Report: Cavs offer 4th overall pick for Rudy Gay

[Spurtacus]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1257/rudy-gay

According to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express, the Cavaliers reportedly offered the fourth overall pick in exchange for small forward Rudy Gay.
There will be plenty of chatter about Gay's availability throughout the offseason, but owner Michael Heisley is already on the record as saying the superstar won't be traded. There's still a possibility that Gay and his max contract will be moved, but it's probably going to take more than just a top five draft pick for the Grizz to give him up.

[Hooks]

Fucking Rudy Gay man.

[Mel_13]

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/1257/rudy-gay

According to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express, the Cavaliers reportedly offered the fourth overall pick in exchange for small forward Rudy Gay.
There will be plenty of chatter about Gay's availability throughout the offseason, but owner Michael Heisley is already on the record as saying the superstar won't be traded. There's still a possibility that Gay and his max contract will be moved, but it's probably going to take more than just a top five draft pick for the Grizz to give him up.

The criteria for superstars has clearly been diluted.

[BlackSwordsMan]

1st pick for manu? he played with a broken arm
great fuckin player :cry

[024]

Wtf? If I were the grizzlies, I would take this deal and run.

[4>0rings]

Take Dick Jefferson, Cavs!

[Spursfan092120]

The criteria for superstars has clearly been diluted.

This...Rudy's a good player..but a superstar he is not.

[Spursfan092120]

Wtf? If I were the grizzlies, I would take this deal and run.

Not in this draft...

[Dex]

Fucking Rudy Gay man.

No! Not that guy!

[TheMACHINE]

Fisher/Walton for 4th pick..Do it!

[baseline bum]

CROFL. How noble of Cleveland to offer that shitty #4 pick for an efficient 20 ppg scorer who can shoot the three, rebound, hit pressure shots, and who is only 24. I guess a GM can't help but try after the Gasol trade though.

[ohmwrecker]

This...Rudy's a good player..but a superstar he is not.

Where are all the numbnuts who where saying Rudy Gay is the Grizzlies best player?

[Muser]

CROFL. How noble of Cleveland to offer that shitty #4 pick for an efficient 20 ppg scorer who can shoot the three, rebound, hit pressure shots, and who is only 24. I guess a GM can't help but try after the Gasol trade though.

Exactly, horrible deal for Memphis

[DPG21920]

Rudy Gay is their best player. He might not be the most impactful, but overall, he is their best player.

Zbo's very solid year doesn't change that.

[dirk4mvp]

Rudy Gay is their best player. He might not be the most impactful, but overall, he is their best player.

Zbo's very solid year doesn't change that.

DPG21920 with the muthafuckin goods!

[ohmwrecker]

Rudy Gay is their best player. He might not be the most impactful, but overall, he is their best player.

Zbo's very solid year doesn't change that.

A team doesn't usually improve when they lose their "best" player. Gay is a damn good player, but defensively the Grizzlies were better with Allen and Battier filling in.

Randolph was the Grizzlies best player this year. No doubt about it.

[dirk4mvp]

CROFL. How noble of Cleveland to offer that shitty #4 pick for an efficient 20 ppg scorer who can shoot the three, rebound, hit pressure shots, and who is only 24. I guess a GM can't help but try after the Gasol trade though.

:lol are you kidding? All Gay does is chuck up terrible shots and doesn't play any defense.

[Spursfan092120]

CROFL. How noble of Cleveland to offer that shitty #4 pick for an efficient 20 ppg scorer who can shoot the three, rebound, hit pressure shots, and who is only 24. I guess a GM can't help but try after the Gasol trade though.

This

[Kyle Orton]

The #4 pick in this draft is the #15-20 pick in any other draft

[John Basedow]

The #4 pick in this draft is the #15-20 pick in any other draft

/thread.

No way Memphis does this.

