T-Mac to Detroit deal not close to happening

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LAS VEGAS -- And now, for the latest addition to the growing stack of untrue rumors regarding Detroit and possible trades.

A report out of Detroit indicated the Pistons were close to getting a deal done that would land them Houston's Tracy McGrady.

Sources I spoke with this morning confirmed that the story is not true. In fact, the two teams haven't had any type of talks with each other in quite some time. Last I checked, telepathic deals aren't allowed in the NBA.

Maybe this rumor was planted to get both sides talking again.

But the more I think about it, that doesn't make a lot of sense. The Pistons already have expressed interest in McGrady. Houston knows what players are available. There's not a whole lot of back-and-fourth talks that need to be had at this point.

As I wrote about earlier this week, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and McGrady are two players that Detroit have a lot of interest in. Their efforts to land Anthony didn't work, but that doesn't mean the two won't resume talks at a later time. The same goes for potential talks in the future with Houston about McGrady.

I'll continue to keep you abreast of how all this plays out. But as of 10:30 Friday morning, the Pistons are not close to trading for McGrady.

I will have some reports later on tonight following Detroit's first summer league game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

As I mentioned in my Cheikh Samb story for today, tonight's 8 p.m. game will be on NBA TV, or you can see its webcast on nba.com which will begin at 8:30 p.m.
 

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Detroit needs to get a deal done quick. Unless we get a star back like Melo or T-Mac I don't see us dealing.

It would probably take Billups and Sheed to get T-Mac.
 

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More prolly, Detroit ovevalues Sheed's trade value sooo much...
 

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Plus the Rockets are in no mood to rebuild, with Yao they could've been the best team in the West last year...
 

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Plus the Rockets are in no mood to rebuild, with Yao they could've been the best team in the West last year...
agreed. they tore apart the lakers last year during the streak without him although the lakers didnt have bynum either but to be fair, yao >>> bynum.
 

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Plus the Rockets are in no mood to rebuild, with Yao they could've been the best team in the West last year...
Meh, I don't think so. Sure they went on the 22 win streak and all, but they wouldn't have went past the first round like always.
 

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Are you serious? They won 2 games in the round without him, with him they probably would've been like the 3 seed and drawn Phoenix in the first round. Like loggie basically said, they went on a 22 game streak without the best center in the West, and you don't think they would've contended with him?
 

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I really didn't even know we wanted to get him?
 

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I can tell u for a fact no truth to this --- this story was strongly DENIED by Houston tonight on the news..
in fact, the GM laughed that Detroit had anything even comparable in trade value that Houston wanted
 

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I love T-Mac, but I'll laugh when he get re-injured again this season. The Detroit will laugh at Houston's GM. haha
 

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I just said I love T-Mac. He is my favorite non-Piston.
 

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I'm convinced if injuries never hit him he'd be the best player in the NBA right now...
 

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Eh, maybe best scorer. I don't know about best complete player though.
 

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I don't think Pistons will be getting T-Mac.
 

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agreed. they tore apart the lakers last year during the streak without him although the lakers didnt have bynum either but to be fair, yao >>> bynum.
Also during that streak/game, Gasol was injured. :smile:
 
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