Other than a half-season, the Raptors did not lose a lot by trading for Gay - Jose Calderon was a free agent and Ed Davis is entering restricted free agency this season. That Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment allowed him to make a trade that added future salary commitments without knowing whether or not they would retain Colangelo lets you know how far away ownership was from a plan at the time. When the Raptors traded for Gay, Bryan Colangelo was facing his own expiring deal. It ended up turning into something that wasn’t meant to be.” He was brought here for the right reasons. “He’s a dynamic player, a big-time talent. “He was put in a tough situation where he was looked on to be the saviour,” said Raptors coach Dwane Casey. He got here, and he was given what he asked for. So, is that all that was missing in Toronto - a low-post scoring threat to take the pressure off of Gay and DeRozan? Maybe, although part of the reason Gay was not happy in Memphis was because he felt stunted with the Grizzlies. If you go back to his time in Memphis when he had the luxury of playing with a very talented frontcourt in Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, and he … was much more efficient with that lineup.” I was inefficient when I was here.
“We looked at Rudy and his complete body of work. “We didn’t look at Rudy just, as I call him, Rudy the Raptor,” Kings coach Mike Malone said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