[Killakobe81]

1st pick yes, you do it in a heartbeat ESpecially if you like Knight or another PG at #4

or I would do it if they offered Conley and Gay and you send them Irving and 4th pick but i doubt either side will pull the trigger.

Conley was a buckeye ...

[ChrisRichards]

Darrell Arthur for the 4th pick is reasonable IMO

[Mel_13]

No way that the 4th pick is enough for Rudy Gay, but...

Gasol and Battier will both be free agents this summer. You know that they want to keep Gasol and it's likely that they want to keep Battier. They could come to the conclusion that the salaries for Gay, Randolph and Conley along with potential changes in the CBA could price them out of keeping Gasol and Battier.

So they could view the proposed trade as Gay for the 4th pick plus the financial flexibility to retain Gasol and Battier.

[ChrisRichards]

They will retain Gasoline no matter what.

Now if it's between the 4th pick and Battier or Rudy Gay then it's a no brainer.

[KidCongo]

Hope the Cavs revisit this scenario closer to the draft.

[Nathan Explosion]

1st pick yes, you do it in a heartbeat ESpecially if you like Knight or another PG at #4

or I would do it if they offered Conley and Gay and you send them Irving and 4th pick but i doubt either side will pull the trigger.

Conley was a buckeye ...

I'm not sure I would even make this trade if it was Gay for the #1. With this draft, you have to offer up much more, even if it's the #1 pick. This draft is TERRIBLE.

[picc84]

CROFL. How noble of Cleveland to offer that shitty #4 pick for an efficient 20 ppg scorer who can shoot the three, rebound, hit pressure shots, and who is only 24. I guess a GM can't help but try after the Gasol trade though.

Exactly.

Why would you trade with the Cavs for the 4th pick when you can trade with LA for the 43rd. Makes no sense.

[Killakobe81]

No way that the 4th pick is enough for Rudy Gay, but...

Gasol and Battier will both be free agents this summer. You know that they want to keep Gasol and it's likely that they want to keep Battier. They could come to the conclusion that the salaries for Gay, Randolph and Conley along with potential changes in the CBA could price them out of keeping Gasol and Battier.

So they could view the proposed trade as Gay for the 4th pick plus the financial flexibility to retain Gasol and Battier.

I was thinking the same as well and despite Baron's contract, Cavs have cap space ...

[Killakobe81]

I doubt Irving will be better than Gay, but he is younger and cheaper ...

IF gizz was offered #1 pick they could draft Williams


PG Conley
SG ?????
SF Williams
PF Zbo
C Gasol

PF Arthur
SF Battier

Shedding Gay's contract might allow them to keep Gasol, Battier and Mayo ...

[Mel_13]

I was thinking the same as well and despite Baron's contract, Cavs have cap space ...

It's the LeBron trade exception that makes this possible. That trade exception will be big enough to absorb Gay's contract anytime between now and June 30th.

[davethedope]

According to an NBA press release Rudy Gay will now be known as Rudy Homosexual American, from now on.

[davethedope]

^^^The Message was approved by Steve Nash

[HarlemHeat37]

It would be pretty nice of Lebron to allow the Cavs to get a good player in Rudy Gay, instead of nothing, tbh..

[Spursfan092120]

The #4 pick in this draft is the #15-20 pick in any other draft

perfectly said...kind of a disappointing year, most likely..unless we get a diamond in the rough.

[Nathan Explosion]

I doubt Irving will be better than Gay, but he is younger and cheaper ...

IF gizz was offered #1 pick they could draft Williams


PG Conley
SG ?????
SF Williams
PF Zbo
C Gasol

PF Arthur
SF Battier

Shedding Gay's contract might allow them to keep Gasol, Battier and Mayo ...

I'm not sure they want Mayo either though. The Grizz were actively shopping Mayo before Gay went down ( :lol ). With Gay coming back, keeping Mayo might not be in the cards. But he's much cheaper than Gay at this point, and Mayo hit some big time shots this year.