Gra the Tra: Raptors land their anchise rnerstone Rudy Gay

Contents:

• THREE-TEAM TRA OFFICIAL SENDG RUDY GAY TO TORONTO
• RUDY GAY TRAD TO RAPTORS
• GRA THE TRA: KGS ACQUIRE RUDY GAY OM RAPTORS HUGE TRA
• RUDY GAY TRAD TO TORONTO A THREE TEAM AL
• GRA THE TRA: RAPTORS LAND THEIR ANCHISE RNERSTONE RUDY GAY

THREE-TEAM TRA OFFICIAL SENDG RUDY GAY TO TORONTO

All day long Wednday we were sayg uld happen, now the al is reached and approved — Rudy Gay is head to Toronto as part of a three-team tra also volv the Pistons as the third team and Tayshn Prce gog to Memphis a al that sends Jose Calron to Detro. And the official approval has e every move is ma this is how the tra would shake out:• Toronto would get Rudy Gay and back up center Hamed Haddadi (he may be waived and bought out). Toronto gets s guy Rudy Gay and his 17.

Gay will be their bt player, but he’s not at a posn of need nor is he a anchise anchor guy.

4 ln over the urse of Gay’s ntract — gettg them unr the luxury tax le future years. Pl giv them a player Prce that fs well for them as a replacement for Gay.

RUDY GAY TRAD TO RAPTORS

Prce is not as good an all-around player as Gay, but he’s a better three-pot shooter and is not a massive step down on fense of drivg the lane.

GRA THE TRA: KGS ACQUIRE RUDY GAY OM RAPTORS HUGE TRA

22hShea Carlson, 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.

Memphis general manager Chris Wallace thanked both Gay and Haddadi for their time wh the Grizzli. "Gay, averagg 17.

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 TORONTO A THREE TEAM AL

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.

"Are you ser Rudy Gay is right there unr KD, Lebron, Kobe, and Melo.

"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.

GRA THE TRA: RAPTORS LAND THEIR ANCHISE RNERSTONE RUDY GAY

Wh the reported tra that the Sacramento Kgs have moved four players to acquire Rudy Gay and two other players om the Toronto Raptors, we're takg a look at all of the movg parts and salary implitns the al. By movg the big money owed to Rudy Gay over this season and next season ($37.