Source: Yao wants Mcgrady traded

[xtremesteven33]

........After limping and gimping around on his left knee through December, McGrady was put on a two- to three-week rehab assignment on Monday to improve his conditioning. "Conditioning" was the word the team used, deliberately so.

Now, in sports, you can be conditioning to rehabilitate a surgically-repaired part -- like, "Gilbert Arenas is still conditioning his knee." Or, there's conditioning when you're not in shape -- like, "David Aldridge is conditioning, and we hope he'll be able to finish the mile-and-a-half run sometime in the next decade."

So, which is it with McGrady?

"He's conditioning," Rockets GM Daryl Morey said Tuesday. "Tracy said it himself. He wants to do his off-season conditioning program. So that's what he's doing."

That's great. Except ... it's not the offseason.

"He couldn't do it in the offseason because of the (knee) surgery," Morey said.

If this were someone else, it probably wouldn't be that big of a deal. But it's McGrady, who disclosed on the Rockets' media day, four months after his May knee surgery, that the knee was about "75, 80 percent," and also said he would probably need shoulder surgery after the '08-09 season was over, despite having had that cleaned out in the offseason, too.

Hence, no offseason conditioning program.

The Rockets are putting a positive spin on this, but Waiting for Tracy is a play that nobody in Houston wants to see anymore -- up to and including the big man, Yao Ming.

"They don't speak," an extremely plugged-in person tells me. "And Yao wants him out."

That's not likely this season, as McGrady's $20.3 million is toxic to too many teams' luxury tax plans. Next summer, though, when McGrady will have an expiring, $22.4 million contract, teams may well circle the Rockets looking to make a deal.......

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/01/13/daily.dose.011309/index.html

[endrity]

not suprised at all, Yao is quite a high-character guy, and someone that seems to really care about winning and doing the right think. I love TMac's talents, he was born to play this game, but his psyche is that of a total loser. Too bad really, there was a time circa 01-03 when I thought we had a chance to be better than Kobe.

[sook]

bullshit, if it was true Yao wouldn't have said it to the media, if you believe these rumours, the joke is on you

[Gino]

bullshit, if it was true Yao wouldn't have said it to the media, if you believe these rumours, the joke is on you

Eh...he didn't say it to the media. Somone "involved" said it.

But its probably true. Im sure everyone on that team is unbelievably sick of T-Mac.

[WildcardManu]

bullshit, if it was true Yao wouldn't have said it to the media, if you believe these rumours, the joke is on you

denial

[sonic21]

bullshit, if it was true Yao wouldn't have said it to the media, if you believe these rumours, the joke is on you

wait, you're not happy?
that's good news for rockets fans

[angel_luv]

I think the source is speculating about Yao's wishes. Not to say they are not correct, just that I don't think Yao is the type to openly complain.

[ClingingMars]

lol, rockets fan trying to deny it

-Mars

[sook]

lol, rockets fan trying to deny it

-Mars

what the hell are you talking about? We all want mcgrady gone but this requires a bit of common sense, someone of yao's character would never say something like this

[sonic21]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/columnists/lawrence/index.html?page=1

it's nydaily so it's probably not true


This is the fifth season Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming have played together in Houston, so you'd think by now that everyone would be comfortable with their roles. Apparently not. McGrady has been privately complaining to friends in recent days about Yao taking too many shots and not being tough enough. Like McGrady has never been accused of either.

[Double-Up]

wait, you're not happy?
that's good news for rockets fans

I don't think it is because when your "softest" and most injury prone player is talking shit it's not good for anyone. Next expect Artest to go off the deep end....stay tuned. :depressed

[Lakers_55]

T-Mac trade for Starbury! Wait, someone said that already.....

[Indazone]

Yao is probably wishing he had the old Stevie Franchise back right now. The one who was fearless, and a dunking machine.

By the way, here's what Yao said in an interview.

http://thegame.podbean.com/2009/01/14/yao-mings-response-to-the-aldridge-report/

[Indazone]

I remember playing organized basketball. All it takes is one player on your team to act like a spoiled prima donna to screw your entire team chemistry up. You start yelling at each other in practice. The other dude pouts. Perhaps they start playing their own way and hogging the ball. Coach tries to step in but it doesn't help. Might run a few plays the way coach wants it but eventually goes back to ball hogging and pouting.

