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The Toronto Raptors are 34-19 since trading Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 9.

“The move was a good situation for both of us,” DeMar DeRozan said of Gay. “We always hate to see our close friends get traded. I think he’s definitely going to help the Sacramento Kings out a lot, and we’re moving in the right direction, as well. I think it was a win-win situation. You can’t dwell on it too much. I know he’s happy to be in a new situation and get his career restarted. I’m happy for him.”

DeRozan said Gay encouraged him to take more responsibility for the team’s fate after the trade.

“The last four years here, I’ve always been under somebody and I had to learn from them,” DeRozan said. “And the player he is, I just learned from him. He just took me under his wing and I just always listened to Rudy and got a lot of insight. When he got traded, the first thing he told me, ‘This is your time and it’s time to take advantage.’ That meant a lot, just coming from somebody like that.”

Via Gary Washburn/Boston Globe

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

beefman wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

the raptors are in the playoffs no?

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

beefman wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

the raptors are in the playoffs no?

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

SuppaSlick wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

Rudy Gay has never been an all-star. How did we lose a star? We gained a star, as Derozan broke out following the trade he became a star

Knicks Universe wrote:

beefman wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:How is this a win-win? Raptors lost the only star they've had since Bosh for scrubs. They even got more from my stupid Knicks for Bargnani who is a HUGE scrub!

the raptors are in the playoffs no?

I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

kidr1211 wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:

beefman wrote:
the raptors are in the playoffs no?

I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:
I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:
I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

papaphresh wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:
Ok thanks. But 15-14 is basically .500. Not conclusive enough to call it a winning record.

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Currently 15-14 against the West

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:
I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

nikster wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Raps are 15-14 against the West, even better after the trade.
Also, the Kings have a losing record against the East.
Maybe look up the facts before you start talking out your ass.
But what else should we expect form a Knicks fan

nikster wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Raps are 15-14 against the West, even better after the trade.
Also, the Kings have a losing record against the East.
Maybe look up the facts before you start talking out your ass.
But what else should we expect form a Knicks fan

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:
I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Knicks Universe wrote:

nikster wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:
Prove it

Raps are 15-14 against the West, even better after the trade.
Also, the Kings have a losing record against the East.
Maybe look up the facts before you start talking out your ass.
But what else should we expect form a Knicks fan

Yes but a 15-14 record = .517%. Which would in fact put you 10th in the west, and OUT of the playoffs.


OWNED.

I agree, the Raptors will be in the playoffs and the Kings will not. But the WC is way harder than the east this year. Switch roles, and you can bet the Kings would have more wins and would likely swap places with the Raptors (or at least close to that anyway).

VanDamme wrote:

Knicks Universe wrote:

kidr1211 wrote:

We have a winning record against the west after the trade.

Prove it

Don't believe us? Maybe you should pay Phil Jackson a few hundred million to explain it to you