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Axel wrote: View PostI don't think we really had a position of strength in the Gay trade. We needed to move Jose as much as they wanted to move Gay. Pretty even if you ask me.
As for VC, any strength we had when we acquired him on draft night was negated by the supreme-raping that we got when we sent him to the Nets.
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I read a tweet from David Aldridge I believe (just trying to remember), that Ujiri picked up the phone, listened, and told them nice try. Sorry if that tweet was already posted.
Quite frankly, expirings are too little for Rudy.Twitter: @ReubenJRD • NBA, Raptors writer for Daily Hive Vancouver, Toronto.
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Primer wrote: View PostWe did not need to move Jose at all, and our desire to trade him paled in comparison to Memphis desire to move Gay. Memphis needed to move Gay to get under the luxury tax. Gay's contract was 2 years longer than Jose's and way way bigger. The Raps didn't need to move Jose to get under the cap, we already were under the cap and Jose was expiring. Jose was just a nice trade piece thanks to his large salary for salary matching purposes, as well as his above average play.
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Primer wrote: View PostWe did not need to move Jose at all, and our desire to trade him paled in comparison to Memphis desire to move Gay. Memphis needed to move Gay to get under the luxury tax. Gay's contract was 2 years longer than Jose's and way way bigger. The Raps didn't need to move Jose to get under the cap, we already were under the cap and Jose was expiring. Jose was just a nice trade piece thanks to his large salary for salary matching purposes, as well as his above average play.Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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Update on the "possible suitors for Rudy" list:
Charlotte just signed Al Jefferson to a three-year $41 million deal. I am not the biggest fan of Big Al, but teams planning to tank don't sign reasonably good centers to big deals; I would bet they would be interested in Rudy now, and there's so much to loot from them (Detroit and Portland's protected 2014 picks, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kemba Walker).
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magoon wrote: View PostUpdate on the "possible suitors for Rudy" list:
Charlotte just signed Al Jefferson to a three-year $41 million deal. I am not the biggest fan of Big Al, but teams planning to tank don't sign reasonably good centers to big deals; I would bet they would be interested in Rudy now, and there's so much to loot from them (Detroit and Portland's protected 2014 picks, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kemba Walker).
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magoon wrote: View PostUpdate on the "possible suitors for Rudy" list:
Charlotte just signed Al Jefferson to a three-year $41 million deal. I am not the biggest fan of Big Al, but teams planning to tank don't sign reasonably good centers to big deals; I would bet they would be interested in Rudy now, and there's so much to loot from them (Detroit and Portland's protected 2014 picks, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kemba Walker).Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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Great point RT @JLew1050: So funny seeing perennial bottom feeders like Cats Kings Pistons Hornets "going for it" now that being bad optimal
— Ryan Wolstat (@WolstatSun) July 4, 2013
Hoo-ray, the Raps aren't mentioned in that tweet!!Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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magoon wrote: View PostUpdate on the "possible suitors for Rudy" list:
Charlotte just signed Al Jefferson to a three-year $41 million deal. I am not the biggest fan of Big Al, but teams planning to tank don't sign reasonably good centers to big deals; I would bet they would be interested in Rudy now, and there's so much to loot from them (Detroit and Portland's protected 2014 picks, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kemba Walker).
Whether Rudy stays or goes (same with DD or Lowry for that matter) I'm not too concerned about it. The main thing is having as many options for Ujiri to choose from. Charlotte, Cleveland, and Detroit are far from willingly tanking and all 3 have expressed interest in Gay in the past. May the offers start rolling.
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ceez wrote: View Posti'd do gay for tyrus thomas and a 2014 pick in a heartbeat
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Sam17 wrote: View PostBut with a starting lineup of Jefferson, Zeller, Gay, Henderson and Walker and with guys like MKG, Sessions, Mullens, and Taylor on the bench, where do you think that 2014 pick will end up? I don't know if I'm the only one who thinks so, but that would look like a formidable squad
Of course, I'm not sure that the Bobcats 2014 pick is technically dealable without some major cleverness, because right now it's dealt to Chicago on a protected basis, so if they trade Toronto the protection (which is 1-10 this year), Toronto would have to potentially give them a first-rounder in 2015 in the event that Chicago got their 2015 pick (so that Charlotte doesn't go without a first-rounder in consecutive years, which is against the rules). I think it has to be worded like:
"Charlotte trades Toronto their first-round pick in 2014 (11-30 protected); if Chicago gets Charlotte's pick in 2015, Toronto agrees to trade their first-round pick to Charlotte; if Toronto does not get Charlotte's first-round pick in 2014, Charlotte trades their 2016 first-round pick to Toronto."
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