[Indazone]

and now from the man himself

David Aldridge

http://thegame.podbean.com/category/the-ken-hoffman-and-david-nuno/

[phyzik]

Yao is probably wishing he had the old Stevie Franchise back right now. The one who was fearless, and a dunking machine.

By the way, here's what Yao said in an interview.

http://thegame.podbean.com/2009/01/14/yao-mings-response-to-the-aldridge-report/

I doubt Yao wants him out but listening to his response.... he seemed to be hesitant and ducking the questions. who knows, I dont listen to him often enough, maybe thats just the way he talks.

[stretch]

wow. man, when they first got T-Mac, I thought for sure these guys would end up winning a title together. But injuries and JVG pissing away playoff series that they should have won, completely ruined them. There was no excuse for them not to beat the Mavericks in 04-05 as well as the Jazz in 06-07.

[Indazone]

During the next two weeks, watch for the Rockets spin machines to be in full operation trying to put a good face on this.

[The Franchise]

wow. man, when they first got T-Mac, I thought for sure these guys would end up winning a title together. But injuries and JVG pissing away playoff series that they should have won, completely ruined them. There was no excuse for them not to beat the Mavericks in 04-05 as well as the Jazz in 06-07.
The reasons for those losses was lack of talent. When other teams can depend on their depth to sustain them for stretches it makes a huge difference in a series. That's what I don't understand about this season. When you finally get a team that can potentially win it all why act like a bitch now? I for one can't wait to see his ass traded.

[Indazone]

He's hurt just like Battier is hurt. They both should be sat down right now to heal.

However T-Mac's insistence on playing has hurt the team more than if he just sat down. Both in terms of chemistry and poor play in the court.

[sook]

Fran Blineberry, commonly known as the mcgrady hater even admits this is false.


Fran,

What do you make of the David Aldridge report that Yao wants TMac out of Houston? Any indication from what you've seen that this could be true?

link: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/0 ... se.011309/

Quote: "They don't speak," an extremely plugged-in person tells me. "And Yao wants him out.

[That statement is flat out not true. I know that from first-hand observation. --Fran]

[Here's what I can tell you from first-hand observation. 1 -- I have frequently heard McGrady tell all of us in the media that he would like to see Yao shoot the ball and take over games. What he might have said to a friend privately, I can't say. But I have seen no evidence of jealousy. 2 -- The statement that Yao and McGrady do not speak is just not true. Here's what I saw on Saturday night prior to the Knicks game: McGrady, who was not playing, stopped by his locker to pick up a few things. He then walked to the other side of the room, where leaned down and to Dikembe Mutombo and said, "Hello, Papa." After exchanging a few other words, McGrady walked to where Yao was sitting in front of his locker, talking to reporters, and he leaned in and tapped him on the shoulder. He asked Yao how he was feeling. They chatted briefly and then McGrady left. With all of that, as I posted in the blog on Saturday, there are many -- likely a majority -- of players in the locker room who have not been happy wtih McGrady's play-or-not-play, in-and-out-of-the-lineup status for much of the season. And there were many who were furious with his "effort" in the Toronto game. I think the entire team is happier now that a decision has been made to keep both McGrady and Ron Artest out of the lineup in order to rehab and get healthy. They want consistency. They want to know who is in the lineup every night and they want to know that the players who play are physically capable and ready to go all-out. --Fran]

[tp2021]

I feel so bad sometimes for Rockets fans.

[Indazone]

Fran Blineberry, commonly known as the mcgrady hater even admits this is false.


Fran,

What do you make of the David Aldridge report that Yao wants TMac out of Houston? Any indication from what you've seen that this could be true?

link: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/0 ... se.011309/

Quote: "They don't speak," an extremely plugged-in person tells me. "And Yao wants him out.

