moofs wrote:Haha that's a cheap shot!
"I spoke with McGrady earlier [3 months ago? Was it even about this topic or something else?]. His basic thing is that he's very happy in Houston, but he wants to win."
[McGrady, 'No, I wouldn''t encourage a trade <(sic) to Detroit>. I'm happy in Houston. I like winning here']
[Stephen A, 'Houston is a perennial </b/b/b/b/b/b/bEVERY YEARS> loser.']
[Stephen A, 'He definitely wants out of Houston.']
[Stephen A, 'Controversy! Ratings! Money! Men! Erm, I mean women. Ahem.']
[Stephen A, 'I LIKE CHEESE DOODLES BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE.. BECAUSE THEY ARE DELICIOUS.']
Almost guaranteed the first sample sentence from McGrady some time ago is all that was ever said, and maybe not even to Stephen A (he never says that any of his conclusions actually derived from talking with McGrady in any way - meanwhile I've heard McGrady say things almost exactly to that tune on the local news to help quell trade rumors with fans). It's easy to twist facts. Keep this in mind if you ever see me ranting about a corporate news outlet - if THE AMAZING SAS can twist facts to mislead that easily, how well could someone with half a brain do it?
Maybe we could get the taco bell chihuahua to kick him in the balls.
P.s. Not that I liked Al Gore, but read up on how his "I invented the internet" "quote" came into being. I'll give you a hint, he never said it.
vator wrote:Since when does sombody asking you would you mind playing for the Pistons and you respond with "I just want to win" mean that you wouldn't mind being traded to said team. Especially when you also say that you are "very happy in Houston"
This is nothing more than old news rehashed and passed off as new news by a guy obviously twisting a comment to suit his own purposes. This would have been real news had the response been something along the lines of, yeah I wouldn't mind playing for the Pistons. Instead we get twisted words. No need for a new thread here...same old crap with a little cheese doodle sprinkled on top for added flavor.
moofs wrote:Stephen A obviously made his rumor up because there was another one out there and he's an opportunistic fungus.
The other one is this:
http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress/20 ... g_pit.html
All search results cite "metronews.ca". Why would a news outlet in Canada know about a trade between Detroit and Houston before anyone else? It's stupid made-up garbage. The trade doesn't even make sense to begin with, and the rumor source makes less sense.
Every other rumor I've seen is coming from people talking about these two without citation. Morey has said he's keeping McGrady, McGrady has said he wants to be here, and as someone reminded me yesterday, we were a 55 win team (i really can't believe i stopped paying attention to our win total last year) last year with tons of major injuries. What possible motivation could everyone involved have for wanting to lie so much if this isn't just some stupid newsmongering rumor? Again, news people will twist anything to make a story.
The fact that no one stops talking about it only means that no one actually bothers to look into it and just keeps talking without any information, which is never a good thing.
MaxRider wrote:just lock it
it's from BSPN
Can we stop yet?
)the Rockets are playing Boston in Game 7,some reporter will announce that MCGrady will be traded at half-time.
