Was thinking about it .. .did MJ actually do us a favour by reneging on the deal a few years back? OR in Light of Tyson Chandlers 3rd straight 20-rebound Game, was that still the better trade if we could have had it?
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The Trade That Never Was: Jose for Tyson Chandler? or Rudy Gay?
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Tyson is good and all, but Rudy is just a superior talent - creates his own offense with ease, is a good defender, while Chandler is very steady and good-if-not-great defender (not phenomenal/dominant though) and has a below average offense. Even though 7 footers are of extra value, with JV in the picture I think that is negated as well.
Rudy all day long.Last edited by omgsomuchpotential; Tue Feb 5, 2013, 09:31 AM.
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its funny when you put it like that... If we had Chandler Dallas wouldnt have won that championship and it would have been most likely OKC, and BC wouldnt have took DC from Dallas to coach here and Chandlet would most likely be looking for a way out of the city by now... very strange when you think about it all.
Glad things turned out in the end I always watched Memphis to see Rudy Gay play he really is a allstar snub.
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Mediumcore wrote: View PostI think Chandler's defense is better than Gay's offense, but on this Raptors team it's Gay's skill set that is of more value. If Melo wasn't playing for New York, Chandler would have the same affect as he did playing in Charlotte. So my vote goes to Gay.
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If we had Chandler then Colangelo would have correctly drafted Kemba Walker and we'd still have our first round pick. Calderon could still be traded for Rudy Gay.
Basically, today's roster would be:
c: Chandler
pf: Johnson
sf: Gay
sg: DeRozan
pg: Walkeryour pal,
ebrian
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ebrian wrote: View PostIf we had Chandler then Colangelo would have correctly drafted Kemba Walker and we'd still have our first round pick. Calderon could still be traded for Rudy Gay.
Basically, today's roster would be:
c: Chandler
pf: Johnson
sf: Gay
sg: DeRozan
pg: Walker
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Nilanka wrote: View PostCalderon would've been part of the Chandler trade. So he wouldn't have been available to acquire Gay
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Stahmenah_Vybz wrote: View PostLOL good one. Chandler is good but we would have still been working now a funk. At least with gay, others might be more inclined to sign with raps than without him.
Acquiring Gay has somewhat increased Toronto's status as a free agent destination. Now, we just need to start winning some games, lol.
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i dont think it's fair to compare the two trades
AT THE TIME, the Chandler trade made all the sense in the world... and the immediate impact would have been huge..
seriously, Aaron Gray is an upgrade from the bigs we had that year... Alabi, Dorsey, David Anderesen, Ed Davis hadn't grown pubes yet... all we had was Bargs and Amir, and a buncha guys who barely showed up every 4-5 games..
And losing Jose that year wouldn't have left us as high and dry at PG as now... back then we had Jack, Bayless, and Barbosa.. right now, there's nobody to share Lowry's minutes other than Lucas... and if Lowry goes down, there really isn't anyone who can slide over and take over point duties in his stead..
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Nilanka wrote: View PostCalderon would've been part of the Chandler trade. So he wouldn't have been available to acquire Gayyour pal,
ebrian
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