Tmac and some combination for chance to draft Mayo?

ROFL?

You want to trade your best player for a player you "Think" can be good?

You never trade a countless times proven all star like McGrady for someone that hasn't proven anything.

You know what kind of teams do that kind of trade? Teams looking to rebuild and don't care about what happens in the next 2-3 yrs because you won't get much out of a draft pick till then

 

Best post.

 

Miller makes $9m and Cardinal $6.3m. Not even close capwise to McGrady's $21m. If you're going to go out on a limb, it least make sure the limb is attached to a tree.

 

...You are going to argue trading Yao before Tracy McGrady?

 

No way, TMac is not going to be traded. TMac should be given the chance to play off his contract here in HTown. All the team needs is some tweaks to the roster and with good health this team will be going far into the playoffs next season.

 

Mayo's a ballhogging bum!

 

I wouldn't mind having a separate random trade Tmac thread. It seems like there's enough people with ideas about trading him...or maybe these should all be posted in the random trade thread.

 

This is what I think.

I think taking mayo is a step backwards...but one that could POSSIBLY propel us forward, faster.

For example:

I was asked way back in 2005 if I would trade T-Mac for Chris Paul to which I blasted my friend for and said HELL NO. You can't blame me though. 04-05 T-Mac was SICK...But if I consider it now, I would take Chris Paul for T-Mac any day. So yeah, we may have been worse off for 1 or 2 years, but we would have been better off in year 3 and our future in contention would be set for 10 more years.

So this could be the same thing. As hard as it is to admit, it is safe to say that T-Mac is on the decline. He's not near 04-05 T-Mac. OJ Mayo is a supremely gifted offensive player and that is exactly what we would need if T-Mac was to go. What I love about this kid is that he is willing to WORK. I admire players like him, Yao, Arenas, Kobe...those willing to put in the maximum effort to better themselves and the team.

Plus, having Yao in the post would be a great compliment for Mayo and would ease his transition into the league.


If I and Rockets front office and I consider Mayo, this is what I do.
The only teams that have a shot at Mayo that would be willing to trade their picks in a McGrady pacgake are New York and Miami...maybe not even Miami.
T-Macs contract comes off the books just in time for LeBron/Wade/Bosh free agency which is exactly what they both want.

I think we would have to take on a bad contract to get Mayo from NY. They're also going to want Alston because he is a legend in NY and he would be AWESOME for D'Antoni. If we have to take on Randolph, Curry or someone like that..NO DEAL. If its Marbs or Q-Rich, I consider it..and buy out Marbury.
After Marbury is bought out I go after Arenas WITH FURY to get another superstar next to Yao so we still have a damn good shot at a championship next year.

Arenas/Mayo/Battier/Scola/Yao...contenders next year with future set for 10 more. Thats more than I can say about our current team.

 

This can't be serious.

 

Did you guys even watch Mayo play college ball or did yall just watch the highlights. This guys stunked it up more times than he made plays. Gordon or Bayless I believe are better

 

no way he can play PG. he has to play SG if he wants to be a star in the NBA. his game is not made for the PG position.

 

Some of these trades requests are just ridiculous.

Come on people, no one trades proven all star talent for unproven rookies with iffy potential. Morey would be r****ded to do that.

 

I am in such a trade Yao or TMac mood. I think it is time, right now. I think this season was the peak despite the injury to Yao. I don't think Yao will overcome his foot problems, basic physics. TMac is pretty much toast. He probably sees the Jazz in his sleep. Experiment over, time to move on. Let's make a deal and build with youth: tall, quick, mean, and athletic. The Les/Morey plan is a failing strategy, which will be abundantly clear by the end of next season. Do the same things, get the same results. Duh.

 

we may not win the finals, but you seriously don't believe we would have advanced past the first round this yr if everyone was relatively healthy?

 

Change it to Yao and you got a deal.

 

Honestly, I don't. The Jazz are simply much more talented, position by position. They were going to win the series anyway. Remember Yao's performances last season? He was soooo slow, turned the ball over sooooo many times, his game really deteriorated in Utah. D. Williams was going to run over Alston or Brooks whether they were healthy or not. Its' really about talent at this level, and the elites of the West ALL have more.

 

Why would you restart this team and start over when you already have a heart.

Why not instead build around two best players instead of trading them for raising player?

 

Umm...yeah.

Your major argument for trading Tmac is that he is "always injured". Yao has missed more games the last three seasons then Tmac.

I'm a Rockets fan so I love both Yao and Tmac. But the team has shown over and over again that Tmac is more valuable to the team. When Tmac misses games, Yao can't lead us. When Yao misses games, Tmac is still able to win at a pretty high percentage in the Western freakin Conference.

The age difference is irrelevant between Yao and Tmac. I know Les is not trading Yao because he is supposedly a cash cow or whatever, but purely on talent Yao cannot sniff Tmac's jock.

Again I wouldn't trade either because I love them both and don't believe they are the problem.

 

I'm just glad you are not the GM.

 

You will likely change your mind by the end of next season, if no significant personnel changes are made. Owners and GM's are not necessarily "basketball experts." I'm not either, but I wouldn't have given away Gasol for nothing. And I wouldn't have let I. Thomas ruin the Knicks. And I promise you I could have done a better job than C.D. over his tenure. He overpaid on contracts, made some highly questionable trades, and located some of the leagues worst players to draft. Les is rich, but is obviously no basketball genius. Morey is here to contain expenditures. You might like me more than you think.