Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Sport Talk to you next summer, captain. After the madness of trade season, several teams have lined themselves up to be in position — or very close — to sign a maximum-salary player this summer. Calculating exactly how much money each team has to spend is a tricky exercise.
The Houston Rockets have unexpectedly emerged from their long-running efforts to trade Tracy McGrady with an agreement in place to acquire coveted guard Kevin Martin from the Sacramento Kings, ESPN.com has learned. Multiple sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets and Kings will spend Thursday trying to make this a three-way deal that lands McGrady with the New York Knicks, who have been McGrady’s preferred destination ever since he and the Rockets mutually agreed in late December to find the 30-year-old a new team via trade
Donnie Walsh Monday night denied a report that the Knicks and Rockets were close to a trade. Yahoo! Sports reported that the Knicks were set to acquire Tracy McGrady and his $23 million expiring contract in a complicated multiplayer transaction.
Lisa Blumenfeld / NBAE via Getty Images Could a team with this tandem give the All-Star squads a game? The All-Star Game is a collection of the best basketball talent in the world, but it rarely produces anything resembling the best basketball. Counter-intuitive as that might seem, the reasons for this annual letdown are fairly obvious.
MIAMI ( AP ) — Desperate to snap a five-game losing streak, the Miami Heat raced to their largest halftime lead of the season and beat the short-handed Houston Rockets 99-66 on Tuesday night.
Reserve Thaddeus Young scored 17 points, Willie Green added 15, and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame a 13-point deficit to beat the Houston Rockets 102-95 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.
On the radio yesterday, Jazz broadcaster David Locke asked me to tell him which eight teams would make the playoffs in the West, and in what order. It was a total ambush.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets have recalled guard Jermaine Taylor from their developmental league affiliate.
Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images The Knick legend does not brag about his bowling game.
By Chris Sheridan As a follow-up to my report earlier this week that Team USA plans to hold training camp in New York City this summer, word came out through the French newspaper L’Equipe today that France is likely to be the Americans’ opponent. We can add to that info by definitively stating that the date for that game is Sunday, Aug.
