McGrady Goes to Knicks

The Rockets had done a deal with the Kings Wednesday to acquire Kevin Martin.

By trading Hill and Jeffries, the Knicks clear enough salary-cap space to potentially allow them to sign two star free agents this summer. In return, the Knicks will swap 2011 draft picks with the Rockets and send them their 2012 first-round selection. The 2011 pick is protected only for the first pick while the Rockets will get the Knicks' 2012 selection providedit's after No.5. “It goes both ways,” Martin said by phone shortly after the trade. “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.

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