
    6-5 SG from St. Louis
    9.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.7 apg in 27.0 minutes
    Cuttino Mobley
    6-4 SG from Rhode Island
    No games yet played in 2009-2010
    Jordan Hill
    6-9 PF from Arizona
    4.1 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.4 apg in 9.8 minutes
    Toney Douglas
    6-2 PG from Florida State
    6.3 ppg, 1.1 rpg, 0.9 apg in 12.9 minutes
     
    #3 LifeisButaDream, Feb 2, 2010
  4. rocketblaze

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    I would totally do a

    Jeffries/Hughes
    Gallinari

    for

    McGrady
    Dorsey
    Taylor

    --RB
     
    #4 rocketblaze, Feb 2, 2010
  5. LifeisButaDream

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    we would like cbud instead of taylor if am nyk.
     
    #5 LifeisButaDream, Feb 2, 2010
  6. RedRowdy111

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    Houston has a back up plan called "PLAN Z", a NY trade. They will only pull this from the holster if all else fails.
     
    #6 RedRowdy111, Feb 2, 2010
  7. LongTimeFan

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    Why does NY do this?
     
    #7 LongTimeFan, Feb 2, 2010
  8. Clutch

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    The Knicks make so much sense as an actual playing destination for T-Mac... I think they represent a Rocket fallback plan since they have expiring contracts the Rockets can take back (at a lower annual salary).
     
    #8 Clutch, Feb 2, 2010
  9. LifeisButaDream

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    To make the playoffs.
     
    #9 LifeisButaDream, Feb 2, 2010
  10. RedRowdy111

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    I knew it! Hopefully "Plan Z" wont go into affect.
     
    #10 RedRowdy111, Feb 2, 2010
  11. W22_STREAK

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    just give me jordan hill and thats enough. no need for gallinari
     
    #11 W22_STREAK, Feb 2, 2010
  12. LongTimeFan

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    Does that mean the Rockets are saying, we'll take Jeffries off your hands as long as you give us Jordan Hill OR Toney Douglas? Are those fallback options for Scola/Lowry?
     
    #12 LongTimeFan, Feb 2, 2010
  13. Pete Chilcutt

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    What do you guys think of Jordan Hill and Douglas?
     
    #13 Pete Chilcutt, Feb 2, 2010
  14. LongTimeFan

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    All they're doing is swapping expiring contracts, and you have them giving us BOTH of their young assets just to be able to swap expirings? :confused: Only way you get EITHER Douglas or Hill is by taking back Jeffries or Curry.
     
    #14 LongTimeFan, Feb 2, 2010
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  16. LifeisButaDream

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    Then DM will no thanks. :eek:
     
    #16 LifeisButaDream, Feb 2, 2010
  17. tinman

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    If the Knicks could take Marbury, Francis, and Alan Houston's insane contracts,
    T-Mac's is nothing.
     
    #17 tinman, Feb 2, 2010
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    why would we want Hill and Douglas if we've got Brooks and Landry
     
    #18 bluffkin, Feb 2, 2010
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    I totally wouldn't. Gallinari is not worth Jeffries' contract and Jermaine Taylor.
     
    #19 Depressio, Feb 2, 2010
  20. Someguy1229

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    Keep dreaming Knicks fans...
     
    #20 Someguy1229, Feb 2, 2010
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