[That statement is flat out not true. I know that from first-hand observation. --Fran]

[Here's what I can tell you from first-hand observation. 1 -- I have frequently heard McGrady tell all of us in the media that he would like to see Yao shoot the ball and take over games. What he might have said to a friend privately, I can't say. But I have seen no evidence of jealousy. 2 -- The statement that Yao and McGrady do not speak is just not true. Here's what I saw on Saturday night prior to the Knicks game: McGrady, who was not playing, stopped by his locker to pick up a few things. He then walked to the other side of the room, where leaned down and to Dikembe Mutombo and said, "Hello, Papa." After exchanging a few other words, McGrady walked to where Yao was sitting in front of his locker, talking to reporters, and he leaned in and tapped him on the shoulder. He asked Yao how he was feeling. They chatted briefly and then McGrady left. With all of that, as I posted in the blog on Saturday, there are many -- likely a majority -- of players in the locker room who have not been happy wtih McGrady's play-or-not-play, in-and-out-of-the-lineup status for much of the season. And there were many who were furious with his "effort" in the Toronto game. I think the entire team is happier now that a decision has been made to keep both McGrady and Ron Artest out of the lineup in order to rehab and get healthy. They want consistency. They want to know who is in the lineup every night and they want to know that the players who play are physically capable and ready to go all-out. --Fran]

Here's the first spin from the media. Dirty laundry from the lockeroom typically stays there. Where's there's smoke there is fire.

[DaDakota]

I believe it is 100% true....Tmac has been asked to leave the team and get in shape.......

I believe Yao has had it with him, a Rocket's insider confirms the story, Yao is just too classy to say it to the media.

Tracy needs to apologize, or his butt is gone.....

DD

[m33p0]

I believe it is 100% true....Tmac has been asked to leave the team and get in shape.......

I believe Yao has had it with him, a Rocket's insider confirms the story, Yao is just too classy to say it to the media.

Tracy needs to apologize, or his butt is gone.....

DD
he can apologize by stepping up his effort.

[Rogue]

Yao just showed his willingness that is also held by other rockets and rocketsfans, but they all know it's unfeasible. No team want tmac who occupies 22m salary space yet doing less than what is being done by Wafer who just gets 440k from his team this year.

[DaDakota]

he can apologize by stepping up his effort.

Yep, that would help, but the team told him to leave, they basically Marburyed his butt.....and Tmac said..."I will come back better than ever"...

The team rolled their eyes.

I hope Tmac comes back, but I would not be shocked if he or Artest were traded for Hinrich etc.


DD

[Indazone]

T-Mac needs a disciplinarian coach like Van Gundy. Doesn't work on a squad like the Rockets with a soft nice guy like Adelman. Van Gundy would not have tolerated this behavior from T-Mac. For some reason, Van Gundy knows how to work on the mind of T-Mac to get the most out of him.

[Indazone]

http://static.youku.com/v1.0.0001/v/swf/qplayer.swf?VideoIDS=16526204&embedid=NzYuMjAzLjE1OS4xMzgCMTY1MjYyMDQCd3d3Lnlhb2 1pbmdtYW5pYS5jb20CL2ZvcnVtL3ZpZXd0b3BpYy5waHA=&showAd=0

The video of the Yao interview

Here's a new article about the situation. Guess T-Mac is back to the Orlando T-Mac again.

Houston, they've got a problem
McGrady having issues with Rockets

January 15, 2009

The e-mail popped into my in-box and I laughed. Really, I laughed.

A guy named Lance Zierlein wants me to come on his Houston radio show.

Why?

To talk about Tracy McGrady.

"I would love to get you on my sports talk show here in Houston, to discuss your article regarding T-Mac from 2005," the e-mail said. "We gave you grief back then, but you look like a soothsayer these days."

Soothsayer?

I don't think so. I'm just a guy who applied a little common sense back when Me-Mac was with the Orlando Magic. If you looked beyond McGrady's enormous and inarguable talent -- difficult to do, I know, as his talent is intoxicating -- you see things. I saw things. There's a reason why we called him Me-Mac.

I guess I've played and been around sports long enough to be able to pick up on things. I call it my "Wizard of Oz" test. It's how I try to determine what is missing in an athlete. Heart? A brain? Courage?

With Me-Mac, I noticed deficiencies in all three.

You see, at the elite athletic level, where the talent is so equal, it's often an athlete's heart, head or drive and determination that makes all the difference.

The great ones -- like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter -- have it. Tim Tebow has it.

And if you don't have it . . . well, the Wizard isn't going to be able to give it to you. Some athletes develop those traits. Most, like Tracy McGrady, never do.

