The LeBron Sweepstakes Are On (Breakdown of the T-Mac Deal)

Every New York Knicks fan knew that their team needed to make a big time move to give them a chance at having a chance at the Summer Sweepstakes of 2010 especially LeBron James.  So the Knicks made a move to get Tracy McGrady's massive expiring contract from the Houston Rockets, and the Rockets pried away Kevin Martin somehow

SACAREMENTO GETS: PF Carl Landry, PF Joey Dorsey, SG Larry Hughes
HOUSTON GETS: SG Kevin Marin, C Hilton Armstrong, PF Jordan Hill, PF Jared Jeffries 
NEW YORK GETS: SG Tracy McGrady, PG Sergio Rodriguez 

In my opinion, the Kings felt that Rookie of the Year candidate Tyreke Evans cannot play with Kevin Martin on a day-to-day basis and feel it's better to move on with a promising young team with Evans, Omar Cassipi, Jason Thompson, and Spencer Hawes. It reminds me a lot of what the Oklahoma City Thunder did when they developed their team when they were still in Seattle. While I feel Houston didn't give up enough to get Martin, I still feel the deal will work out in the long run.

As for Houston, they are 2.5 games out of the playoffs right now but they become a pretty dangerous team with Martin. Already, they had a team who just scrapped and did everything to get by.  Adding Martin to that mix makes them even more dangerous and gives them an actual scorer.  I feel guys like Shane Battier, Trevor Ariza, and Aaron Brooks are much better when they are role players instead of being the star of the team. I feel this move will make Houston a playoff team without question

The Knicks did this primarily for the money reasons. New York can say what they want about getting T-Mac to get them to the playoffs, but c'mon, he is a lazy player who is a complete me guy. I doubt that McGrady will be enough spark to the get the Knicks to the playoffs. They got Jeffries off the books and they will move Eddy Curry this summer (owed 11.7 mil) to create enough space to get LeBron and Dwyane Wade. I truly believe that James will not be a Knick unless there is another player to build this team with him.

I, for one cannot wait for the 2010 summer.

-Charlie.