 McCormick averaged a career high 14.1 points per game during the remainder of the season in his time with the Nets.While McCormick statistically played a lot better in New Jersey, the Nets were a rebuilding team and posted a horrendous 19-63 record.On November 2, 1988 McCormick was traded by the New Jersey Nets with Tony Brown, Frank Johnson and Lorenzo Romar to the Houston Rockets for Joe Barry Carroll and Lester Conner.