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Seven years later, is it finally time to bring Tracy McGrady to Chicago?
The Houston Rockets might not object. Remember, it was in 2000 that McGrady was the focus of the Bulls' post-championship rebuilding, but he spurned theBulls for Orlando. Six first-round playoff exits later for McGrady between Orlando and Houston, the Rockets are stumbling amid great expectations. McGrady hasbeen out with sore knees and sore feelings, and there are rumblings in Houston about a trade.
Lakers part-owner Magic Johnson suggested on TNT that either McGrady or Yao Ming should be traded.
"It's not working out," Johnson said. "We've seen it for all these years; they get eliminated from the first round. I thought they weregoing to play well together, but it's not working. One of them has to go because it's not working."
"It's just speculation," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "You can't be giving away your best players."
Perhaps the biggest issue with the Rockets is Adelman's philosophy to play more of an open-court style and run while McGrady's style is to play in thehalf-court. It could make McGrady expendable, with the Rockets internally wondering now how he fits, insiders say.
And with McGrady's injury history, the Rockets might look into this.
So is there a match for the Bulls? After all, McGrady is what the NBA calls a star, even though he never has been as far into the playoffs as Ben Gordon.McGrady makes $18.2 million this season and has about $43 million left in two seasons after this.
The Bulls could match that easily with, say, Ben Wallace and Gordon, giving the Rockets power forward protection for Yao and a shooter for their gang thatcan't shoot straight. Wallace could return to his natural power forward position while the Bulls get a big guard who is an All-Star.
Would that be the star the Bulls have long sought? At 28, is he still worth the price and risk? Can the Rockets get more if indeed they decide to make changes?It might be worth pursuing.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...trade,1,3896716.story?coll=cs-bulls-headlines
The Houston Rockets might not object. Remember, it was in 2000 that McGrady was the focus of the Bulls' post-championship rebuilding, but he spurned theBulls for Orlando. Six first-round playoff exits later for McGrady between Orlando and Houston, the Rockets are stumbling amid great expectations. McGrady hasbeen out with sore knees and sore feelings, and there are rumblings in Houston about a trade.
Lakers part-owner Magic Johnson suggested on TNT that either McGrady or Yao Ming should be traded.
"It's not working out," Johnson said. "We've seen it for all these years; they get eliminated from the first round. I thought they weregoing to play well together, but it's not working. One of them has to go because it's not working."
"It's just speculation," Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "You can't be giving away your best players."
Perhaps the biggest issue with the Rockets is Adelman's philosophy to play more of an open-court style and run while McGrady's style is to play in thehalf-court. It could make McGrady expendable, with the Rockets internally wondering now how he fits, insiders say.
And with McGrady's injury history, the Rockets might look into this.
So is there a match for the Bulls? After all, McGrady is what the NBA calls a star, even though he never has been as far into the playoffs as Ben Gordon.McGrady makes $18.2 million this season and has about $43 million left in two seasons after this.
The Bulls could match that easily with, say, Ben Wallace and Gordon, giving the Rockets power forward protection for Yao and a shooter for their gang thatcan't shoot straight. Wallace could return to his natural power forward position while the Bulls get a big guard who is an All-Star.
Would that be the star the Bulls have long sought? At 28, is he still worth the price and risk? Can the Rockets get more if indeed they decide to make changes?It might be worth pursuing.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune...trade,1,3896716.story?coll=cs-bulls-headlines
