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Contents:

• RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL
• HOW THE TORONTO RAPTORS HAVE THRIVED WHOUT RUDY GAY
• WHY THE TORONTO RAPTORS WERE SMART TO GET RUDY GAY
• KGS 'EXCED' TO ADD RUDY GAY
• ANALYSIS: RUDY GAY SHOWED HOW HE N HELP THE JAZZ THEIR W OVER THE RAPTORS
• RUDY GAY TRAD TO RAPTORS
• THE TRIPLE TEAM: HOW DID RUDY GAY LOOK HIS BUT AGAST THE TORONTO RAPTORS?
• POLICG GAY SEX TORONTO PARKS THE 1970S AND TODAY
• SOURC: RAPTORS VET RUDY GAY
• RUDY GAY IS SENT TO TORONTO A THREE-TEAM AL THAT DON’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT FOR TORONTO
• RAPTORS TRA TREE: HOW RUDY GAY TURNED TO SERGE IBAKA
• RUDY GAY HAS BANNED STAT SHEETS OM THE TORONTO RAPTORS’ LOCKER ROOM
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL

Coverg the NBA sce 1995Dec 8, 2013, 07:54 PM ETThe Toronto Raptors have trad Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kgs, the teams announced Monday, ls than 24 hours after they reached an al volv seven players, wh the Kgs sendg John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hay to Toronto exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Qucy Acy.

It was required to be a large tra to acmodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 ln this, Gray and Acy will not be uniform when the Kgs host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. Sports earlier reported the Raptors are givg up on Gay ls than a year after tradg for him and are sentially offloadg his ntract, which has another year and $20 ln on , for three players who will be ee agents after this Kgs get a high-volume srer Gay and n pair him wh newly acquired forward Derrick Williams the onturt along wh DeMarc Cos. On December 8, 2013, Toronto said goodbye to Rudy Gay, and said hello to John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson, and Sir Chuck Hay.

The Gay tra and the aforementned foursome created a ton of Raptors memori, regardls of how you feel about dividual ponents of that tra now. Defense is team based, but 's worth mentng that Gay's dividual fensive numbers, however much stock should be placed them, regrsed om last season. Look no further than Tom Ziller's work that revealed Gay's te shootg percentage was tankg spe his age rate creasg over the past three seasons.

HOW THE TORONTO RAPTORS HAVE THRIVED WHOUT RUDY GAY

To put his shot-chuckg to perspective, only five players are currently puttg up more shots than Gay was his fal days wh the Raptors: Kev Love, Kev Durant, Kyrie Irvg, Carmelo Anthony and LaMarc Aldridge. Irvg is shootg the lowt percentage that group, nnectg on 42 percent of his shot attempts, but he tak lots of thre and gets to the le, two thgs Gay don't do. 5 ln to four guys who really aren't guys you would kill to have on your roster, and that's before he took on Rudy Gay's ntract om the Memphis Grizzli.

It seems like ftg Gay to this style of play won't be hard, and should get his productn to take a dramatic leap back to where was before this season. This isn't a foolproof plan for Toronto by any means; however, the Raptors add a lot of talent and foc to their team when they trad for Rudy Gay.

WHY THE TORONTO RAPTORS WERE SMART TO GET RUDY GAY

Kgs 'exced' to add Rudy GayAssociated PrsDec 9, 2013, 05:42 PM ETRudy Gay and the Sacramento Kgs both want the same thg: a h 're hopg they n create one seven-player tra sendg Gay om the Toronto Raptors to Sacramento was pleted Monday, a day after the teams reached an agreement. The Kgs are hopg Gay n provi immediate help -- and give fans a reason to keep showg up -- while buildg around him and center DeMarc Cos, who received a four-year, $62 ln extensn before the, who was trad om Memphis to Toronto last season, is his eighth NBA season. Isaiah Thomas will start at pot guard Vasquez's place, wh Jimmer Frette and rookie Ray McCallum movg up behd the Raptors, partg ways wh Gay giv them future fancial flexibily.

KGS 'EXCED' TO ADD RUDY GAY

Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingl (2) ngratulat Rudy Gay (8) durg the game agast the Toronto Raptors at Vivt Arena Salt Lake Cy on Thursday, Nov. Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay (8) is ngratulated by fans after the game agast Toronto Raptors at Vivt Arena Salt Lake Cy on Thursday, Nov. Utah Jazz players Joe Ingl (2), right, Rudy Gay (8), center, and Jordan Clarkson (00) walk to the bench durg the game agast the Toronto Raptors at Vivt Arena Salt Lake Cy on Thursday, Nov.

