Outside of Hakeem's first championship in Houston, when was the last time an NBA champion did not have an all-star caliber swingman? Forget champions, when was the last time a team without a terrific perimeter threat made it to any conference final. In order to win today, you cannot just have bigs. You need inside and outside effectiveness. You need balance. You need this on both sides of the floor. Please do not shroud your loathing of his injuries and subsequent loss of confidence in McGrady in an opinion of what's best for the team. The only way trading McGrady makes any sense is if you not only get KG, but you're able to package any effective first round picks for a top lottery pick and get Mr. Morrison. But you absolutely must have legitimacy on the perimeter. Let's Go Rockets.
This is a guard league now!!! We need to pair yao with a guard (inside out) to win it all. Plus, Yao + KG = worst clutchness tandem superstars in the league history KG's efficiency doesnt equal to winning games, dont fool by those stats. We need T-mac clutch shooting, decision making and slashing to win ball games. Can KG provide any of these??? I say NO!!!
It stands to reason that Minnesota would not likely trade KG for an unhealthy McGrady. I don't think we'd ever consider trading a healthy McGrady to bring in an unhealthy KG. I'm a hopeless romantic perhaps in the fact that I believe that this time off for McGrady paired with a rehab focused on long-term benefits will effectively bring back a healthy McGrady. But ultimately, I think we could all come to embrace the outlook of a trade that would in essence bring KG and Adam Morrison for T-Mac.
Yao is not a closer. he is just not a clutch player. bring in KG and you'll have two players who are not accoustemed to finishing games out. tracy has ice water in his blood. he is a cold blood assasin. without him, this team has no direction. no goal. yao shoul'd be the 1st option for the ist 3 quarters, but when it's all said and donE, TRACY IS THE PLAYER WHO WILL GET US OVER THE HUMP. HE IS A RARE TALENT. once in a generation player.
Let's see. 1. Almost nobody on this board knows jack **** about medicine. 2. We can't make any trades for months. Therefore 3. Let's spend the rest of the season and offseason opining about McGrady's back and who we should trade him for.
I voted yes, but I doubt it happens. Why would Minnesota want a damaged TMAC for the next 6 years? Yao and KG will not be a good combo. Opposing teams will constantly pack the lane and be able to double team KG and Yao much more easily, since they don't have to go to the 3pt line like they do for a guard. I would rather have Paul Pierce, if Boston decides to get rid of him. There is no way they are trading PP for T-mac.
T-Mac's value is very low right now,that's why I don't believe in this rumor. The Wolves would be trading big for small which doesn't help them much either because neither KG nor T-Mac have shown that they can carry the team by themselves. I like T-Mac but I would trade KG for him because of his injuries. KG could be a good defender in the post which could help Yao out quite a bit. He is mostly a jump shooter which wouldn't interfere with Yao's scoring in the low post.
So you think KG is a better player than a healthy T-MAC? Like someones said before KG is averaging 21 a game on a team with no other real scoring options. McGrady has averaged around 24 a game despite not even finishing many games. Their career averages won't tell much since T-MAC was complimenting Vince during his years in Toronto. KG is a stat stuffer, but he's not a go to scorer.
Absolutely. KG is a great player, by all means. He's consistent and can do more than most. He is a step under Tim Duncan. However, Tracy McGrady will close out games for you, he will score at will for you, KG just can't do it like T-Mac in that sense. I say we give T-Mac the rest this offseason plus the rest of this season, I think he would be fine next season. A healthy McGrady and Yao (if he stays this way) = Many championships. You guys give up too quickly IMO. If KG and Yao didn't work out next season, I could see a lot of trade KG threads popping up... Plus Minnesota wouldn't do this trade anyways.
You think the chance of Tmac doing that again is bigger than KG doing it? That said, I don't think Wolves would take that deal -- the same reason some of us are considering giving up TMac -- too risky, with his back.
I may believe the rumor, but I don't think the trade will go down. I'm not blaming JVG or CD or anyone, but I've been sensing burps, hiccups and dissention within the Rox organization for the last several weeks. Having said that, if this rumor is true at all, has management decided Yao's not firstB-banana anymore? It's sad, but this is like the offseason and salvos are being launched in every direction at every adjective. Let me be the first to say I really have no idea where we go from here, but Yao is grabbing a hell of a lot of radar these days.
Are the Rockets management convinced that Yao is option 1 instead of 1B or 2? If Yao keeps playing at this torrid pace, will Mac be Clyde to Yao's Hakeem when he returns next season?
8 pages of Bucher garbage! This thread is such a moot discussion because 1) Minnesota isn't going to take damaged goods. 2) If T-mac is healthy we're not going to trade him.
Thank you, I couldn't agree more, it's truly disgusting. KG is 3 years older, and not as good of an offensive player as TMac is. Besides, if this back thing keeps up, I do believe that TMac would eventually retire, but I really hope that he doesn't. I still remember the years when TMac was here in Orlando, if he gets back to that form, people here will have feet in their mouths. Also don't forget that TMac has said that he would retire before he gets back surgery.
I was watching the TNT game and the announcer was listing off a bunch of teams that had shown interest in KG. Among the teams were the Pacers, Clippers, Warriors, and the Celtics. He did not say Rockets. Bucher is BSing. T-Mac isn't going anywhere.
