Was it worth it to trade for Gay, then flip him?

[ebrian]

It was the right move to trade for Rudy Gay at the time, and we didn't give up anything of note to get him. Ed Davis looked to be on the verge of something good, but was it more just a product of being on a really bad team? If you look at what he's done since, I think the answer is a resounding yessiree bob.

Don't forget we also traded Bargnani and amnestied Kleiza, and exercised options for both Valanciunas and Ross.

The trade has obviously yielded a team that plays with better cohesiveness and that has resulted in improved play. It's obvious the trade was right move, both for the Raptors and the Kings.

[OldSkoolCool]

It was the right move to trade for Rudy Gay at the time, and we didn't give up anything of note to get him. Ed Davis looked to be on the verge of something good, but was it more just a product of being on a really bad team? If you look at what he's done since, I think the answer is a resounding yessiree bob.

Don't forget we also traded Bargnani and amnestied Kleiza, and exercised options for both Valanciunas and Ross.

The trade has obviously yielded a team that plays with better cohesiveness and that has resulted in improved play. It's obvious the trade was right move, both for the Raptors and the Kings.

We needed a SF at the time

Detroit traded Prince for Jose (basically) so we could have done that with the result being a better defender and cheaper....without giving up more assets.

Colangelo was a scrub and it was a bad trade. Also because we all knew DD and Gay weren't going to work together