ANALYSIS: RUDY GAY SHOWED HOW HE N HELP THE JAZZ THEIR W OVER THE RAPTORS

Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson (00) and Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay (8) rebound the ball the game agast Toronto at Vivt Arena Salt Lake Cy on Thursday, Nov. News servicJan 30, 2013, 05:29 PM ETThe Grizzli, Raptors and Pistons agreed to a six-player tra Wednday that sent star swgman Rudy Gay to Grizzli, the midst of a money-motivated makeover, acquired forward Ed Davis and veteran guard Jose Calron the al that also sent backup center Hamed Haddadi to the Raptors.

Memphis then shipped Calron to Detro for At Daye and Tayshn Grizzli also received a 2013 send-round pick om Toronto as part of the Dallas Mavericks, sourc said, were also terted acquirg Calron but were not prepared to surrenr swgman Vce Carter, whom Memphis veted to help fill the void created by Gay's parture.

Tradg away Gay also eas a luxury tax h due next season, while ncentratg the team around center Marc Gasol and All-Star forward Zach Randolph.

RUDY GAY TRAD TO RAPTORS

1 seed San Anton before losg to Oklahoma Cy seven gam the Wtern semifals -- all wh Gay on the bench after needg season-endg shoulr surgery.

"They do n the risk of upsettg the chemistry on a tight-kn group, even if there were some qutns of how Gay's srg f wh the ball-domant onturt of Gasol and there may be more als like this one g the new NBA llective bargag agreement negotiated after last year's lockout mak the penalti for exceedg the salary p far more punive, and the system begs earnt next season. Calron and Davis had both been startg for the Raptors, but they do have Kyle Lowry wag the wgs at pot guard and likely see Gay's srg punch as the key to vltg back to the discsn a medcre Dwane Casey will have to al wh a b of a log jam wh Gay, DeMar DeRozan, Terrence Ross, Landry Fields and Alan Anrson as wg players wh siar skill gettg a player wh Gay's natural srg talent, even at the expense of partg wh a valued player like Calron, proved too enticg to pass up. (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Toronto Raptors forward Sttie Barn (4) guards Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay (8), NBA actn between Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors, at Vivt Arena, Salt Lake Cy, on Thursday, Nov.

THE TRIPLE TEAM: HOW DID RUDY GAY LOOK HIS BUT AGAST THE TORONTO RAPTORS?

Not great perimeter fense here, but Gay’s length forc the miss the end, I want to see him agast more talented matchups as he grows those mute numbers a ltle b, but hontly, was about as posive as a but game n be. In September 1968, as the ernment of Pierre T was ntemplatg chang to the regulatn of homosexualy, the Canadian Associatn of Chiefs of Police held their annual meetg. ” Echog the ia that this is a ‘multi-faceted issue, ’ they argued “the search for homosexuals for partners often leads to asslt, theft, male prostutn and murr.

POLICG GAY SEX TORONTO PARKS THE 1970S AND TODAY

In 1971, Philosopher’s Walk, a pathway behd the Royal Ontar Mm nnectg Bloor Street and Queen’s Park, was known as a gay cisg spot. He found three groups: men lookg for gay sex, uniformed officers wh the Toronto police, and unrver officers wh the Toronto police. In this 1973 map published by the Body Polic, Philosopher’s Walk is intified as a gay cisg spot (number 14), stretchg om Queen’s Park to Bloor Street.

SOURC: RAPTORS VET RUDY GAY

Maynard monstrat that the lotn of Allan Garns near the workg-class neighbourhood of Cabbagetown ma this a prime lotn for both gay sex and police entrapment. After the bath raids, the cy missned law journalist Arnold Bner to nduct an official quiry to the relatnship between the gay muny and police. He vtigated the issue of policg public parks, and revealed that heterosexual “lovers’ lan” were mon, but due to the shame associated wh gay sex, men seekg men were the easy targets for police surveillance.

