here is my idea on how to get Rudy Gay

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First off, this trade would have to wait until David Lee can be traded and just switch out his name with Darko. I know thier salaries are slightly different, but all the knicks would have to do is throw in Marcus Landry to even them out, I just can't do it b/c they are currently untradable and I don' think the Grizzlies can even get Darko since they already traded him once.

However with David Lee in there, Memphis gets young talent for Gay in Lee and Chandler which is more than they will probably get in any other trade.

New York gets rid of Jeffries contract, and makes room for them to sign another max contract. On top of that they get Boobie who might help them get Lebron and Boobie would absolutely thrive in D'antoni's system. He would average 15ppg and be able to jack it up at will. This helps the Cavs and hurts the knicks this year, however it does the opposite next year in terms of Lebron so I think the knicks would definately consider this. Now I think if they were to agree before hand to waiving Z we could throw in a first round pick either this year or in the future. They would probably want it in the future since it would be in the late 20's this year for sure so maybe we give them a 2012 1st. They can either use Z who would also love D'antonis system since he can shoot from anywhere or waive him and he goes back to Cavs(ideal situation for cavs)

It gives the Cavs a legit allstar/future superstar to pair with Lebron. He can play multiple positions and has the length and athleticism to be an absolute terror on D in Mike Browns system. In short Lebron might finally have his Pippen. Haddadi is not great, but when we have Powe back with Lebron playing the 4 next to MO, West, GAY and Shaq it won't be a big deal. You switch out Shaq for AV and that is a crazy transition team. I love the possibilities however I am sad that JJ had to go.

This is by no means perfect for any of the teams, but with Memphis being cheap and double-double PF's harder to come by than wing scorers and them already having a future scorer in Mayo it might make sense to pay him rather than Gay. Plus Mayo and Gay don't get along and Lee fits perfect next to Thabeet when he develops. Its just an idea but I think it works for all teams.

Nov 4, 2009 -- 10:06AM, Sports Coach wrote:

Nov 3, 2009 -- 12:03PM, D-Wreck (The Lost Boys) wrote:

wow, 

this could be a possibility.

if we could work out a deal,

say Z and Hickson for Marko Jaric and Gay

Memphis would free up tons of cap space next year,

Memphis could also buyout Z since they already have a logjam of bigs and we could sign Z, after 30 days, to the BAE(approx.  mill)

but this is all dependent on Memphis's confidence that they can afford Gay next offseason

 

They would need to give up more than that to get Gay. but they will be willing to trade jaric, so lets see what i could come up with for a trade hmm...

 

Cavs trade Z (11 mil) JJ (1.4 Mil) Jackson (.7 Mil) plus 2 first round picks

for

Grizzlies  Gay (3.2 Mil) Jaric (7.1 Mil) Hunter (3.7 Mil)

 

This will get rid of the contract of Jaric, but one problem i do see, memphis will still be under the cap, plus having Gay's bird rights, i dont see why they would let him go, since no one will offer more than a max contract to gay, which woul donly be i believe around 12 mil the first year,  and actually i would think that trade would almost make the cavs better as well, since we get to veterans, but thats just my opinion, right now we wouldnt lose anything with that trade, but we will have to wait and see

Memphis won't trade him now. I don't see it happening, but they might be forced to in the off-season.

We need to get Rudy Gay.

Nov 6, 2009 -- 2:05PM, ChocolateButterr wrote:

I think Memphis will be active at the deadline looking to shed cap after they realize they are still pretty bad. Bringing on Zach Ranolph was ridiculous. They just recently got rid of Pau Gasol who is a much better player and was being payed about the same salary. They have proven they are willing to make some ridiculous trades. I would be surpised if they don't attempt to make some cost cutting moves come the deadline.

I hope so.