Rudy Gay this season is caught in the middle of statistical vs practical analysis battle. But this is unrelated to the Gay trade.īut for now I want to talk about Memphis’ side in the trade and it’s a fascinating one. The main problem the team faces is the unbelievable amount of bad contracts handed out by Bryan Colangelo recently to Demar Derozan, Andrea Bargnani, Landry Fields, Linas Kleiza, Aaron Gray and others, hampering their flexibility. They were a team in an undesirable, mediocre position due to the mistakes of GM Bryan Colangelo, so taking a chance on a talent as great as Gay without paying a crippling price, seems a decent move. I might have a follow-up article on Toronto’s end, but I like it for them. If they don’t resign him this summer, it’s a good trade for the capspace alone. They moved a poor long term contract in Prince, for a PG in Calderon who’s not only an upgrade in production but fits their needs with two bigs in Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond on the team. Yesterday Memphis, Toronto and Detroit completed a trade with Rudy Gay and Hamed Haddidi getting traded to Toronto, Jose Calderon getting traded to the Detroit and Tayshaun Prince, Ed Davis, Austin Daye and a 2 nd from Toronto, headed to Memphis.