So, judging by the e-mail, I guess they're finally fed up with Me-Mac in Houston, the team Orlando traded him to in 2004. Evidently, there are fresh questions as to whether he's malingering again. Shocking, I know, given his track record in Orlando.

Houston should've known better. The Rockets should've done a little more due diligence. Or just applied a little more common sense.

In his last season in Orlando, McGrady openly admitted he tanked on his team. He also openly complained about his teammates. Finally, he demanded a trade when the Magic told him they were going to draft a high school kid named Dwight Howard.

In other words, no heart, head or courage.

Back then, I went way out on a limb in writing that the Magic should -- no, needed to -- trade McGrady. Here's what I wrote:

"He doesn't work hard, doesn't play defense, rarely practices, routinely criticizes his teammates, quits, and is turning into a one-dimensional perimeter shooter who doesn't like to mix it up in the paint."

Once again, no heart, head or courage.

Have you noticed now that when the NBA's best players are discussed -- guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade -- Tracy McGrady's name is no longer in the mix? He is the Penny Hardaway of his generation.

Houston, you have a problem.

Me-Mac has never led a team beyond the first round of the playoffs. That's saying something for a guy who's been in the league since 1997. He turns 30 on May 24, so there's still time. But one thing's for sure, if the Rockets or any other team McGrady might play for in the future, does win a playoff series, it won't be because he led them. He just doesn't have it in him to lead.

But he does have it in him to whine.

When Houston was losing to the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs last season, McGrady threw his head coach, Rick Adelman, and his teammate, Carl Landry, under the bus, the former for not having bigger players in the game and the latter for not grabbing a rebound.

It prompted Houston Chronicle columnist Richard Justice to call McGrady clueless and unprofessional. It also produced a spate of bloggers in Houston, raking Me-Mac over the coals. The honeymoon was obviously over.

Now a Houston radio station wants me to talk more about it. I will, if they want. But I don't think they need me to tell them what they now already know. After all, it's not like I'm a soothsayer, or a wizard.

Contact Kerasotis at [email protected]

[Indazone]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/columnists/lawrence/index.html?page=1 (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/columnists/lawrence/index.html?page=1)

McGrady's Rockets

This is the fifth season Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming have played together in Houston, so you'd think by now that everyone would be comfortable with their roles. Apparently not. McGrady has been privately complaining to friends in recent days about Yao taking too many shots and not being tough enough. Like McGrady has never been accused of either.

[sook]

mcgrady needs to be gone, but don't post that stupid shit here. The orlando Magic refused to get him any help, that is why he came to the rockets, he wanted to win more than anything.

I can't wait for mac to go, but houston fans sure give Yao a free pass and ride mcgrady


What Mac has accomplished every season when Yao goes down with his annual injury is really overlooked. That 04-05 season was pitiful on Yao's part, mcgrady played his ass off.

Yao is the biggest mistake this organization has ever made.

[Indazone]

don't post this? NBA drama is NBA drama. The entire world knows about it so big deal if I post it here. More info for the masses.

[sook]

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/columnists/lawrence/index.html?page=1 (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/columnists/lawrence/index.html?page=1)

McGrady's Rockets

This is the fifth season Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming have played together in Houston, so you'd think by now that everyone would be comfortable with their roles. Apparently not. McGrady has been privately complaining to friends in recent days about Yao taking too many shots and not being tough enough. Like McGrady has never been accused of either.

T-Mac tells everyone Yao needs more shots, actually its pretty plain when you watch a rockets game, aren't you one of the people that rides him for deferring to Yao too much? Stop posting stupid rumors when you're over your teenage drama self.

[Indazone]

oh and by the way...Artest gets in on the T-Mac bashing too.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6199352.html


Quote: "We sometimes forget that hard work is more important than talent. Last year, Boston had hard work and they had talent. That’s why they ran through everybody. I think we’re just as talented, but we have to work hard. Sometimes we think Yao is just going to bail us out all the time, or me or Tracy are going to bail us out. Sometimes Tracy thinks his talent is going to take him. He can just cruise his way. But we got to work hard. Tonight, we worked hard."

