Trading Iguodala ...
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Trading Iguodala ...
So what's it going to take to get the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady and his $23 million expiring contract?
It's going to take a deal involving, as its main piece, 76ers swingman Andre Iguodala.
According to a source close to the situation, the Houston Rockets have said they would only consider shipping McGrady to Philly if the Sixers "knocked the Rockets over" with the amount of talent they included in the deal.
This source said the Rockets have made it clear they will not -- in any way -- consider trading McGrady to the Sixers for power forward Elton Brand ($14-15 million this year, 3 years left after this one) and center Samuel Dalembert ($12 million, one year left after this one). According to this source, the Sixers are trying very hard to unload Dalembert (not a surprise) and Brand (not a huge surprise, either).
The problem is not many NBA teams are willing to take on money right now. This source named only three NBA teams possibly willing (Houston, Dallas, and Cleveland).
According to this source, the Rockets have expressed interest in a deal involving Iguodala, but he must be paired with better, younger talent than Dalembert. (Read: a deal involving possibly Lou Williams, Thaddeus Young, Marreese Speights, etc.).
Again, the Rockets are willing to take on money, but it'd have to be a special package and a 3rd team might even need to be involved. This source said this would be the kind of deal where both teams needed approval from ownership because of the amount of money and players involved.
The source also said that the Rockets and Sixers have not talked in "more than a week", making a deal unlikely, but said any deal involving Iguodala "has a chance."
So there's the latest on the NBA's most talked about trading chip: Tracy McGrady.
The problem with the Sixers making a deal involving Iguodala and young talent is that they'd be getting rid of some good young guys and remain with Brand and Dalembert, which is sort of the opposite of the point of making such a trade.
--Kate
Bad time to trade. All our players are undervalued now because they're handicapped by being coached by an idiot. Besides, Iguadala is a great all-around player. I'd take him over mcgrady any day.— riprepulski
Comment removed.- What a comical league the NBA is when a broken down player is valuable trading chip due to an expiring contract. Unwatchable game and terribly managed league. I hope 8-10 teams go bankrupt and they are forced to contract.— sjp93
- please do not trade nobody on this team hoop for the draft one two or three the year is already gone!!!! so what get switch to rebuilding mode get everyone healthy and in same page!!! scrapt the season fire the head coach finish in last which would translate in to a the number one draft pick!!! DAFT JOHN WALL MAKE THE DEALS AND TRADES DURING THE OFF SEASON!!! IT'S TIME TO START WORKING ON 2010 AND THE DRAFT AND WORKING FROM THERE DONT EVEN BOTHER WORKING THIS SEASON OUT!!!!BANK ON THE DRAFT IT WILL PAY OFF JOHN WALL US BELIEVE DAT!!!!! IF ANYTHING TELL EVERYONE TO LAY DOWN AND YES LET EDDY JORDAN STAY ON TIL THE END OF THIS YEAR!!!! FIRE HIM DRAFT WALL SIGN DALEMBERT FOR WAY LESS AND WORK FROM THERE FIND A BETTER COACH JORDAN IS WACK!!!! THATS THE SMARTEST THING THEY COULD EVER DO!!!!!!!— DJ_Bootleggah
- JonKap, Sentence one of the article states McGrady's contract is expiring. Maybe you should have started reading at the beginning of the piece.— sjphilsphan
- 2 words for the idea of trading iggy, do it!!!! for a bag of balls!!!! He's a dime a dozen player in the league. Scorer, not a shooter or rebounder. In the end he's a "nice little player", allen iverson lite. He'll have 25 point nights here and there but his poor shooting skills will always limit him. Plus, that monster contract is almost as big an albatross as Brands contract. At least sammy's contract is up after next year. They want Lou williams?? give him up. Again, a dime a dozen player who will never be a real difference maker in the league. In fact.....keep Speights and trade them the rest of the team for McGrady. Not because I love McGrady, I just hate the vast mediocrity that this franchise is full of.— sjmatt99
- 2 words for the idea of trading iggy, do it!!!! for a bag of balls!!!! He's a dime a dozen player in the league. Scorer, not a shooter or rebounder. In the end he's a "nice little player", allen iverson lite. He'll have 25 point nights here and there but his poor shooting skills will always limit him. Plus, that monster contract is almost as big an albatross as Brands contract. At least sammy's contract is up after next year. They want Lou williams?? give him up. Again, a dime a dozen player who will never be a real difference maker in the league. In fact.....keep Speights and trade them the rest of the team for McGrady. Not because I love McGrady, I just hate the vast mediocrity that this franchise is full of.— sjmatt99
- people, chill!!! they dont want McGrady because they think he can still play!! They want the expiring contract, thats it. Iggy's deal was a mistake and they know it. They will have to eat Brands deal and 1 more year of sammy's, but Iggy's is the one that they can dump on Houston. Do it!!!! He's a complimentary player on a good team, not a max contract player!!! Do it!!!— sjmatt99
- My god. Stefanski is making Billy King seem like a genius. Why does he still have a job? Iggy's contract isn't the problem - it's Brand's.— F. Harry Stowe
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- iggy stinks. dalembert stinks. they've been in the league for 5+ year and haven't improved. i'd trade them to the washington generals— frenval
- and they shot 37% against the clippers?!? me and kate could do better than that!— frenval
- Bad idea. Anybody who supports this thought has flunked Hoops 101. Iguodala is a valuable player who should be a part of the future.— rswknight
- Trading Iguodala and Williams for McGrady and keeping Dalembert and Brand is ridiculous, even with McGrady having an expiring contract; to claim that Iguodala and Williams are typical run of the mill players is absurd. They are both solid NBA starters. The idea that the Sixers should get rid of everyone except one or two players makes no sense; this team won 41 games last year without Brand. The Sixers need to get rid of Dalembert for an expiring contract, any expiring contract, to open up some cap space, but Brand is playing more like the player the Sixers thought they were getting when they signed him, a quality free agent, not a superstar but a star, who is getting only 30 minutes per night, not 35-40 minutes as many posters believe he should be getting. I find it interesting, however, that the Sixers are trying to get rid of him. What did Stefanski expect from him?? I thought I was recording the game tonight, but turned out I did not, so I missed it, but looking at the box score, why did Iverson take over four shots, why did Carney, after his game against the Kings, get only three minutes, why did Speights get only 19 minutes? From my perspective, the main problem with this club is Eddie Jordan; I know it is easy to put all the blame on the coach, and even Phil Jackson might not get a playoff round victory with this club, but Jordan has never gotten a team further than the second round of the playoffs, had a club begin a season 1-10 before he got fired and has this team at 9-23. Coaches who go 10-33 usually get the axe.— chuckw
- Iggy stinks. He is the NBA version of Bobb Abreau. He can put up numbers, but never helps a team win. Get rid of him. Take Grady back. Maybe Grady cant play all year, get rid of his salary. Get in the lottery with a top pick, get a solid player and start to win.— Pat c
John Mitchell is in his second year covering the 76ers for the Inquirer after joining the paper in November 2011. He covered the Washington Wizards for the Washington Times from 1998 to 2008. He's also worked at the Philadelphia Tribune, the Wilmington News Journal, Courier-Post, Trenton Times and Elmira Star-Gazette.Born and raised in West Philadelphia - not too far from Will Smith - he graduated from Overbrook High School the same year the 76ers won their last championship. He's a proud graduate of Howard University and the proud father of two sons, Jared and Jordan.
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