Talks between Houston and Nets about Carter are heating up again

Looks like this deal is picking up steam.

VC and She-Mac are now on the front page of the NBA section of ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/nba/

There has also been another update to that article i posted initially. Looks like there could be a deal looming.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3913836 updated at 1:07 Pacific Time

 

The Nets have denied the McGrady offer.

 

link?

 

If Rockets can keep Battier and Artest somehow, this is a steal for us. I would love to see Artest/Carter/Yao.

 

I still don't like Houston's chances at winning it all, but they'd certainly have enough stream to roll past us if we don't do anything.

 

http://www.netsdaily.com/?p=7403

 

Yeah, that's the only reason I see New Jersey doing it. Although T-Mac makes a boatload of $23+ mil next year, it's the last year.

 

Okay: so the Rockets want Carter. The Nets will give them Carter, BUT:
the Rockets want to offload McGrady and DON'T want to give up Landry. But the Nets would rather have Landry and don't want McGrady. There has GOT to be a way to get in this. This is like a sickness for me: please sedate me until after the deadline. But in the meantime, my latest tinkering produced THIS:

Portland gets Battier (the "no stats all-star") and McGrady (whom, I know a lot of people think is washed up, but if he's got ANYthing left, he's supremely talented, and also the player who Batum, who has only seen him this season, said is as hard to guard as anybody) and Dooling (who is a very good defender at PG) for:
RLEC, Blake, Outlaw, Channing and Ike.

(Houston gets Carter and our two PFs for Battier and McGrady; NJ gets RLEC, Outlaw, Blake (who would work well with Harris, I think))

I like it because I really like Battier, and I think McGrady has something left but even if he doesn't, his deal expires in 2010. Plus I like Dooling over Blake.