Landry has family in the Bay Area (a coworker of mine is his first cousin) so on a personal level he might like it. But I'm surprised, he was considered a leading candidate for 6th man of the year.
Am I the only one who thinks the Kings should have stuck with this version of the deal, instead of getting the Knicks involved? The new version leaves them without McGrady's huge expiring contract....and what do they get in return?
i doubt the kings really had an option on which deal to stick with. owning tmac's expiring contract really was meaningless for the kings. instead of that, they have larry hughes' expiring contract and hold onto kenny thomas' expiring contract rather than dealing it away. this is an even better deal for the rockets getting martin, hill, option to swap picks next year, and the knicks 2012 pick for basically just carl landry.
Knicks are the big winners here with Sergio and likely LeBron next year. Kings get a monster in Landry and rid themselves of Martin, who was a fifth wheel dragging them down. Houston got nothing of real long-term value, and without Yao will now be 90lb weaklings.
"Likely" I tend to agree with the sentiment that Lebron will "likely" stay in Cleveland, and that Wade will "likely" join Derrick Rose in Chicago. The best player that the Knicks have a decent shot at (IMO) is Bosh. After that, they're probably going to have to settle for a second-tier star for their second "big" free-agent signing, unless they somehow get Dirk to come up there too. Hmm...wouldn't that be interesting?
The Landry trade could be nulified if his physical does not impress the Kings: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/story/2548761.html
