Kings rudy gay trade
So you can knock off two teams that could have potentially been worse than the Sixers. Plus, it'd be cool to have the Raptors back in the playoffs, right? They beat Kobe last night! Excellent. We'll see if more moves happen, but I think there's too much talent on that team for them to truly tank. They also get a legit backup guard in Vasquez. The Raptors, meanwhile, get to play the abandoned Number Munchers game "Addition By Subtraction." More shots for Jonas Valanciunas and Amir Johnson and Terrence Ross and even, hey, DeMar Derozan, is a good thing. At least more betterish than the Sixers for tanking purposes. While I don't think this moves the needle for Sacramento's future - Gay's contract will expire after next season and they'll go from there - I do think it'll make them betterish in the short term. That could open things up for a Jimmer Fredette trade (which I'd love), since Marcus Thornton is still kind of just sitting there behind McLemore. It looks like they'll run a lineup of Isaiah Thomas, Ben McLemore, Rudy Gay, Derrick Williams, and DeMarcus Cousins, which is dumb fun for the whole family. I think such will be the case in Sacramento. In a different role, perhaps, he can be useful. Smart dudes north of the border.Įven though Rudy Gay is bad as a package - contract, usage, efficiency - he is not a bad basketball player. Really, who was going to sign with Sacramento anyway? That being said, a Danny Ferry-esque move from Masai Ujiri getting out from under that Gay contract only a few months after shedding Andrea Bargnani. They got the best player while giving up only cap space next offseason and not much in the talent department (shhhh, Greivis). I don't think this is quite as bad a trade for the Kings as most other people do. All varying levels of hysteria that came out of nowhere.Īnyway, I missed the Rudy Gay trade when it happened.
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I remember where I was when the Sixers traded for Chris Webber (living room, boxers) or Andrew Bynum (Ralph's grocery store, left groceries in car) or signed Kwame Brown (shaving, Tanner on my couch). You get a different kind of that at the NBA Draft - at least then, you're prepared for your team to make a pick. It's such a missed opportunity to see intense overreaction and self-preservation from people you're mildly interested in on the internet.
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I hate being away from Basketball Twitter when trades go down.