jeremyd236 wrote:lol there's no chance they take a bunch of junk for Gay, especially junk that isn't expiring.
I would agree they wouldn't do that since they are a title contender this season.
On the other hand, Gay is in some ways Joe Johnson-esque and Joe basically was traded for peanuts because of his contract. Gay's efficiency numbers this year are terrible and Memphis is committed to be in the luxury tax both this season and next with Gay as their highest paid player.
If you do the math, Gay probably costs them $30 million a year in salary and luxury tax the next two seasons. If they can move him in Zach Lowe's deal of Monta and Lamb, that saves them potentially $40-$60 million depending on other moves they'd make. Keeping Gay around costs them massive, massive money. Especially since he's arguably only their fourth best player.