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Could be wrong but I've never heard of a situation where there's protection with a pick swap. Most likely the question is the 2012 pick.
I completely agree that this deal will most likely go down. I'm not saying nobody reported the deal. I'm saying that it isn't a done deal like your thread le says it is.
Could be wrong but I've never heard of a situation where there's protection with a pick swap. Most likely the question is the 2012 pick.
In an earlier post, I said if it doesn't go down tonight, then it will tomorrow.....The thread le says that the Knicks will get McGrady, it doesn't say when
Video of the negotiations
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...urn=nba,219962
What I'm saying is there's still the outside chance Chicago or someone finds a 3rd team to do some crazy deal or something, and the Rockets go a different way. This deal isn't done, but oh well, cuz it probably will be soon.
Knicks, Rockets close to McGrady deal
The Knicks and Rockets are in the final stages of negotiating a blockbuster trade that would send Tracy McGrady to New York, with the Bulls still in the game based on the final issue of draft-pick compensation, CBSSports.com has learned.
The Knicks would get McGrady in exchange for Jared Jeffries, Larry Hughes, Jordan Hill and draft pick considerations. The deal hinges on the level of protection the Knicks are willing to put on a 2012 first-round pick that would go to the Rockets in the trade. The deal also would give Houston the right to swap first-round picks with the Knicks in 2011.
Knicks president Donnie Walsh is discussing the draft-pick proteciton issue with Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, and once the Rockets receive word on the protection issue, they will choose between offers from the Knicks and Bulls, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said.
If Morey pulls this off this is another classic moment where the other team should just hang up and run the other direction. Damn he'll have completely screwed the Knicks with that trade.
Still not sure why the Knicks deal is so transparent, but the Bulls deal is not.
Not Morey's greatest deal but it has to be up there. Time to root for the Knicks and Cavs.
Lets just hope that Jordan Hill can turn into a franchise player and that the Knick are simply too dumb to play him his rookie year.
I would be surprised if the Knicks don't get a key Free Agent..Bosh is the only one I would count out right away..
They will possibly have 3 lottery picks. This years', 2011 and 2012 if the knicks strike out in free agency
Ideal situation (for us) now is for Amare to Cleveland, convincing Lebron to stay.
Wade to Chicago w/ Rose.
Bosh to the Rockets in SNT or stays put.
Gay/Boozer stay with current team or goes to NJ.
After that, who are they gonna spend the money on?
Well, you'll have to hope that all those things happen, so we'll see..
I would have to assume that Walsh is pretty confident that they will land somebody, most Knicks fans are confident as well..it's obviously a risk either way though, especially if they don't have protection on the picks..
If they do have protection on the picks, it's a good trade for the Knicks..even getting T-Mac for this season will create some buzz here, McGrady's name still has some flash..
If they don't have any protection, then it's a huge all-in move that can't be judged until free agency is over..
So apparently it's not done yet..
The Rockets are waiting to hear about the protection on the draft picks, and then they'll decide between New York and Chicago tomorrow..
After reading this, I realized: "what the happened to Jordan Hill?"
This trade is great for Houston. They get Larry Hughes who can fill T-Mac's position almost as well at this point in his career and Jeffries who isn't much worse. Neither of them are anything better than mediocre though. But Jordan Hill and the first round picks are huge. I'd say they won big time on that trade.
By trading away more future picks?
If this goes down, as sources are confident it will, then God Bless Donnie WalshBy trading away more future picks?
Yes and no.
By unloading Jeffries and Hill the Knicks might have room for TWO MAX free agents. Being able to sign two max players is the only way Lebron is going to the Knicks.
http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.co...38893/20097253The framework of the Bulls' offer is believed to include Brad Miller, Tyrus Thomas, and either Kirk Hinrich or John Salmons -- a combination reported Tuesday night by the Chicago Tribune. If Hinrich were involved, the deal would likely have another player going to Chicago with McGrady. The Bulls do not have any extra first-round picks, and thus might be compelled to seek out a third team to sweeten their offer. Minnesota and Memphis are among the teams with extra first-round picks to offer in a three-team scenario.
In the race for 2010 cap space, the Knicks apparently are so determined to complete their plan of creating enough flexibility to acquire two max free agents this summer that they are willing to include their own 2012 first-round pick; they do not have a 2010 first-round pick, having dealt it to Phoenix in the ill-fated Stephon Marbury trade. (Utah now owns the pick.)
Morey has started a bidding war, everybody throw in some picks now
Bulls were gathering information on Tracy McGrady late Tuesday that suggested they were alive in the bidding with NY, a league source said. 2 minutes ago from web
http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA
Bulls trying to block the Knicks
The Knicks offer is much better, depending on the protection IMO..
Either way, Houston wins here..Morey is just playing around at this point..
Houston only wins if those picks turn out to be good. So they haven't won yet. Jeffries is a redundant piece on that roster with Ariza/Battier there.
We can all hope for a Joe Johnson repeat with Jordan Hill.
Morey is golden with picks, so even if the Knicks are good and the picks turn to be late first rounders, the Rockets are fine. Brooks, Landry, Budinger, Donte Greene (Sacramento now) were all picks around there. Jermaine Taylor is probably Morey's worst pickup, and even he isn't too bad. Dorsey is turning it around, too.
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