Comments on: Tracy McGrady is No. 178 in ESPN #NBARank

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:38:36 +0000

But you do realize that he couldn’t possibly have a “you-must-trade-me-to-a-team-of-my-choice” clause. Dumars may be nice enough to have an understood agreement to shop him to contenders. But he would take the offer from whichever one gives him the best deal. So that kinda nullifies the knowing who is out front bit. And that is a necessary bit of leverage for Dumars to have. Because if he didn’t, then whichever team McGrady wanted to switch to could offer virtually nothing in return (like an option to switch second rounders 4 years down the road). And if that were the case, what incentive would the Pistons have to sign McGrady in the first place?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:39:26 +0000

Steady minutes early,further rehab of game and reputation and to be blunt,cherry picking.
At the trade deadline he’d have a very good idea of who this yr’s top contending teams will be-and just as important,they’d have an idea of weaknesses(or injuries) that perhaps McGrady could alleviate.

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:28:56 +0000

I think the one redeeming value to signing McGrady last season was that I do believe he helped Monroe’s development and confidence. McGrady looked for Monroe all the time, got him easy baskets and was basically the only guard who seemed all that interested in doing that. So if McGrady’s presence/play had some positive impacts on Monroe, I think the signing was worth it.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:08:22 +0000

What I don’t understand is why they didn’t trade him last season. He wouldn’t have netted them a ton. But surely some contender would have parted with a late first rounder or two future second rounders or something for him. And that was more than he was worth to the Pistons given that he is likely to not play for them again this year.

But as for your scenario, what incentive is there to TMac to sign with Detroit in the hopes of being traded midseason? Why not just sign with the “whoever he wants?” Is it so he can see which teams are the most likely contenders as the season unravels? While there may be some advantage to that, we can make pretty good guesses now and the risk of not being able to put together a worthwhile trade midseason seems to high for such a small advantage.

Also, under your assumptions, how do the Pistons get rid of Rip and Gordon? ANd do the not bring anyone back who eats into some of the team’s minutes?

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:57:44 +0000

Oh yeah and Slam had a nice piece for Sheed’s birthday, good memories.

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:49:25 +0000

Hey guys, didn’t know where to go for this but there is some little Terrico White action from Impact League that I found browsing Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axkq_vxzPb8 Anyways, theres also some footage I think of Greg Monroe at the Clash of Superstars on slamonline, nothing spectacular though… So yeah enjoy… Any videos of Daye or Singler? I really want to see how they’re developing…

By: neutes

neutes — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:54:13 +0000

I wouldn’t want T-Mac back. It’s such a tough call, but hindsight if I had to do it over again I wouldn’t have signed him in the first place. He was fun to watch, he showed glimpses of his old self, he showed Pistons fans what basketball awareness actually was since we’ve been lacking it lately, but in the end what did it accomplish? He muddied the rotation even more and cost us a chance at Valanciunas or Biyombo. When you’re a bad team you have to focus on the long-term.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:14:32 +0000

As part of my GMing from the sofa, Detroit would sign McGrady w/the understanding that come Feb they’d trade him to whoever he wanted.

If we assume the core of the team for the next few yrs is Monroe,Knight,Daye,Jerebko and Stuckey,having a vet like McGrady who passes the ball could really help their development.
W/Daye showing an increasing willingness to play D-and perhaps the ability to do so-a starting line-up of Stuckey,McGrady,Daye,Jerebko and Monroe might be undersized but active and w/exception of McGrady able to get out and run-and T-Mac makes great outlet passes.
One of the more interesting tidbits from your assists posts was McGrady Per 36 assisted to Monroe vver a third more than anyone else,over a fourth more to Daye,and a hair less to Stuckey than Bynum but over 60% more frequently than any other Piston. Jerebko we don’t know,but he seems to be the kind of active cutting player McGrady likes to pass to.

I’m don’t think McGrady should get more than 25-30 minutes and allows the team to let Knight get his NBA bearings by coming off bench as third guard until McGrady gets traded.
(And yes,I’m assuming Gordon and Hamilton are not on the team.)

By: jame

jame — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:05:11 +0000

I think t-mac already know where he wants to play.

http://twitpic.com/5qorsu

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:10:41 +0000

I would guess there is no chance, but the wildcard is who knows exactly what McGrady’s motivations are? I think he’d like a championship, but he certainly doesn’t seem consumed by it. If the Pistons moved Hamilton and/or Prince, maybe the opportunity to play more minutes then he’d be able to on a contender would appeal to him. But like I said, I would guess there’s almost a zero percent chance that he wants to come back and the front office wants him back.