[Indazone]

T-Mac tells everyone Yao needs more shots, actually its pretty plain when you watch a rockets game, aren't you one of the people that rides him for deferring to Yao too much? Stop posting stupid rumors when you're over your teenage drama self.

uhh if you notice I am posting news articles from papers around the country.

[dirk4mvp]

I'd be pissed if I were a Rockets fan. The guy is capably of being just as good as Kobe, but his career is being pissed away.

[Indazone]

There is too much smoke escaping the locker room. There is a real fire blazing away. Our only chance is that Mutumbo talks some sense into T-Mac and the other guys into a truce. If we can hold the truce together for the rest of the season, we'll be ok. T-Mac got to go maybe not this season but he'll be gone next season because he's an expiring contract.

Yao doesn't get enough touches when T-Mac plays. T-Mac just stands on the perimeter and jacks up shots and he's been horrible at making them. Yao is the hardest most diligent worker on the Rockets team. I'd be pissed off at my teammate who was slacking while I was working my @$$ off.

[Reck]

Yao wants Tmac traded? He got balls to say that. (If he indeed did)

[robbie380]

Yao wants Tmac traded? He got balls to say that. (If he indeed did)

he didn't

http://www.click2houston.com/video/18489069/index.html

[robbie380]

oh and by the way...Artest gets in on the T-Mac bashing too.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6199352.html


Quote: "We sometimes forget that hard work is more important than talent. Last year, Boston had hard work and they had talent. That’s why they ran through everybody. I think we’re just as talented, but we have to work hard. Sometimes we think Yao is just going to bail us out all the time, or me or Tracy are going to bail us out. Sometimes Tracy thinks his talent is going to take him. He can just cruise his way. But we got to work hard. Tonight, we worked hard."

that's a week old.

[Indazone]

Yao Ming and T-Mac's secret is about as secret as Kobe/Shaq. Believe what you want.

BTW Robbie

How's that Joey Dorsey Pick lookin now? lol

[DAF86]

Trade T-Mac allready or at least put him in the dog-house. He's the most overrated, crybaby, child mentality, big time loser in the history of the NBA.

[DaDakota]

He said it to a friend and to teamates in the locker room.....but is not going to admit it in the press.

Battier and the rest of the Rockets players can not stand Tmac they have had it......

Tmac knows it...he has a choice.

1. Apologize, come back and play hard

2. Leave - or be Marburyed.

There is a new sheriff in the Rockets locker room and his name is Yao Ming....he is the new leader, and whether or not the old silverback will follow is what we Rocket fans are waiting on.

DD

[sook]

He said it to a friend and to teamates in the locker room.....but is not going to admit it in the press.

Battier and the rest of the Rockets players can not stand Tmac they have had it......

Tmac knows it...he has a choice.

1. Apologize, come back and play hard

2. Leave - or be Marburyed.

There is a new sheriff in the Rockets locker room and his name is Yao Ming....he is the new leader, and whether or not the old silverback will follow is what we Rocket fans are waiting on.

DD

if thats the case we should get ready to see a lot more rox vs lakers last second plays :rollin

[JamStone]

T-Mac for Yi Jianlian.

All star for all star.

[xtremesteven33]

Would Rocket fans do:

Mcgrady for Marion?

[DAF86]

Would Rocket fans do:

Mcgrady for Marion?

They'd be lucky to get that kind of trade.

P.S: Let's hope this means no T-Mac for the all-star game

[Indazone]

I think the Rocketsfans and the Front Office would consider the prospect of putting Shawn Marion next to Yao and shipping T-Mac out. We still need better point guards and another shooting guard. I'd rather see D-Wade come to the Rockets.

[DaDakota]

I think once these two weeks are up....I call it the "Tmac Drama Intermission"....the team will decide what to do.

If he comes in, ready to work and play hard, and within the system, it can be repaired, if he comes in still acting like he is bigger than the team....they will probably trade him or tell him to go home, and make up some "Shutting him down for the season" deal and trade him in the offseason.

DD

[sook]

I think once these two weeks are up....I call it the "Tmac Drama Intermission"....the team will decide what to do.

If he comes in, ready to work and play hard, and within the system, it can be repaired, if he comes in still acting like he is bigger than the team....they will probably trade him or tell him to go home, and make up some "Shutting him down for the season" deal and trade him in the offseason.

