McGrady dealt to Kings

As the NBA trade deadline approaches, the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings were able to arrange a trade, sources tell Yahoo! Sports. The Rockets send Tracy McGrady, Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to the Kings for Kevin Martin, Sergio Rodriguez, Hilton Armstrong and Kenny Thomas.

The Kings have said they don’t know if they are going to keep T-Mac, or add a third team and ship him off to the New York Knicks, which would make them instant favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference. Sources say that McGrady’s agent Arn Tellem worked hard to get him out of Houston and now wants to get him out of Sacramento and hopefully to the Big Apple (New York City).

Martin told Yahoo! Sports that he wasn’t thrilled to be leaving Sacramento, but wanted to play for a contender.

“It goes both ways,” Martin said by phone. “Sacramento gave me an opportunity. I was a late first-round pick. I could have been playing overseas. I assumed they still loved me. I was the ‘Golden Child’ – that’s what Corliss Williamson used to say. I guess that’s the sad part.

“But it was time. I used to be the young guy playing with old guys. Now I’m the old guy playing with young guys. Let the young guys develop. I appreciate them letting me go to a playoff-caliber team at this time of my career.”