When did memphis trade rudy gay

Prince should be an upgrade here. Throw in Prince's obvious defensive strengths -- he's regressed since his glory days of , but he's still at least as good as Gay -- and the Grizzlies have clarified their offensive pecking order while maintaining or even enhancing their stifling defense.

The obvious winner is Detroit. 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. 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.

The simulations show that Memphis made improvements as well to their roster, and should be able to easily replace the production lost through the additions of Prince, Daye, and Davis. Gay is shooting a career-low The trade rumors may not have been helping his mental state, but the bottom line is that he has not been producing on the court and the Grizzlies save plenty of cash in this deal.

Then the Miamis, Dallas, and maybe a Phoenix for climate reasons. This is a situation that quite a few teams, maybe 25 teams, are dealing with year in and year out. As for whether Toronto's cold climate could deter Gay from staying, he reiterated what Colangelo had pointed out at his new player's introductory press conference: "It's cold, but I went to Connecticut and I'm from Maryland, so it's not far from that.