Remember, for the best deals on Toronto Raptors tickets for any game on the 2013-14 NBA schedule, visit our friends at. “Like” Raptors Rapture on Facebook and follow us on twitter for all the latest news and updates about the best damn NBA team from Canada. But the cap relief Ujiri gets is worth it. Make it happen.īrian Boake is Senior Editor for Raptors Rapture. Our small forward situation would be dismal – Landry Fields? GAG. Verdict: In the short term, i.e., this season, the Bulls win this deal. A third team will likely take on the 10.5 million expiring contract of Raptors guard Jose Calderon, sources said. The teams are expected to present proposals to their respective owners on Wednesday. Rudy is also a better defender than people realize, which he’ll need to be to play for a martinet like Thibodeau. The Memphis Grizzlies are nearing completion on a trade to send forward Rudy Gay to the Toronto Raptors, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Rudy is often considered a ball-stopper on offense, but I don’t think he’s hard-wired that way (like Carmelo Anthony is, for instance) Rudy has had to shoot a lot with the teams he’s been on. I’d wager the Bulls would be one of the NBA’s top three teams in scoring. There would be no rest for the opposition defenders. If I’m Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, I’m licking my chops at the thought of putting on the floor a sharp-shooting lineup featuring former MVP Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Mike Dunleavy, Jimmy Butler, and now Rudy, with the tireless Joachim Noah to protect the rim. Rudy Gay trade shows LeBron James the future: Super team era ending As LeBron James decides whether to return to Cleveland in 2014, he'll likely have to make do with one star teammate, not two. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sportsīulls do this deal because: They have legitimate championship aspirations, and Rudy will help them more than Carlos. Toronto, Ontario, CAN Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay (22) goes up to make a basket between Chicago Bulls forward Carlos Boozer (5) and center Nazr Mohammed (48) at the Air Canada Centre. And I think having a respected veteran like Carlos on the Raps would be helpful for our kids. He would push Amir Johnson to the bench, which I think is better for our team.
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If Boozer isn’t moved, Ujiri would go into the offseason with $4M more than with Rudy to sign free agents. Who is going to pay him $19.3M otherwise? Boozer’s contract is finished after next season, and I’d rather try to trade Boozer for kids at the trade deadline than Rudy.
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The player can opt in to the final year of his grossly overpaid contract next season, and he’d be a fool if he didn’t. Raps do this deal because: Rudy’s contract is a giant millstone around GM Masai Ujiri’s neck.