The Cow Patties are lifting off

[tisbee]

One "report" has Memphis offering the #2 pick for McGrady and Brooks,w/Morey turning it down.
Gee,I wonder why...maybe because Memphis won't be far enough under the cap to take on the salaries? And if it's a trade it would have to be something like Darko,Jaric and Buckner.
C'mon,use some common sense guys. If you're going to make s*** up,at least make it possible under the CBA and remotely plausible.

[moofs]

But it was Chad Ford!!!

[rocketsballin]

the number 2 pick for tmac and brooks? hell no. go **** yourself on that one.

[YoungMoney23]

the number 2 pick for tmac and brooks? hell no. go **** yourself on that one.

enough said

[stockmarketgod]

Rox are shopping Tmac hard,

I heard Tmac and Landry was our teams trade scenerio... in the deal that the Wizards just pulled off... with the Timber Wolves...

No. 5 selection, Oleksiy Pecherov, Darius Songaila, and Etan Thomas.

looks to me no one is biting on Tmac...

also heard that Chicago is passing on Tmac too..

ouch

[PocketRockets]

Are you surprised?

Only teams in desperate need to cut cost the next year will realistically offer something reasonable for him. I think if he's moved, it'll be at the deadline. No team will give reasonable offers until then and we won't move him unless it's for something reasonable. It'll prob be one of those teams that are going broke too like CHA, MIL, NOH, etc. meaning we won't improve much.

[stockmarketgod]

Are you surprised?

Only teams in desperate need to cut cost the next year will realistically offer something reasonable for him. I think if he's moved, it'll be at the deadline. No team will give reasonable offers until then and we won't move him unless it's for something reasonable. It'll prob be one of those teams that are going broke too like CHA, MIL, NOH, etc. meaning we won't improve much.

your right,

not surprised

but...

as much of a Tmac hater that I am, these days

its still just sad too see

[tisbee]

From Rockets.com mock draft article:
"OK, given the fact this day was supposed to be all about the draft, I figured we could steer clear of Tracy McGrady talk for at least a bit. Boy, am I stupid. Clearly I forgot the No. 1 rule of discussing the Rockets these days which states: No matter what the subject matter is, all roads eventually lead back to Mac. So with that in mind, here are Daryl Morey's responses to the McGrady questions tossed his way during this afternoon's meeting with the Houston press corps:

"We’re getting a lot of interest on Tracy and I do have to listen," said Morey. "It’s my job to make this team as ready to win the title as possible. I think the reason we are going to have a pretty high bar on moving him is because he still provides exactly what Coach and I thought we were missing which is a guy who can get a high quality shot at the end of a game. That said, we want to position ourselves for the playoffs and it looks like it’s going to be hard for Tracy to be here for a good chunk of the year, so if we can get a talented player that helps us all season then I think we have to look at it. That’s just my job and I think that’s why you see the rumors- there’s so much economic strife in the league, teams are interested in the potential savings he could bring."

How aggressive have teams been trying to acquire him?
"I’d say very aggressive. I’d say, up to this point, nothing that’s been interesting enough, but I would say pretty aggressive. I think if it (a trade) helps us, overall, to win the title, I’ll do it."

Is there a timetable for McGrady's return?
"The doctors have said there’s no timetable. I do think that because the surgery went well and it was a smaller area, that there is some chance that he could be back early in the year, like even near the start of the year, but that’s a very unlikely proposition from what I’m hearing. I think it’s more likely toward the middle and it could be at the end and, for some people unfortunately it’s an injury that could you could never recover (from). So we’re dealing with a lot of uncertainty."