Rockets on the verge of moving T-Mac?
Via TrueHoop, Chris Broussard says that the Rockets think they can move Tracy McGrady before the trade deadline, and that the top two destinations are Washington and Chicago.
Washington, which league executives believe is in cost-cutting mode after the Gilbert Arenas disaster, could have McGrady for a deal featuring Caron Butler and some expiring contracts, perhaps Mike Miller and Randy Foye.
Chicago, which has definite interest in McGrady, also has the combination of young talent and expiring contracts the Rockets are looking for. There is a Bulls player Houston covets, but it’s not clear who that is. Since the Rockets surely realize that Derrick Rose won’t be traded, logic suggests it’s Joakim Noah.
A package of Noah, Brad Miller and Jerome James (the latter two have expiring contracts) would work financially, but sources say the Bulls have no desire to part with Noah.
I’m not sure why any team would covet McGrady at this point. He hasn’t scored double figures in a game in more than 11 months and there’s no guarantee that he’s going to get back to his old self. I certainly wouldn’t advise trading a healthy Caron Butler or Joakim Noah for him.
The only upside is salary cap relief. If the Wizards just want to blow the team up, then this is one way to do it. McGrady’s deal is expiring, so whoever trades for him can really help their cap flexibility in the short term. But at this point, Butler is the Wizards’ best player and only has one year (at an affordable $10.5 million) left on his deal. Why trade him?
Then again, who knows what’s going on in the mind of Ernie Grunfeld.
Tracy Mcgrady is just like Tiger and Shaq, a cheater. He’s been cheating on his wife before and after they were married. I have proof of the ongoing affair with one in particular mistress who has been cheating with him for years, most recently at the Liberty Hotel in Boston. Emails, texts, and a first hand account of their affair shocked me to say the least, not shocked by him cheating but rather why the mistress settled for a hotel affair… but she’s not a gold digger and never tried to get money or gifts, except the one little $2,000 car down payment he gave her that she asked for.. he’s slick, always changing phones and emails, the one he had for a while was trayuno@tmail.com but that is now been deleted. He should be removed from the all star game since he doesn’t deserve to be there and he is a horrible role model, so fans deserve to know as well as his wife obviously, who he calls his ‘show wife’ to the mistress… I know about Orlando, NC, and Boston hotel visits.. and text messages for days!! I’m not hating on him, I’m hating on these wack ass role models who try to uphold this clean image but are really scum of the earth.. lazy eye was given to him by God so he can’t look anyone in the eye when lying! Someone tell Clarenda to leave his ass asap and find a real man!