Rudy Gay to Sacramento!!!

[TheBadGuy]

Rudy Gay and Williams for Tyreke Evans?

No way, Evans has glass ankles.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Oh, and in my state of being flabbergasted over this trade, I kind of didn't notice that the Niners just won!

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

One little nugget in the Yahoo piece, Kings want to use Gay at the 4.

Thomas - McLemore - Williams - Gay - Cousins is very jumpy if that is what we see.

I'm inclined to hate it because Gay is undersized, but with Williams being oversized .. it might work. We haven't seen a lot of Gay at the 4. Keeping him inside COULD be good for him.

 

[Sac.Kings]

No way, Evans has glass ankles.

What he was saying is that we essentially turned tyreke Evans into gay and Williams. Not a bad haul at all

 

[William Blake]

So much for our new FO being big on analytics.

Anyway this has the potential to be a huge win for us if Gay has an Ellis-like turnaround and doesn't end up fighting for shots with IT and Cuz.

 

[miltonap]

Whatever. There are at least three posts in the thread BEFORE YOURS that mention the details.

Sorry I didn't refresh my page continuously as I was typing to make sure I didn't say anything incorrect

 

[Glenn]

If Gay starts at SF where will Derrick Williams start at?

As far as I'm concerned, Williams had one great game for us. He can be the backup at SF and PF. No biggy.

 

[Dreadnought]

Wow. I don't know how to feel about this trade, but we unloaded a lot of bad contracts for a good player. I hope we remain "bad" and get a high pick, because then this team will be terrifying next year.

 

[VF21]

One little nugget in the Yahoo piece, Kings want to use Gay at the 4.

Thomas - McLemore - Williams - Gay - Cousins is very jumpy if that is what we see.

I'm inclined to hate it because Gay is undersized, but with Williams being oversized .. it might work. We haven't seen a lot of Gay at the 4. Keeping him inside COULD be good for him.

Ohhhhhhh. I kinda like that. Of course, coming off the bench we'll have ... erm ... Jimmer and RayMac?

 

[Glenn]

Oh, and in my state of being flabbergasted over this trade, I kind of didn't notice that the Niners just won!

Very exciting game at the end. You need to learn to multi-task what you can do and also your excitement. Whatever that meant. What a day.

 

[VF21]

Aaron Bruski ‏@aaronbruski 6m
In case it needs confirming, sources confirm that Isaiah Thomas is not a part of the deal.

Aaron Bruski ‏@aaronbruski 5m
Sources also confirm that the 49ers are going to beat the Seahawks. Go crazy Sacramento.

It's been a long time since I had good news about the Kings AND Niners on the same day.

 

[sdballer]

Wow. I don't know how to feel about this trade, but we unloaded a lot of bad contracts for a good player. I hope we remain "bad" and get a high pick, because then this team will be terrifying next year.

To be fair, 3 of the 4 deals we sent were essentially expirings

 

[TheBadGuy]

atleast Ray Mac and Jimmer will get playing time.

 

[Glenn]

Wow. I don't know how to feel about this trade, but we unloaded a lot of bad contracts for a good player. I hope we remain "bad" and get a high pick, because then this team will be terrifying next year.

We just got the guy who replaces a top draft pick and still have the draft pick for someone later in the round and there are a couple big guys later in the draft. Gotta shift gears, my man/girl/woman/whatever you are.

 

[KingMilz]

It's going to be exciting we got the most explosive starting 5 in the NBA

 

[Elektrik]

Wow Salmons, Hayes and Vasquez are gone? best trade ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have to agree! Keeping IT and dumping the rest for Rudy freaking Gay!

 

[Glenn]

Aaron Bruski ‏@aaronbruski 6m
In case it needs confirming, sources confirm that Isaiah Thomas is not a part of the deal.

Aaron Bruski ‏@aaronbruski 5m
Sources also confirm that the 49ers are going to beat the Seahawks. Go crazy Sacramento.

