They were totally being up-front with him, and then they trade him for a guy (DeRozan) where, that organization wasn’t being up-front with him at all. “On one side, there was that was trying to get out, get to a bigger market. That doesn’t happen much in the NBA, to be honest with you. They do right by their players, do right by their staff. “The best part about San Antonio, they do right by you. Via the Hartford Courant‘s UConn Insider podcast: He added that the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade “shows you the difference between the San Antonio Spurs and other organizations.” Gay may be unhappy in Sac-town, but he still possesses top level scoring ability, solid defense and a very versatile skill-set. Ailene Voisin (ailenevoisin) July 9, 2016. If he is still on roster in Sept., beware. Utah announced today ( via Twitter) that Gay will be available for Thursday’s contest vs. Veteran forward Rudy Gay, who signed a three-year contract with the Jazz in the offseason, is set to make his debut with the team. Gay, who was traded by Raptors GM Masi Ujiri in 2013, said the Spurs are always up-front with their players, which “doesn’t happen much in the NBA.” To clarify here: Rudy Gay has not officially asked for a trade, but he wants out. November 18th, 2021 at 1:02pm CST by Luke Adams. It could be the best trade they make with Gay’s relatively-low $13 million salary.Rudy Gay says the difference between the Spurs and Raptors organizations is like “night and day.” Still, if Sacramento thinks hard about it. That ultimately, may not be enough for the Kings to bite. The Cavaliers can’t offer the world, only Iman Shumpert, Jordan McRae, Mo Williams and a 2017 first round pick. Now, it just so happens that the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the market for a veteran point guard and while Gay is no point guard, he’s a talented player that allows the Cavs to play James at what is becoming his natural position at power forward. However, the Kings can’t ask for too much for a player everyone knows will leave the Kings but nobody is sure how much will help their team. Gay, who has developed a bit of a “black hole” reputation, won’t come on the cheap. Still, it’s currently happening with Gay. Ujiri found a taker for forward Rudy Gay and the nearly 38 million (all figures U.S.) left on his contract, shipping Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy to the Sacramento Kings for guard Greivis. That’s the situation that will likely play out with Cousins.
So, essentially, the Kings are establishing a foundation around a player that doesn’t want to be there and won’t. In fact, he plans on opting-out of his deal this summer and there’s no way he returns to Sacramento. Who they do seem keen on trading is Rudy Gay, who announced he won’t be re-signing with the team when his contract expires. Yet, the Kings are unwilling to trade the player they think is the best player in the game. Cousins has been unhappy in Sacramento for years now after constantly failing to make the playoffs and the constant stream of criticism directed out his public criticism of the Kings’ front office. Still, there may no bigger storyline (at least on the trade front), than if the Sacramento Kings will eventually trade DeMarcus Cousins. Leading the San Antonio Spurs to an opening night victory over the Golden State Warriors as he quietly transforms into the elite scorers in the game classifies as “taking the torch smoothly”. Can Kawhi Leonard take the torch from Tim Duncan smoothly?Yes. How will the Oklahoma City Thunder look without Kevin Durant? So far, Russell Westbrook has led the Thunder to a 4-0 record.
How will Kevin Love look in his third year with the Cleveland Cavaliers? So far, so good.