Rasho Brezec wrote:
1) It saves Toronto $2,459,039 this year and $2,156,338 next year. For a team that is less than 800k away from paying the luxury tax, that is a lot of money.
2) Rudy Gay is playing 34.4 mpg, Landry Fields 23.0 mpg. Terrence Ross is playing 16.7 mpg and Jonas Valanciunas is playing 24.0 mpg because their coach thinks they can win more games by playing small. Those two are eating up development minutes and not helping them win.
It is indeed some money, but they are not gonna pay the luxury tax this year and they are way under it next year. It is also easier for a team to trade away a smaller expiring contract than the larger one.
I would think Toronto would ask for more and rightfully so. I am not in favor of giving, but that would be the reality.
Now if Gay is still averaging 35 percent from the field and Toronto are way under .500 by trade deadline, we might get the deal done.