Rockets executives were shocked and angry at McGrady's actions.
Coach Adelman expressed dissatisfaction at the time: "I think he should at least know some etiquette, and there should be a process that allows us to sit down and talk, and then announce the news through a press conference. But I don't
It’s clear why McGrady chose to do this, and the matter should never have been handled this way.”
From the Rockets' perspective, McGrady's choice of surgery was a completely unilateral decision and had no respect for the Rockets.
According to a person familiar with the matter, the Rockets are still feeling crazy about this: the team's authority is being challenged by the players. At that time, they had already submitted the transaction to the league and were just waiting for the league's approval.
If the Rockets have Carter, maybe they can go further in the playoffs.
The even worse impact is that McGrady's injury has turned him into "not for sale." Because of McGrady's "burden," the Rockets have been unable to operate better throughout the summer.
The long period of recovery after the surgery did not dampen McGrady's temper, and he chose to compete with the team again.
McGrady privately sent an email to Yahoo, announcing that he would return for the game between the Rockets and Timberwolves, making a unilateral decision to return.
The team had no knowledge of this, and by doing so, McGrady was undoubtedly challenging the authority of the team management.
Ever since, McGrady was locked directly in the locker room.
The Rockets also publicly stated that they would not let McGrady return so soon.
After that, the Rockets began to take revenge on McGrady.
Since most of McGrady's salary is paid by insurance companies, the Rockets don't care about the salary issue.
If you can't perform well, you have to be obedient.
If you disobey, you will pay the price!
This season is McGrady's contract year. In order to get a decent contract in the future, McGrady definitely wants to play well and get good data.
After his comeback, McGrady asked for more playing time more than once, but Adelman kept holding on to the time and gave McGrady 7 minutes of playing time.
Teams still have many tricks to sanction players!
McGrady gradually lost his patience while waiting. In the last two away games against the Nets and Cavaliers, McGrady did not travel with the team. The official statement was that he went to celebrate his son's birthday. Now it seems more like an excuse to hide his shame.
Therefore, McGrady's departure from the team has long been a doomed outcome.
Among the newcomers from the Rockets, Martin is the most important player.
Martin was the 26th pick in 2004. He was able to grow into a quasi-first-line star without being favored by others, and his label is his good offensive ability.
Martin's shooting posture is very non-standard, but his shooting percentage is good. In the 2005-2006 season, his shooting percentage reached 48%. As a backcourt player, this number is quite rare.
In addition, although Martin is thin and thin, he has a strong ability to draw fouls with his light and elegant style of play: in the 2008-2009 season, Martin averaged 10.3 free throws per game, and this alone per game
He scored 9 points. Martin's career free throw shooting percentage is 85.1%, ranking 10th among active players.
Obviously, whether it is shooting or attacking, Martin is a good attacker.
The Rockets are short of attackers, and Martin is an attacker. In this case, this deal is very suitable for the Rockets.
Facts have proved that Martin was just a passer-by to the Rockets, and later the Rockets used him as the main bargaining chip in exchange for Harden.
Among the new players who left with Tracy McGrady, there is still one player who surprised fans, he is Carl Landry.
Landry is a player that Rockets fans love very much, and he is also known as the Magic Bird.
While playing for the Rockets this season, the "Magic Bird" played in 51 games, averaging 16.1 points, 5.5 rebounds per game, and shooting 54.3% from the field.
As an important member of the bench, Landry not only guarantees the Rockets' scoring at critical moments, but has also become a strong contender for the Sixth Man of the Year award this season.
However, with the Rockets' decision before the trade deadline, "The Birds" finally left Houston, and such a decision will inevitably make fans who love the Rockets and "The Birds" sigh with regret.
In addition to the above transactions, the Celtics also added reinforcements at the last minute.
On the evening of February 19, according to ESPN expert Chris Sheridan, the deal regarding Nate Robinson has been finalized. "Little Potato" will become the most important piece of the puzzle for the Celtics to pursue their championship dream, and the green jersey
The Army sent Eddie House, Bill Walker and JR Giddens to the Knicks.
As a three-time slam dunk contest champion, Nate played a total of 30 games for the Knicks this season, averaging 13.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. However, due to disagreements with head coach Mike D'Antoni, Nate has already been in New York.
He fell out of favor, so fleeing the Knicks was seen as a matter of time.
Looking back at the players sent by the Celtics, Eddie House was the best performer among the three. However, in the 50 games he played this season, he could only contribute 7.2 points and 1.4 times to the team.
Assists. Giddens and Walker averaged only 1.1 points and 1 point per game respectively this season.
Regarding the arrival of new players, Celtics coach Rivers also expressed his welcome attitude, "I won't talk about potential transactions, but now the transaction is completed. I think it will be very good for us."
It helps. We have welcomed an excellent defender, and through games, he has proven his ability to people. From this point alone, I am very optimistic about his future in Boston.
In addition to these important big trades, there are also some sporadic small trades taking place in other teams in the league.
The two teams in last season's Finals, the Lakers and Magic, stood still and remained the same.
The Warriors were also very low-key and did not take much action.
In fact, many people speculate that the Warriors will make one or two big trades.
After all, the Warriors' salary space has been maintained very well. There are no big contracts, let alone junk contracts.
Teams like the Lakers and Cavaliers have to pay a lot of luxury tax.
But the Warriors didn’t even reach the poverty line!
The Warriors have such a good record and have a lot of salary space. If they don't make reinforcements at this time, when will they do so?!
However, the Warriors chose to stand still.
In fact, Warriors general manager Tim also proposed several transactions, but they were all rejected by Deng Fang.
First, the system has requirements and players cannot be traded at will, especially players from strong teams.
Even the core players of weak teams cannot be traded casually.
Second, it’s not necessary!
The lineup of the Warriors was carefully selected by Deng Fang. It has both inside and outside, and is both offensive and defensive.
What's more important is that most of the current Warriors players are obedient and have no thorns.
If someone causes trouble and messes up the Warriors locker room, it will be troublesome.
Of course, in order to make money, the Warriors still made several transactions and made a lot of money.
It's just that the players traded were directly transferred to the Development League by Deng Fang.
At this time, maintaining the stability of the team is the most important!