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  • Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

    Join the bandwagon, Bob! Help bring him home!

    http://www.indystar.com/articles/9/155214-4169-179.html

    Go get him.

    Tracy McGrady, that is.

    Assuming he becomes available, which likely will be the case after the Orlando Magic's frustrated star meets with team owner Rich DeVos on Friday and shares his thoughts on his long-term commitment to that organization. McGrady, who has three years remaining on his deal, has an opt-out clause at the end of next season, and the Magic are not going to risk losing him the way they lost Shaquille O'Neal -- for absolutely no compensation.

    So how about Indiana?

    If the Pacers want to make it happen badly enough -- and they should want to make it happen pretty badly -- they will find a way.

    Let me say it again:

    Go get him.

    "We could make it work, absolutely," Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh said Tuesday. "I have spoken to somebody in their organization, and I sensed there was interest there. What they're telling me is, there's a good chance he's going to be traded. So, yeah, a player like that out there, we're definitely going to be interested."

    How to do it?

    McGrady's salary cap number is around $14.5 million. The Pacers would have to send Orlando players whose combined salaries fall within 15 percent of that number. So it's like this: Start with Al Harrington ($6.3 million), who will get traded in the media no fewer than 50 times this summer. Then it's an issue of deciding who that second player might be.

    Jonathan Bender ($6.5 million)? That would be my preference, but it might not be Orlando's choice.

    Ron Artest ($6.2 million)? That would be hard to swallow, but for McGrady, it's a deal I'd make, however grudgingly.

    It's a price worth paying to have the Shaq-and-Kobe of the East.

    (And no, I don't think the Magic would happily take Austin Croshere and his big contract off Walsh's hands. If we're going to talk about trades, let's talk about ones that might work for both teams.)

    "Once everybody agrees on the principals, our two guys for their one, you can make it work," Walsh said. "It wouldn't be that hard."

    For his part, McGrady, who is friends with Jermaine O'Neal, has mentioned Indiana as one of the teams he'd be willing to join as part of a sign-and-trade deal. The only caveat for the Pacers: Making sure McGrady would be willing to sign a long-term deal to remain here. Indiana isn't going to mortgage its future for a one-year rental.

    Now, keep in mind, you can throw just about anybody's name out there -- George Mikan, for instance -- and Walsh will say, "Sure, it's always worth following up with a phone call." And rumors, big ones, are born.

    But this is not one of those.

    The Pacers are interested in McGrady, and should be interested in McGrady. And Walsh made it clear Tuesday, he and Larry Bird are willing to move anybody except O'Neal if it means making a deal that catapults them past Detroit.

    "Is anybody untouchable?" Walsh was asked.

    "No," he said. "No one. Except Jermaine. He's our franchise player."

    Not Artest?

    "No," Walsh said.

    Not Bender?

    "No."

    Last summer, the Pacers had a lot of base-year compensation players, making a blockbuster deal virtually impossible. That's not the case this season, at least not after July 1. If there was ever a time for the Pacers to cash in on their incredible depth, this is it.

    McGrady is not the only huge name being floated out there. How about Kobe Bryant? If his legal troubles are resolved, he is going to be somewhere other than Los Angeles next season. And there aren't many teams who have more to offer than the Pacers.

    (If this happens, please remember, you heard it here first. If it doesn't, well, never mind.)

    We've also heard a lot about Golden State center Erick Dampier, although that talk has been cooling lately.

    McGrady, though, is the one that makes the most sense. All he gives them is everything they need. An outside scorer, another option that takes pressure off O'Neal, a perimeter player who can create shots against the league's increasingly stingy defenses, and an obvious heir to Reggie Miller.

    Yeah, he has some baggage. But it's more of the carry-on variety. Move him to a good situation where the team is winning and he's not required to score 40 a night, and he's reborn.

    The Pacers know they are close now, closer than they originally thought after watching the Pistons defeat the Lakers. But they're not going to yield to the temptation to stand pat, to have a Colts-like offseason. Indiana did nothing at the trade deadline this season, and watched as Detroit made one of the most dramatic, season-altering deals ever made when they picked up Rasheed Wallace.

    Now, it's the Pacers' turn.

    The name is McGrady.

    Go get him.

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    Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

    Is this the Kravitz way of softening up Pacers fans? Sounds like if a major move that makes sense can be made....
    Mickael Pietrus Le site officiel

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      Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

      MAKE THE MOVE BABY! HAHHhAHAHAH OH MAN THAT'D BE GREAT! MY 2 FAV PLAYERS ON THE SAME TEAM! Watching them every night would be so sick! Hah! I wonder if tmac will still sign my basketball jerseys of the magic if he comes here? LOL

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        Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

        A couple of things:

        "We could make it work, absolutely," Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh said Tuesday. "I have spoken to somebody in their organization, and I sensed there was interest there. What they're telling me is, there's a good chance he's going to be traded. So, yeah, a player like that out there, we're definitely going to be interested."
        Wait, Will Galen, what is Donnie doing talking to Orlando? Isn't that Bird's job?


