The Grizzlies have been getting killed for dealing Gay in a year when many consider them to be a dark horse championship contender. Potential Positive Headline in Memphis Newspaper: ‘GRIZZLIES NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY RUDY GAY 37 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TWO SEASONS WHEN HE’S MADE REDUNDANT BY THEIR OFFENSE!’ Potential Negative Headline in Memphis Newspaper: ‘GRIZZLIES DEAL ONLY REAL SCORER ON CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER FOR AGING SMALL FORWARD, POWER FORWARD PROSPECT AND WHATEVER AUSTIN DAYE IS AT THIS POINT’
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Said point guard is also on an expiring contact, freeing them up to make a maximum offer to a free agent this off-season. They got out of having to pay Prince for the next two seasons and landed one of the most selfless and efficient offensive point guards in the league, who will enjoy playing with their talented young big rigs Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond. I’m not really going to say much about Detroit. I’ve broken the trade down by team, to give a clear and complete analysis of why the move works from all sides and how we can judge the trade’s effects moving forward. Memphis then flipped Calderon to Detroit for two small forwards, career Piston Tayshaun Prince and prospect Austin Daye.
After thinking about it, I love this move for the teams involved for a variety of reasons and felt the need to share them, as I think a few angles of this deal have gone unnoticed.įor those who aren’t completely familiar, the trade worked as follows: Toronto sent young power forward Ed Davis and long-time fan-favourite point guard Jose Calderon to Memphis for small forward Rudy Gay. However there are a lot of reasons that the trade left people scratching their heads, on both Memphis and Toronto’s sides. Last Wednesday, the Toronto Raptors made a three way trade with the Memphis Grizzlies and the Detroit Pistons, landing a player who is already the single best small forward in franchise history. – Toronto Raptors Colour Commentator Jack Armstrong And I said, ‘I know! What do you think I’ve been saying we need all along?!” You got a guy who commands the double team. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Marco Belinelli.“You know, I was talking to a colleague of mine, a guy I know in the league and he said to me ‘You finally got him. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Matt Costello. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Dante Cunningham. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Gorgui Dieng. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Rudy Gay. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Darrun Hilliard. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to DaQuan Jeffries. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Joffrey Lauvergne. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to David Lee. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Trey Lyles. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Patty Mills. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Ben Moore. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Donatas Motiejunas. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Quincy Pondexter. The San Antonio Spurs renounced their free-agent exception rights to Quinndary Weatherspoon. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Spencer Dinwiddie, Montrezl Harrell, Aaron Holiday, Kyle Kuzma, the draft rights to Isaiah Todd, a Swap 2022 2nd round picks and cash were acquired by the Washington Wizards in exchange for Chandler Hutchison, Russell Westbrook, a conditional 2023 2nd round pick (CHI own), a More Favorable 2024 2nd round pick, a Least Favorable 2024 2nd round pick, a Swap 2025 2nd round picks and a 2028 2nd round pick (WAS own). The draft rights to Nikola Milutinov, a More Favorable 2024 2nd round pick, a Swap 2025 2nd round picks and a TPE were acquired by the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie.
Russell Westbrook, a conditional 2023 2nd round pick (CHI own), a Least Favorable 2024 2nd round pick and a 2028 2nd round pick (WAS own) were acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Montrezl Harrell, Kyle Kuzma and the draft rights to Isaiah Jackson. The draft rights to Isaiah Jackson and a TPE were acquired by the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Aaron Holiday, the draft rights to Isaiah Todd and cash.