On T-Mac
While describing his team as actively looking for moves to make before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, Rockets owner Leslie Alexander said one move he will not consider is trading struggling guard Tracy McGrady.
"I don’t think we’re going to part ways with Tracy," said Alexander. "Everybody wants us to. We acquired a great superstar and everybody wants us to trade the great superstar. You don’t get superstars that often.
"Daryl (Morey, the Rockets general manager) and I were talking this morning. We both discussed how great Tracy is in the playoffs. There’s very few people who have the ability to step up their games in the playoffs and he does. So we’re not looking to run away from Tracy. I always though he was injured and has problems. There will be more news coming out in the next couple days. He’s a great player when he’s healthy and a great competitor."
On Yao
Alexander said the Rockets are as determined to keep Yao Ming, who can opt out of his contract after next season.
"When you have great players and a guy who works as hard as he does, we want to keep them," Alexander said. "He’s a model NBA player. We want to keep him for the rest of his career."
This is interesting. There have been rumors saying that the Rockets have been actively involved in trading T-Mac, but so far no deal has come to fruition. Perhaps an attempt by the owner to prevent any damage between T-Mac and the Rockets organization?
