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If Mcgrady has successful surgery this summer. Would you still do the McGrady vs Carter deal? I think if you guys had Carter in these playoffs, you could at the same level as the Lakers if not a bit higher. So i'm just curious with the current team being so close to a championship, will you take your chances with Mcgrady again to see if he just had some bad luck, while keeping his shorter contract? Or will you go for the gold next year, while taking on the longer contract?

Depends how healthy T-Mac is. If he is pretty healthy, I think we keep just because this is his contract year.

With his 22 million coming off the books next year, I think we'll take our chances with him. Especially if we want to retain Artest and Wafer. I think Alexander will be more willing to eat the Lux Tax if he knows its only for a year.

T-Mac is very unlikely to be healthy/playing at the beginning of the season. If a trade happens it'll be a deadline deal.

We're most likely going to have the same team as currently for the start of next season (assuming Ron and Von stay on). T-Mac's really hurt.

No, Carter is getting too old.

He'll play out his contract in Houston. Possible mid-season trade if there is interest and a good deal on the table. But I think he'll play out his last year in Houston.

IM sure Artest is gonna be signed

Tmac probably won't be back till midseason. Carter is great, but is too injury prone and his contract is a burden...just let Tmac's contract run out and go after a 2 like Joe Johnson in '10 or maybe Wade but I think he will probably resign with the Heat.

Bow2Yao11 wrote:Tmac probably won't be back till midseason. Carter is great, but is too injury prone and his contract is a burden...just let Tmac's contract run out and go after a 2 like Joe Johnson in '10 or maybe Wade but I think he will probably resign with the Heat.

You seem to have alluded to a really good side benefit of having a good showing in this year's (and next year's) playoffs, and that's the perception that we are, or on the cusp of, contender status without T-Mac. When players like JJ and Wade hit free agency and want to leave subpar teams and go to a contender (a likely case for both ATL and MIA) that is a huge factor.

BaYBaller wrote:

Bow2Yao11 wrote:Tmac probably won't be back till midseason. Carter is great, but is too injury prone and his contract is a burden...just let Tmac's contract run out and go after a 2 like Joe Johnson in '10 or maybe Wade but I think he will probably resign with the Heat.

You seem to have alluded to a really good side benefit of having a good showing in this year's (and next year's) playoffs, and that's the perception that we are, or on the cusp of, contender status without T-Mac. When players like JJ and Wade hit free agency and want to leave subpar teams and go to a contender (a likely case for both ATL and MIA) that is a huge factor.

Yea and they probably want to play with a big man like Yao so I like our chances at landing a star wing

Our off-season will look like this...

Re-sign Ron Artest
Split the MLE on Wafer and hopefully Jeff Foster (hes a FA isnt he?)

Let McGrady re-hab

THE REAL question is how artest plays with his new CONTRACT

Bow2Yao11 wrote:Tmac probably won't be back till midseason. Carter is great, but is too injury prone and his contract is a burden...just let Tmac's contract run out and go after a 2 like Joe Johnson in '10 or maybe Wade but I think he will probably resign with the Heat.

Carter hasnt been injury prone since he left Toronto. It's just a tag people put on him, since he was out a couple of years in Toronto.

KiDdFrESh wrote:Our off-season will look like this...

Re-sign Ron Artest
Split the MLE on Wafer and hopefully Jeff Foster (hes a FA isnt he?)

Let McGrady re-hab

Why do you want Foster?

i know hes good at rebounding, but thats all

Foster is a decent defender, and he has length. What else do we need?

HTown_TMac wrote:Foster is a decent defender, and he has length. What else do we need?

I rather we steal Birdman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FK he was a steal for the nuggets. 800k this year.

smapor wrote:

HTown_TMac wrote:Foster is a decent defender, and he has length. What else do we need?

I rather we steal Birdman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FK he was a steal for the nuggets. 800k this year.

True, but he'll have more tats than our WHOLE team.

Ok, so 'splain me again why you're looking at 2 PFs?

BTW, Jeff Foster won't be a free agent. He signed a contract extension with Indy at the beginning of the year.