It's been a long time since I had good news about the Kings AND Niners on the same day.

Almost as good as carnal pleasures.

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Based on a zillion different tweets from a zillion different NBA guys, it sounds like both Williams and Gay will start. One of them at PF depending on the other team.

 

[KingMilz]

Based on a zillion different tweets from a zillion different NBA guys, it sounds like both Williams and Gay will start. One of them at PF depending on the other team.

Williams will be the PF imo he's stronger and built for it more than Gay and we can literally switch so much on defense with these line ups.

 

[bajaden]

Dude, this isn't a random trade thread. It's a rumor about Rudy Gay. I'd like to see what others think about HIM.

I'm very curious as to what the Kings would offer.

Good defender and decent rebounder for a the SF positon. He's not having a very good overall shooting year, although he's not shooting that badly from the three. He makes a lot of money. He's due 17.8 mil this year, and is due to make over 19 mil next season. He has an ETO clause for next season, but ETO's are player options, and I'd be shocked if he opted out. So if it comes to pass, we probably have him for the rest of this season and all of next season.

 

[TheBadGuy]

Williams more likely to start at PF.

 

[DesertFox]

The team is better. Just move Mt for some d please.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Just a couple of numbers here. The total contract value coming to us is $40.7M (Gay 2 years, Gray 1 year, Acy unguaranteed next year). The total contract value going out is $25.5M (considering Salmons WILL get bought out). That means we're eating about $15M total, about $12.5M of that is next year.

A quick scan makes it look like our guaranteed salary will be a bit over $70M NEXT year for nine players (IT/Ben/DWill/Gay/Cuz/RayMc/Thornton/Outlaw/JT)

 

[swisshh]

I was a Rudy Gay fan when he was in Memphis, but "advanced stats" hate him and I really didn't want him this year. So not a lot of positive energy over this trade, but it does shake things up. I imagine the FO figured their capspace is useless for attracting free agents, so they're going to use it on Gay's bad contract for a year or two to see how it plays out.

This will result in a rather interesting staring five, but as I mentioned in some other thread, the team is being built to run and Cousins is not built to run.

 

[Elektrik]

Can't wait to see Thornton traded as well.

That would be like an early Christmas present!

 

[VF21]

Good defender and decent rebounder for a the SF positon. He's not having a very good overall shooting year, although he's not shooting that badly from the three. He makes a lot of money. He's due 17.8 mil this year, and is due to make over 19 mil next season. He has an ETO clause for next season, but ETO's are player options, and I'd be shocked if he opted out. So if it comes to pass, we probably have him for the rest of this season and all of next season.

If he does well, can't we offer him an extension and thereby negate the ETO?

 

[bajaden]

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA
Along with Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray will be traded to the Kings too, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

Who's Quincy Acy?

He's a SF that played for Baylor two years ago. Not a bad player that looks older than he is. Good defender that can guard the SF and SG positon. Sort of a glue guy.

 

[HereWeBoogie]

couple question:

Who starts now? does JT go to the bench? or does D-Will go to the bench?
who comes off the bench at PG, Ray Mac or Jimmer?

and, with a starting lineup including Isaiah Thomas and Rudy Gay on the floor, will DeMarcus Cousins ever get the ball again?

 

[miltonap]

New depth Chart:

PG: IT/McCallum or Jimmer
SG: Benny Mac/Thornton/Jimmer
SF: Rudy Gay/Trout
PF: Derrick Williams/Thompson/Landry/Acy
C: Cousins/Thompson/Aaron Gray

 

[VF21]

couple question:

Who starts now? does JT go to the bench? or does D-Will go to the bench?
who comes off the bench at PG, Ray Mac or Jimmer?

and, with a starting lineup including Isaiah Thomas and Rudy Gay on the floor, will DeMarcus Cousins ever get the ball again?

I'm gonna have faith in Malone on this one. It might actually make it a bit easier on Cousins in the paint, since both IT and Gay will demand coverage on the perimeter.