RUDY GAY IS SENT TO TORONTO A THREE-TEAM AL THAT DON’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT FOR TORONTO

“Through a Hole the Lavatory Wall: Homosexual Subcultur, Police Surveillance, and the Dialectics of Disvery, Toronto, 1890-1930, ” Journal of the History of Sexualy, 5:2 (1994): 207-242.

• Also vered soccer, tennis and the OlympicsThe Memphis Grizzli ntue to field lls om teams terted Rudy Gay and are engaged active tra discsns wh the Toronto Raptors, sourc wh knowledge of the talks told the amework of a workable tra has not yet been tablished, sourc told that Toronto -- known to be perhaps Gay's most termed suor -- has ntued to make a hard ph for the Grizzli, though, mata that last week's luxury-tax-slashg tra wh Cleveland means they no longer feel the same prsure to move Gay or another high-priced player before the NBA's Feb. 21 tra Grizzli CEO Jason Levien told lol reporters late last week that "we really like our team" and that is "more likely than not that we do nothg" terms of breakg up Memphis' marquee foursome of Gay, pot guard Mike Conley, forward Zach Randolph and center Marc sourc say that the Raptors, undnted by that stance, ntue to pursue Gay and also vet Grizzli forward Darrell Arthur.

RAPTORS TRA TREE: HOW RUDY GAY TURNED TO SERGE IBAKA

Toronto, sourc said, has ma veteran pot guard Jose Calron and blossomg young forward Ed Davis available as the two rnerston of s teams rema engaged wh the Grizzli as well, as Memphis officials ntue to weigh whether is bt to tra Gay or keep together the re of a team that has ranked among the top four the Wtern talks wh the Raptors do progrs, acrdg to sourc, 's possible that a tra wh Memphis uld expand to clu other teams and players. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani all are Boston Celtics, sourc say, are another team that registered exploratory tert Gay before Rajon Rondo's season-endg knee jury. But makg a tra for Gay would require Boston to part wh Pl Pierce, which is a step that Celtics management might not be ready to take and might not be able to afford sce Gay has two years left on his ntract valued at more $35 ln.

Sourc say that the Grizzli, meanwhile, know Pierce would likely have strong rervatns about leavg Boston for Memphis and aren't sure he uld addrs the var prri they've intified as mts a Gay tra, such as addg pth and youth to the roster as well as balancg out a top-heavy payroll. Sourc told on Sunday night that the wake of Rondo's jury, Boston was more likely to pursue Lowry and his p-iendly ntract than Gay if cis to pursue an -season tra reported Friday that there is no shortage of teams nvced that the Grizzli might still opt to move Gay before the tra adle, pecially the wake of their recent tra wh Cleveland that shed more than $6 ln salary and took the Grizzli unr the luxury-tax Grizzli ach Lnel Holls and var players have publicly lobbied for the right to play out this season wh no dramatic chang to the roster, now that Memphis will not have a luxury-tax bill at season's the long-term view, however, Memphis' management team unr new owner Robert Pera is said to be ncerned about s limed abily to keep improvg the roster and addrs obv ncerns regardg the Grizzli' pth and perimeter shootg. The bulk of Memphis' payroll is tied up four players: Gay, Conley, Randolph and nvce Cleveland to take back rerv Marree Speights, Wayne Ellgton and Josh Selby Tuday's tra, Memphis was forced to surrenr a protected future first-round Grizzli, sourc said, were ncerned about their lack of future first-round picks before that tra and are th believed to be pursug picks as part of any -season al volvg Grizzli uld also elect to rist -season tras and then try to move Gay or Randolph nnectn wh the draft June or durg ee agency July.

When the Memphis Grizzli alt three solid players and a draft pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for ltle-ed Jon Ler last week, the general nsens around the league was that the Grizzli had effectively nickel-and-dimed their way out of havg to al forward Rudy Gay. The team’s new ont office has never been smten wh Gay’s work, takg plenty of shots to sre a middlg amount of pots, while offerg prec ltle else terms of fense, reboundg, passg or puttg opponents to the penalty.

RUDY GAY HAS BANNED STAT SHEETS OM THE TORONTO RAPTORS’ LOCKER ROOM

Even whout the luxury-tax rtrictns fluencg movement, the two years and more than $37 ln remag on Rudy Gay’s ntract after this season is far too steep a price to pay for his productn.

NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

4 shot attempts per game amongst more efficient players, and Toronto … well, we have no ia what the hell Toronto is know why the Raptors want Rudy Gay.