Rudy Gay to Sacramento!!!
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Holy.
Freaking.
Crap.
Never been a fan of Gay. Pretty much ever. He's talented, but he's incredibly inefficient and takes horrible shots most of the time. But anytime you can get rid of basically ALL of our unwanted/very unproductive players for a talented player like Gay? Hell yea. Awesome work PDA. Even better? His contract is over in 2 years anyway!
Quincy Acy is a nice little find too. He's extremely physical and a pretty good defensive player. Sort of like a more skilled Jon Brockman type. Very handy to have as your 10th man
Freaking.
Crap.
Never been a fan of Gay. Pretty much ever. He's talented, but he's incredibly inefficient and takes horrible shots most of the time. But anytime you can get rid of basically ALL of our unwanted/very unproductive players for a talented player like Gay? Hell yea. Awesome work PDA. Even better? His contract is over in 2 years anyway!
Quincy Acy is a nice little find too. He's extremely physical and a pretty good defensive player. Sort of like a more skilled Jon Brockman type. Very handy to have as your 10th man
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-raptors-kings-rudy-gay-trade-000950446-nba.html
The Toronto Raptors have reached an agreement in principle to send Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Kings will send Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to the Raptors. The Kings will also acquire Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray in the deal, sources said.
The Raptors and Gay had become increasingly unhappy with each other, league sources said, and Gay's contract was an obstacle to the franchise's desire to begin the rebuilding process.
Gay is making $17.8 million this year, and holds a player option for $19.3 million for the 2014-15 season. The forward will almost assuredly exercise the option and take that salary next season.
The Kings plan to use Gay at the stretch-four position.
Ujiri is in his first full season running the Raptors. The possibility of Toronto getting into the high lottery for the star-packed 2014 NBA Draft is important, especially with the possibility of selecting Toronto-native Andrew Wiggins of Kansas. Toronto has lost five straight games, and dropped to 6-12 in the Eastern Conference.
The Toronto Raptors have reached an agreement in principle to send Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings, league sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Kings will send Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to the Raptors. The Kings will also acquire Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray in the deal, sources said.
The Raptors and Gay had become increasingly unhappy with each other, league sources said, and Gay's contract was an obstacle to the franchise's desire to begin the rebuilding process.
Gay is making $17.8 million this year, and holds a player option for $19.3 million for the 2014-15 season. The forward will almost assuredly exercise the option and take that salary next season.
The Kings plan to use Gay at the stretch-four position.
Ujiri is in his first full season running the Raptors. The possibility of Toronto getting into the high lottery for the star-packed 2014 NBA Draft is important, especially with the possibility of selecting Toronto-native Andrew Wiggins of Kansas. Toronto has lost five straight games, and dropped to 6-12 in the Eastern Conference.
Another thing that comes from this is that we're essentially trading three rotation players and a backup center for one rotation player and a backup center.
We might be able to really tighten up our rotations with this trade:
C: Cousins 36 / JT 6 / (Gray or Ndiaye) 6
PF: JT 24 / Gay 12/ Williams 12
SF: Gay 24 / Williams 18 / (Outlaw or Acy) 6
SG: McLemore 30 / Thornton 18
PG: IT 36 / (Ray Mc or Jimmer) 12
Landry will change things once he's healthy but off the cuff, that's:
Cousins 36
IT 36
Gay 36
McLemore 30
Williams 30
JT 30
Thornton 18
Everybody else 12 or less
We might be able to really tighten up our rotations with this trade:
C: Cousins 36 / JT 6 / (Gray or Ndiaye) 6
PF: JT 24 / Gay 12/ Williams 12
SF: Gay 24 / Williams 18 / (Outlaw or Acy) 6
SG: McLemore 30 / Thornton 18
PG: IT 36 / (Ray Mc or Jimmer) 12
Landry will change things once he's healthy but off the cuff, that's:
Cousins 36
IT 36
Gay 36
McLemore 30
Williams 30
JT 30
Thornton 18
Everybody else 12 or less
I think Gay's spell in Toronto has soured many on him, but he was playing with a bunch of NBA journeymen and Demar Derozan essentially. I have faith that Malone can get him to buy into our system and get him back to his Memphis days where he was a top 5 SF in the league only behind Lebron, Durant and Melo.
