Trade Talks Revving Up, T-Mac up for Grabs?

Trade talks are starting to heat up with the Feb. 21 deadline coming up, especially with all the players that are trying to be moved. The biggest name being Tracy McGrady. The Detroit News caught interest with an nameless Pistons player joking about McGrady reportedly wanting out of Houston and comparing him to his cousin Vince Carter. The Piston joked about giving T-Mac the nickname "half-man, half a season." No one's made a move yet to get him. The Detroit News also had another article about the Cavs making one more run for Kings point guard Mike Bibby.

Bibby for Larry Hughes talk might be firing up again, and since the preseason when Bibby injured himself getting sidelined for what should be 12 weeks, Hughes hasn't exactly made a name for himself to the Kings when playing against them. He missed the first game at Sacramento and only scored 4 points at home against them. Hughes has averaged 10.82 ppg. in December, mainly because he dropped 36 points and 22 points the first 2 games of the month. Bibby is marked to make his season debut at Toronto on Jan. 16, possibly with Kevin Martin. I think that he might sneak into the Mavs game Jan. 14, 2 days before going on the road. I'll be able to preview the Kings up close at the open practice they're holding on Jan. 13 and see how Bibby's doing and might be able to go to the game. One thing's for sure, he's only got 17 games to showcase himself to other teams before being traded. If Hughes won't go to the Kings other players like Drew Gooden and young upcoming talent like Daniel Gibson and Shannon Brown are said to interest the Kings.

It's no secret Smush Parker's being shopped. According to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Miami Heat contacted the Seattle Sonics about trading the point guard who hasn't played since Nov. 24, but the Sonics were not interested. Also the Seattle Times says the Sonics has 2 point guards that teams are interested in getting. That would be Luke Ridnour and Earl Watson. The Sonics could get a good player with the $3.5 million left from the Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis trades, 2 first round picks and 4 second round picks. that they have. They used $8 million to get Kurt Thomas and 2 first round picks from the Phoenix Suns.

Point guards look like they're all the rage right now. Damon Stoudemire has been deactivated and also requested either a trade or buyout, so he'll be on another team soon but not the Cavs. As for Andre Miller, the Sixers say that he's not being shopped anymore, but you never know.

Right now, there are a lot of stars that might want to leave teams. Players who were unable to get extensions, older players who were unable to win a championship but were considered contenders, good players whose teams they stayed on went bad, or players on a talented team with bad chemistry. Nothing is for certain except that a trade is coming soon.

Sources

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/SPORTS0102/801070314/ 1127/

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/OPINION03/801070313/1 127/

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/346310_srevu07.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2004111025_soniglance07.html