Woj: Rudy Gay to Sacramento

[HomeRunBaker]

There was a post over on celticsblog about trying to trade our best 1st this year + salary filler for roy hibbert (since Indiana is tanking & paul george's comeback is uncertain), then re-signing Rondo and signing Rudy Gay this offseason when Jeff Green opts out b/c he's friends with rondo.  I thought it was an interesting concept at least & trying to imagine if it's a legit path to building a contender.  The 3 guys have complementary skills, are all in their late 20s, would obviously need shooters at the other spots.
 
Leaves you a roster built around Rondo, Gay & Hibbert.  With all our young guys (Sully, KO, Smart) & all the other future draft picks.

Why wouldn't Indiana simply max Hibbert once he opts out following the season? Losing him leaves a massive hole in the middle for a team that is looking to win next year.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

Please keep this in PM form because the Rudy Gay discussion has run it's course.

Sounded like the Gay discussion was just getting under way.

 

[mauf]

Why wouldn't Indiana simply max Hibbert once he opts out following the season? Losing him leaves a massive hole in the middle for a team that is looking to win next year.

 
Yeah, the missing part of the puzzle is why Indiana would do that deal -- unless the ping-pong balls fall our way and it's a top 3 pick, and in that case we probably don't want to do it.

 

[knucklecup]

Sounded like the Gay discussion was just getting under way.

Haha. Well played.

 

[nighthob]

There was a post over on celticsblog about trying to trade our best 1st this year + salary filler for roy hibbert (since Indiana is tanking & paul george's comeback is uncertain), then re-signing Rondo and signing Rudy Gay this offseason when Jeff Green opts out b/c he's friends with rondo.  I thought it was an interesting concept at least & trying to imagine if it's a legit path to building a contender.  The 3 guys have complementary skills, are all in their late 20s, would obviously need shooters at the other spots.
 
Leaves you a roster built around Rondo, Gay & Hibbert.  With all our young guys (Sully, KO, Smart) & all the other future draft picks.

At C-Blog they probably think of that as the new 2008 Celtics rather than a team that will need Rudy Gay to carry the offense. God, please, no thanks.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

I haven't been posting here? Just reading. It was nice to come in this AM and see that you're still the arrogant, cock sucker that I know and love. I didn't think that was board appropriate so I sent it in PM form.

If you'd like to do the gambling thing, I'm still all for it because I know that I'm a better thinker than you when it comes to being able to predict outcomes of NBA games.

Please keep this in PM form because the Rudy Gay discussion has run it's course

Calling someone a cocksucker isn't appropriate. Remember that long thread we had earlier this year or late last year about what words were not acceptable because they are sexist and/or homophobic? That's one of them. Your first warning is a vaction. You don't get a second one.

 

[luckiestman]

Looks like Rudy got extended 3/40

 

[moly99]

That's not a terrible move for them. That's comparable to the price of Brook Lopez, Josh Smith, Davis West and Kyle Lowry. Meanwhile Melo is pulling in about $26 million a year over five years.
 
They are still one good player short of being a good team, though, and it doesn't look like Ben McLemore will be the answer.