Reports have it that the Orlando Magic will trade Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, Andrew Declerq and Tyronn Lue to the Houston Rockets for Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kelvin Cato.
Exactly, why would Orlando do this?
Granted, talent wise this isn't a bad deal. Orlando gets a nice backcourt and an pretty good defensive center. They give up T-Mac [who didn't want to be there], Howard [which lets Gooden and their #1 selection have more minutes], Declerq and Lue.
For Houston....they still will have a great guard. A bigger guard who can score from everywhere on the court. He, also, won't have a problem dumping it into Yao Ming. McGrady will get out of Orlando and all the trimmings of being on the NBA's worst team.
And they may stay that way. After all....aren't the Magic just getting a version of the 2000 Rockets?? I mean, what exactly did Francis and Mobley do before Yao, or even Van Gundy, got there?? Sure, they could win the Southeast division....but only Miami is really any threat. And they could lose some pieces to their puzzle. Francis will give them scoring.....but can't get the numbers McGrady put up over the past 2 seasons as the NBA's leading scorer. Oh, yeah.....and he's said that he's not thrilled to be going to Orlando. That's always a plus. Just ask the Grizzlies about that.
By the way. Don't underestimate the little deal that went down today between the Bobcats and Clippers. The Clippers traded down to the #4 spot and gave Charlotte the #2 spot.....if Charlotte agrees to take Drobnjak in the expansion draft. What this deal down is create money in an effort to lure Kobe Bryant to the other Staples Center dressing room. Not just does Drobjnak's contract go off the Clipper books......but the money used to spend on the #2 pick in the draft will go away. Not much....because the Clipps have the #4 pick. But, look for LA to make yet another deal. They guys they are targeting could still be around in the 7-10 range.
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