        "Is anybody untouchable?" Walsh was asked.

        "No," he said. "No one. Except Jermaine. He's our franchise player."

        Not Artest?

        "No," Walsh said.
        Take special note all you doofusses who refused to acknowledge that Ron might be traded.

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        • #5
          Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

          Well, I see that Bulletproof beat me to my post.

          Ahem, I would have made it without calling everybody doofusses, but then again that is why he is a poster some of you love to hate.

          Needless to say I almost went into Cardiac Arrest when I read with quotes that Ron Artest was not untouchable.

          I've been reading Donnie for 19 years now & this is the first time I've ever seen him this way. I don't know if it's he wants that title before he goes or if it's Birds influance or whatever it is, I've never seen Donnie not talk about trades without at some point in time saying (we are always listening, but you don't make a trade for the sake of trades).

          Damn Walsh, he's going to go & force me to actually compliment him before he retires.

          BTW, Will, I didn't really want to point this out but since B.P. did I figure what the hell. If Bird is in total charge of player movements why is Walsh talking with Orlando.

          I've never said this before & I am still somewhat shocked that I feel the need to say it it now, but I actually think there may be something big happen this summer.


          Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13

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            Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

            Needless to say I almost went into Cardiac Arrest when I read with quotes that Ron Artest was not untouchable.
            I bet you did.

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              Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

              I guess Artest is gone now because Donnie always tells the media how it is...
              Originally posted by Natston;n3510291
              I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of the 3 T.J.s working for them, and that ain't bad...

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                Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                I guess Artest is gone now because Donnie always tells the media how it is...
                Is that what you read, because that's not what I read. I didn't see anything there that said "Ron is gone."

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                  Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                  I guess Artest is gone now because Donnie always tells the media how it is...
                  Is that what you read, because that's not what I read. I didn't see anything there that said "Ron is gone."
                  I was being sarcastic...
                  Originally posted by Natston;n3510291
                  I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of the 3 T.J.s working for them, and that ain't bad...

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                    Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac


                    Wait, Will Galen, what is Donnie doing talking to Orlando? Isn't that Bird's job?
                    Sorry Bulletproff and Peck, I guess my writing is as bad as my speaking because it's obvious you don't understand what I've been trying to say.

                    I have agreed that Donnie and Bird work closely together. My only difference is I say it's Bird who has last say in personnal matters.

                    Is that clear to everybody? Is that clear to you Bulletproof?

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                      Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                      I nearly fell off the...place I was seated when I read Kravitz column. The headline didn't mean much but when he quoted DW . I had to start looking for the link to this site because I just knew it was an extension of the DW thread from last night.

                      Donnie NEVER talks that openly so it tells me 1 of 2 things. EIther a deal has already been done or we are being softened up for a big blow (loss of Ron). Oh wait, 3rd thing might be DW softeneing up another team that might be listening and he wants to spur them on a bit.

                      But you couple these comments with Ron blowing off the exit meeting and I gotta think something is about to happen.

                      And you can forget about Kobe coming here. His wife hasmade it abundantly clear she wants to stay in LA. And we all know who hold the upper hand there now don't we? So The Clippers, not the Pacers, will land Kobe.

                      As to why DW would be talking to Orlando, why not? He's said that he and Larry would talk together. Well? If DW wants to talk to Orlando, Larry is just a cell phone away. I would assume LB has either been on vacation or in Chicago scouting. In either case something big WILL BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. As I said in another thread. We no longer have to beat Detroit to get to the finals, we now have to BEAT THE CHAMPIONS to get to the finals.


                      DW talking so candidly also tells me the apocolypse is upon us.
                      Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.

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                        Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac


                        And you can forget about Kobe coming here. His wife hasmade it abundantly clear she wants to stay in LA. And we all know who hold the upper hand there now don't we? So The Clippers, not the Pacers, will land Kobe.
                        That's what I'm reading, and I agree.

                        As for Ron, blowing off Bird was the wrong thing to do. Bird said he would be fined and that would be the end of it, but Bird is a no nonsense guy. I'm now thinking that Al has a better chance of staying than Ron does.

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                          Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                          I'm getting excited about seeing T-Mac in a Pacers uniform, I hope they ain't teasing us. The dude is capable of getting a triple double at anytime or dropping 50. If it means getting rid of Ron and Al, I can even deal with that. We'd still have Bender and Freddie. Who knows Bender might reach his potential and Freddie will get better.
                          "Just look at the flowers ........ BANG" - Carol "The Walking Dead"

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                          • #14
                            Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                            But would we be able to play defense with the Pistons? We can't lose that because they have shown they have the ability to stop the greatest of offenses (although I still think Kobe's ego had something to do with that too).
                            Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Bob Kravitz now publicly calling for T-Mac

                              Actually, T-Mac is the best offender in the league
                              Putting him beside JO makes them both consideraby better scorers.
                              I dont think the Pistons could handle that.
                              Also we would have 2 players considerably better than anyone on the Pistons, so I dont think the Pistons could handle that either.
                              Indiana with JO&T-Mac is the team of the present and the future. Multiple rings if it happens.

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