As much as I'd love to add Rondo to this mix, we don't have that much in terms of assets anymore. No pick to trade. Just traded our cap space.
We could deal Thomas and/or McLemore. That's about it, and I don't know if that gets it done, or if we want to part ways with Mac this early.
I'd consider Thomas and McLemore for Rondo and Bradley, or Rondo and some of the many picks Boston has.
We could deal Thomas and/or McLemore. That's about it, and I don't know if that gets it done, or if we want to part ways with Mac this early.
I'd consider Thomas and McLemore for Rondo and Bradley, or Rondo and some of the many picks Boston has.
If he plays the way he was playing in Toronto, then everyone will want him gone in a couple of weeks. However, if he some how learns to play within the offense, then I'm all for keeping him post 15.
Hopefully, he was simply trying to shoot himself out of Toronto, but even that kind of attitude contradicts managements emphasis on character.
Hopefully, he was simply trying to shoot himself out of Toronto, but even that kind of attitude contradicts managements emphasis on character.
Yep, those are precisely the assets that would be involved in such a deal. IT + Thornton (Ainge has always liked IT). Ben and Thornton (but then what do we paly at SG). That kind of thing. And they always were. In my little scenario last month I always assumed Gay would be the relatively easy guy to get. Stained reputation, big contract. Bail the Raptors out of the financial committment and they would talk. Ainge though will want a good young piece if you were actually to go shopping for Rondo as well.
Wow, this one is completely out of the blue. Well, at least nobody can say that PDA is resting on his laurels.
OK, so I'm not a huge Gay fan, but this is a win for us at this moment. He's still a clear talent and if he can get back to his best (or near it) then he's a borderline All-Star type which, despite the money he's making, is obviously a great thing. Especially when you consider that we gave up pretty much nothing.
My only small worry is that this strips us of our first round pick this year if we finish tenth worse or better. We need to get a good player in this draft to add to IT/Ben/Gay/Williams/Cousins. At that point you have plenty of options and talent going forward. Probably worrying about nothing but I would hate to see that happen.
Now, who wants to take it a step further and play with the idea of trading IT and a future pick for Rondo, and really kickstart the culture change towards winning/defense?!
I do like how aggressive PDA is, so credit where it's due. If we can't surround Cuz with talent, it certainly won't be for lack of trying. His approach is certainly refreshing to a fanbase that has had much of its energy drained due to the previous regime. Encouraging signs!
OK, so I'm not a huge Gay fan, but this is a win for us at this moment. He's still a clear talent and if he can get back to his best (or near it) then he's a borderline All-Star type which, despite the money he's making, is obviously a great thing. Especially when you consider that we gave up pretty much nothing.
My only small worry is that this strips us of our first round pick this year if we finish tenth worse or better. We need to get a good player in this draft to add to IT/Ben/Gay/Williams/Cousins. At that point you have plenty of options and talent going forward. Probably worrying about nothing but I would hate to see that happen.
Now, who wants to take it a step further and play with the idea of trading IT and a future pick for Rondo, and really kickstart the culture change towards winning/defense?!
I do like how aggressive PDA is, so credit where it's due. If we can't surround Cuz with talent, it certainly won't be for lack of trying. His approach is certainly refreshing to a fanbase that has had much of its energy drained due to the previous regime. Encouraging signs!
Did they? Oh the pocket protectors in their front office wanted everybody to think they were so brilliant and all, but they still got eliminated, precipitated a break with their successful coach, and now are staring down missing the playoffs with a fork in the back of Tayshaun Prince. The grass isn't always greener, and it rarely can be calculated out by mathematical formulae.
Kings fans have ALWAYS given new players the benefit of the doubt. I see no reason not to do so in this instance. I know it's not popular with everyone to say, but you have to think that the front office considered everything before they traded for him. They're not the Maloofs. They're not trying to make things bad.