^ Back to Top ^ © 2022 ESPN Internet Ventures. Information from 's Ramona Shelburne and The Associated Press was used in this report. Hayes is the only player with a guaranteed contract after this season. Salmons, Patterson and Hayes have mostly played as backups this season. Vasquez has been the Kings' starting point guard, but this move clears the way for successful backup Isaiah Thomas to move into that role. Acy and Gray are not rotation players in Toronto and have combined to score just 24 points this season. However, he is shooting just 39 percent, which would be a career low. Gay is second in scoring on the Raptors, averaging 19.4 points a game. Combined with the trade of Andrea Bargnani to the Knicks during the offseason, the Raptors will have cleared more than $20 million off their books for next season. New general manager Masai Ujiri has been attempting to offload long-term contracts, and this move accomplishes that. The trade for Gay was one of the last acts of former Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo, who resigned last summer.
And doing a good job with it, bringing the ball down the floor and breaking pressure." "That was a different role for him to do that, but he was warming to it. He was growing into that roll, doing a better job because he can see over the defense. We were using him more in a drive situation, pick-and-roll situation. "Rudy is a prince of a guy," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. Gay, who was traded last January by the Memphis Grizzlies in a similar money dump, is one of the highest-paid players in the league.
Sacramento has been very aggressive under new owner Vivek Ranadive, who has cleared additional spending to attempt to upgrade the roster. The Kings get a high-volume scorer in Gay and can pair him with newly acquired forward Derrick Williams in the frontcourt along with DeMarcus Cousins.
The Raptors are giving up on Gay less than a year after trading for him and are essentially offloading his contract, which has another year and $20 million on it, for three players who will be free agents after this season. Yahoo! Sports earlier reported the trade.
Their first game will likely be against Utah on Wednesday night in Sacramento. Gay, Gray and Acy will not be in uniform when the Kings host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. It was required to be a large trade to accommodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 million this season. The deal involves seven players, with the Kings sending John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to Toronto in exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy. The Toronto Raptors have traded Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings, the teams announced Monday, less than 24 hours after they reached an agreement. Rudy Gay Started A Twitter Beef After ESPN Ranked Him No. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Early reports indicate that both Gay and ESPN deployed memes centered on the classic 1995 film Friday.