Official: Rudy Gay to Raptors, Calderon to Pistons, Daye/Prince/Davis to Grizzlies

[ManRamForPrez24]

Oh I get it now you're trolling

Yeah. That one 100% gave it away.

[Eagles4Lyfe]

SFs I'd take over Gay (I'm counting LeBron and Melo as SFs, because that's what they've mostly been in their careers):

LeBron
Durant
Anthony
Pierce
Faried
George
Batum
Deng
Josh Smith
Danilo Gallinari
Thad Young (iffy, if not here, then in the next category for sure...also, he's probably more of a PF)

Guys who I'd rather have on my team because of salary reasons:

Ersan Ilyasova
MKG
Evan Turner (maybe)

Your arguments all just became extinct after that lmao
This man just said Kenneth Faried is better than Rudy Gay

[selassi3]

I doubt we make it this season. Next season they SHOULD make it.

If you lived through Vince being out for the remainder of the season and Antonio Davis leading us to 13 straight wins to end the season and take us to the playoffs only to get screwed over by Chris Childs who took that 3 for no apparent reason when all they needed was 2 to win in the final game of the first round of the playoffs that year...... you wouldn't be ............Sooo Pessimistic... just sayin

[Hawkeye15]

I like this trade for Memphis. They get a defensive SF who won't command so many shots, freeing up their bigs to get more looks, you know, the more efficient players. They get added depth up front, and shed some long term salary, even if Prince's deal is also ridiculous, at least its not franchise handicapping, like Gay's would be to a lot of teams.

Toronto, meh. Took on a ton of salary for a solid starter, nothing more, just to get a name.

Pistons get a half season rental on a real PG, and shed that ridiculous deal Dumars gave Prince, and Daye just sucks, who cares.

[ManRamForPrez24]

Your arguments all just became extinct after that lmao
This man just said Kenneth Faried is better than Rudy Gay

Faried shouldn't be on there. He's a PF. I just copied ESPN's list of SFs and removed the ones I didn't like. Forgot to remove him.

Thad Young can play the 3 and has been better than Gay.

[NYC]

Toronto dominated this trade. They got an All-Star caliber player for not much. Calderon/Lowry wasn't going to work long term.

What is Memphis doing? Gay, Speights, Selby and a 1st for virtually nothing. Small market owners can never fully sustain putting up the cash.

[Giants #1 Fan]

Your arguments all just became extinct after that lmao
This man just said Kenneth Faried is better than Rudy Gay

I would take Young over Gay as well... He's a better player who doesn't hog the ball and is a capable defender. Faired idk about that one lol

[Hawkeye15]

lot of overrated Rudy Gay here, damn.

[Giants #1 Fan]

lot of overrated Rudy Gay here, damn.

He's on Joe Johnson status

[TrueFan420]

SFs I'd take over Gay (I'm counting LeBron and Melo as SFs, because that's what they've mostly been in their careers):

LeBron
Durant
Anthony
Pierce
Faried
George
Batum
Deng
Josh Smith
Danilo Gallinari
Thad Young (iffy, if not here, then in the next category for sure...also, he's probably more of a PF)

Guys who I'd rather have on my team because of salary reasons:

Ersan Ilyasova
MKG
Evan Turner (maybe)

They all play pf and not like bron and melo spot minutes pf I mean full time. Although I could be wrong about young.

Gay is better than some listed but his contract sucks

[JC_]

I think Colangelo must have been offered a job in Memphis or someone else is pulling the strings. This doesn't make sense to me at all.

[gotoHcarolina52]

Rudy will be a big hit in Church and Wellesley, that's for sure.

[bucketss]

id rather have faried than gay

[Eagles4Lyfe]

Faried shouldn't be on there. He's a PF. I just copied ESPN's list of SFs and removed the ones I didn't like. Forgot to remove him.

Thad Young can play the 3 and has been better than Gay.

Ya because he has the same responsibilities as a Rudy Gay right?/ I mean teams are lining up at the Sixers door asking for him right??

Same goes for Pierce who the Celtics were rumored to be giving up for Gay himself. I mean you have your opinions and their condemnable doesn't mean everything your saying is based of actual scouting.

I can go explain more and break down why he's a top 5 SF but its pointless because it's no tlike it'll change your opinion.

I'll give you Gallo though, I think they are similar except Gay edges him defensively

lot of overrated Rudy Gay here, damn.

It's typical to expect on forums, everyone thinks they've mastered the art of advanced statistics so they think they know everything inside out and bet you haven't even watched a player consistently before judging em.

Same thing goes on in the baseball forum, people just don't understand the context or nature of using adv stats.

Now I'm not saying Gay is some amazing top 15 player but to say he's not even top 50 and a top 5 SF is just being delusional and ignorant.

[JNoel]

Rudy will be the go to guy in Toronto, don't see how this is a negative for the Raps at all...