McGrady

[Keith]

Games played:

'05-'06 - 47
'06-'07 - 71
'07-'08 - 66
'08-'09 - 35

Back, knee, shoulder... no telling what next injury could have further lessened his trade value if you played him more this season. Teams already know about McGrady and what he can do. Plus it's better if they scout him using old tapes instead of new ones anyway.

Good riddance.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Keith

Games played:

'05-'06 - 47
'06-'07 - 71
'07-'08 - 66
'08-'09 - 35

Back, knee, shoulder... no telling what next injury could have further lessened his trade value if you played him more this season. Teams already know about McGrady and what he can do. Plus it's better if they scout him using old tapes instead of new ones anyway.

Good riddance.

The knicks didn't even trade for McGrady, they traded for Tracy McGrady's expiring contract. The Knicks have long since thrown away this year. The deal was all about clearing cap room for the Lebronstakes. McGrady could have dropped dead on the floor and the Knicks still would have traded for his contract.

But if McGrady had played well for 2 weeks there would have been other teams interested in using him for the stretch run AND for cap space. And more interested parties means that the Knicks probably offer up more.

They could not have been hurt and only could have been helped by putting him on the floor in late January to showcase what he had left. Instead they bungled the whole thing and got the lowest possible value for him.

[Nconroe]

I do think all NY Knicks wanted was the expiring contract so they could play for two big FA in offseason, so anything out of T-Mac is a bonus.

So far they are getting the bonus it appears, which may make it good for Tracy in the offseason as well.

But I think Rockets got something almost for nothing as well. They got under the cap this year, they have plenty flexibility for FA during the off-season.

They got taller, 4 athletic players, so we can see if they even make playoffs this year.

And they got two first round draft picks for 2011 and 2012.

I am on the side Tracy forced the trade by trying to outdo coach and GM in the media, but he has been injured to much to pull that off in Houston.