you didn’t post an actual link, it just takes you back to this site? i can’t find anything about this on espn, chronicle, nba or rockets site.

we played great against the Nets. Sure, they suck, but we played well, especially on defense. I’m of the opinion that losing McGrady for the year ends any chance of us winning the championship. Isn’t the next priority then thinking about the future? The Carter trade is not a good move for the future. At least Ron’s contract ends this year, regardless of how troublesome he supposedly has been in the locker room (I got that from some ppl on ClutchFans).

Hopefully Landry’s ankle issue isn’t a big one.

Do you mean happening or not happening?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3914888

found a link

the reaction on ClutchFans is disgusting.

Anyone know the specific contract cut rules for the NBA? If the Rockets cut him/buy him out, does this hurt the salary cap next year? I’m guessing it might, but don’t know. Here’s the reason I ask.
1. If he has microfracture surgery he’s gone for next year too, almost guaranteed.
2. There is no coming back from the way he has acted this season, injury or not. There is about a 4% chance that Morey would have thought about resigning him after 2010.

So, given that, what are the options? I’m going to research but am away on business the rest of the week so may not have time.

I feel really bad for McGrady… I just hope he realizes that after this surgery he’s going to have to completely re-define his game. And he’s probably out all of NEXT year, too. Which means we completely missed our window of opportunity to trade him.

Dark day. Unless your name is “Von Wafer”.

So far Morey just said we’re STILL looking for opinions, and they’re not ready to say he needs this surgery. I’m not sure if this Stephen A. Smith story will be the end of this.

http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2009/02/mcgrady_out_for_the_year_if_he.html

Some laughed. Others steamed. One guy sort of barked at me.

“There is no trade for Vince Carter. None. Forget it.”

There were two ways to determine whether the Rockets would trade for Vince Carter. There were those within the Rockets’ decision-making that could reveal the Rockets’ true interest in Vince Carter. They said there was none. Or anyone could check to see if Daryl Morey was still the general manager.

He is. The Rockets still search for value, players that outperform the space they occupy in the Rockets’ allowance. The Rockets are not trading for Vince Carter, though he did offer a pretty impressive audition.

The problem is that I cannot reveal what they do hope to accomplish because I could not pry loose the name.

There is a long-shot deal they hope to make, too much of a longshot apparently for me to shake free the name. Basically, the Rockets want either a difference maker or the sort of deal that could help them get that sort of player later (like the way trading for Bobby Jackson enabled them to get Ron Artest.)

The McGrady developments late Tuesday will not impact this. They were not dealing him. No one is taking on that contract now, even before he said he would need microfracture surgery.

The Rockets could settle for a small move, maybe pick up a first-round pick from a team that does not want to have to spend the money on a late first-rounder. They could move Luther Head. He would seem to need minutes he does not seem likely to get here and there are teams with backcourt injuries. He is expected to be ready to play by next week. And they might just pull off something more significant.

What gives?