DD

you have no business coming back here unless you're here to tell me i'm unbanned from clutchfans

[024]

rockets won't trade tmac. they are instead going to trade yao for caron butler and odom. then later trade butler for kwame brown and then kwame brown for gasol. yao will go on to win a championship with arenas while tmac sits in mediocrity until the gasol trade.

[dirk4mvp]

Trade T-Mac allready or at least put him in the dog-house. He's the most overrated, crybaby, child mentality, big time loser in the history of the NBA.

I don't know what you're smoking, but no he's not.

[DaDakota]

you have no business coming back here unless you're here to tell me i'm unbanned from clutchfans

I hold no sway over Clutch it is his site, you should ask him yourself.

DD

[BlackSwordsMan]

t-mac future spur?

[DaDakota]

t-mac future spur?

Sure give us Parker or Ginobli...

:D

DD

[BlackSwordsMan]

how about vaughn, ime, fabricio?

[BlackSwordsMan]

and a future Argentinian

[sook]

I hold no sway over Clutch it is his site, you should ask him yourself.

DD

yea, but you can ask him why i've been banned for 6 months without cause.

You know i think clutch was screwing with me the entire time. He banned me and then upgraded me to a member so i could see it but couldn't post

[Indazone]

Sook why do you even care about that overmoderated lame site anyways. If they don't want you then screw Clutch. You don't want him either.

In other news...T-Mac responds.

http://www.t-mac.com/tmac/blogDetail/1422

Don't believe everything you read

Hey everyone,

I know there’s been a lot of talk out there about problems between me and Yao, most of which began with the article on NBA.com. Normally I don’t get concerned or involved with all that, and don’t want to respond to each false rumor or accusation that ends up somewhere on the internet or on a talk radio show, however the article by David Aldridge struck a nerve. The accusations in the article about me and Yao having problems and Yao wanting me out of Houston are just plain ridiculous. Yao and I have a great relationship. We are not only teammates, we are friends. Yao’s personally told me that the info in the article is untrue, and we both feel that it’s another example of the media trying to divide our locker room and create something out of nothing. Aren’t there enough real stories out there to report on?

So to all the Rockets fans out there, there’s no need to worry about problems in the locker room and between players. We’re all tight and we are all focused on our goal, and that is to bring a championship to Houston.

And next time David Aldridge, get your facts straight.

-Tracy

[Roxsfan]

david aldridge is a douche.

[DaDakota]

Tmac is lying.....he is not welcome in the locker room right now....if he comes back in shape and ready to work, he will get another chance....

But right now, he is not the most popular player around Rockets land.

DD

[DAF86]

I don't know what you're smoking, but no he's not.

Who is then?

[Rogue]

the potential guys the rockets can trade tmac for:

marbury/ben&sczerbiak/dampire&stackhouse/tons of shit :lol

[Indazone]

All this crap does is lower your trade value and diminish your own fanbase thus cutting your source of off court revenue. T-Mac is pretty stupid and as far as having any common sense, he's not a team leader who leads by example. He's claiming injury and he's in he's out he's in he's out. He speaks in innuendo and press leaks. All of which is completely clueless. No brains, no desire, and no court production. The three strikes of basketball.

On the other hand, during the offseason Kobe threw a fit and threw Andrew Bynum under the bus. He demanded a trade and said that Mitch Kupcheck wasn't getting him the help that he needed to win a title. But Kobe got away with it because why? Kobe's game speaks for itself. He can get away with acting like a spoiled brat. Both T-Mac and Kobe are Prima Donnas only Kobe gets away with it because he produces while T-Mac whines and his game disappears. If Kobe's game disappeared like T-Mac's you can bet the fans would have been calling for his head too.

[DaDakota]

Marion would be good, but what we really need is a PG...if we could get Hinrich away from Chicago for him....that would be ideal.

DD

[cze1860]

Marion would be good, but what we really need is a PG...if we could get Hinrich away from Chicago for him....that would be ideal.

DD

+1,we need a good PG:rolleyes

[Indazone]

Aside from Lebron and Kobe, who can you get for 22 mil a year? The obvious choice is D-Wade.

He can flat out ball and he goes 100 percent all the time.