Short-term, there is one small problem with the deal - it may tend to make the Raptors better.ĭespite his tendency for late-game heroics, Gay has become one of the great ballstoppers in the NBA. The trade is a like-for-like salary wise - Toronto is sending about $21 million (all figures U.S.) Sacramento’s way, while taking about $19 million back. In return, Toronto gets point guard Greivis Vasquez, swingman John Salmons and galumphing big men Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes.

Along with little-used big men Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy, he’ll take a cheap flight to his new home on the west coast. They didn’t need another week to remind themselves they aren’t any good.Ī couple of hours ahead of the Raptors’ game against the Lakers, the news broke that Gay will be traded in a deal to be finalized on Monday. In off-loading flighty wing and human anvil Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings, Raptors GM Masai Ujiri has finally given the order for this season - “Dive”.įrom the start, they said they’d give themselves 45 days to see what they had.