Still, there are plenty of swaps that could shake up both the championship race and the lottery standings. The market is relatively mild right now, with few high-profile players readily available.
Though most deals don’t happen until we get closer to the February 10 trade deadline, general managers are beginning to have more serious talks.
This is obviously a bit of a stretch, but I think it is an example of a way that Danny could get involved in a trade that doesn't send out Paul Pierce and manages to return assets that could help us in the near and long term.Wednesday is an important day on the NBA calendar: On December 15, most players who signed new contracts during the offseason are able to be traded, meaning more than 80 percent of the NBA will be tradable. Bass is included for salary matching purposes but they might prefer Courtney Lee as well. Memphis gets to shave future salary and adds Ed Davis while competing this year and Toronto gets Rudy Gay for the package of assets that they are offering. However, as Zach Lowe pointed out yesterday, he could create spacing and mismatch opportunities for the Celtics now and for years to come. Both are overpaid and Andrea doesn't solve the Celtics rebounding or defense problems (despite his size and length). Even straight up I'd consider Bargnani a good return for Jeff Green. The Celtics get a point guard and save long term money if they don't keep Lowry past this year. If they still want to compete this year, perhaps they'd consider the following deal. Perhaps they'd be interested in Jeff Green - who is still overpaid but half as expensive as Rudy. Memphis will be losing an athletic small forward with no natural replacement on the roster. It wouldn't be a huge leap of the imagination to picture the Celtics shoehorning their way into this Gay-to-Memphis deal somehow. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani all are available. NBA front-office sources have maintained for weeks that Calderon (who has an expiring contract), fellow Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry (only $1 million in guaranteed salary next season) and former No. Multiple reports have indicated that the Celtics are interested in the Raptors other point guard Kyle Lowry (who also happens to have a cap friendly contract). Despite rampant speculation that they'd be a good match for Paul Pierce, it sounds Memphis doesn't think The Truth would be all that happy playing there. In that same report, Stein reports that while the Celtics have kicked the tires on Rudy Gay, it doesn't seem like there's a match there. Ed Davis is a promising young big man (aka solid gold by trade standards). Toronto, sources said, has made veteran point guard Jose Calderon and blossoming young forward Ed Davis available as the two cornerstones of its offer.Ĭalderon is a $10M expiring contract and a guy that can still play solid point for the rest of the year. Also, every team has a price and it seems like the Raptors are willing to pay a good one for Gay.īut sources say that the Raptors, undaunted by that stance, continue to pursue Gay and also covet Grizzlies forward Darrell Arthur. But he still accounts for a big cap hit in the future and the Griz might just decide that they'd be better off with less long term financial commitments. The Grizzlies recently dumped some short term salary in a minor trade to keep them out of the luxury tax for this year and their owner has declared that they aren't shopping Rudy Gay.
Although the framework of a workable trade has not yet been established, sources told that Toronto - known to be perhaps Gay's most determined suitor - has continued to make a hard push for the swingman. The Memphis Grizzlies continue to field calls from teams interested in Rudy Gay and are engaged in active trade discussions with the Toronto Raptors, sources with knowledge of the talks told. Rudy Gay subject of active trade discussions between Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies - sources - ESPN Reports surfaced last night that the Raptors are aggressively pursuing a trade for Rudy Gay.