like I’ve said before, Morey has noted that the Rockets’ offense is still pretty thin, so it might not be entirely counter-productive.

He’s actually having an alright year, efficiency-wise. His defense is bad, but his offense more than makes up for it. He’s definitely not the type of star Morey would love (then again, neither is T-Mac, really; though one might argue that McGrady’s ability to do other things well – passing comes to mind, as well as his defense – offsets his somewhat inefficient scoring), but the most Morey-esque star out there (Manu) isn’t on the market.

I really don’t see this happening for just T-Mac. T-Mac would certainly help a team get under the cap for 2010, but I don’t think that will happen until next season. As wescox10 said, I’ve only seen the Artest, Landry, and Head package floated out there.

The Rockets could definitely lose a power forward with little impact. I like Landry, and there’s an argument to be made that he could be the Rockets’ power forward of the future, but right now he’s much less valuable than the Argentinian Slayer. And his contract is very attractive. Losing Luther isn’t too big of a deal.

The only thing I really hate about this deal would be Carter’s contract. Unless the Rockets were able to get rid of him if he doesn’t pan out, he’d be on the books until after the 2011 season. Meanwhile, he’d be eating up over $15 million in cap space.

1) I really doubt McGrady is simply seeking out opinions to keep a trade from happening. (a) It just doesn’t seem likely to me that he’d fake an injury right now and (b) it seems to me that he’s really hurting and simply trying to find a doctor who either has a solution or tells him what he wants to hear.

2) While it’s true that Scola would probably get more minutes, it also means that at least some of Landry’s minutes would go to Hayes. That definitely helps the bench’s defense, but we all know what it does to the offense.