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Zach Lowe on the Rudy Gay Trade

More of the same, but from a superstar of the NBA bloggosphere. Zach Lowe, over at the Bill Simmons branch of the mothership, had a couple thoughts on the Rudy Gay trade. Here’s an excerpt: And so here we are: The last remaining Rudy Gay suitor has agreed to send four rotation players to Toronto…

More of the same, but from a superstar of the NBA bloggosphere.

Zach Lowe, over at the Bill Simmons branch of the mothership, had a couple thoughts on the Rudy Gay trade. Here’s an excerpt:

And so here we are: The last remaining Rudy Gay suitor has agreed to send four rotation players to Toronto in exchange for Gay and (very tall) salary filler. If you’re even a medium-level NBA fan, you probably know the names of all four players going to Toronto. But don’t be fooled: This is a salary dump. This is not about Patrick Patterson, or Greivis Vasquez, the league’s second-leading assist man last season. This is about Toronto sloughing off Gay’s endless barrage of midrange bricks and beginning a full teardown — with the potential for a top-five pick in this draft, max-level cap space this summer, and similar space every summer going forward.

Here’s the thing: This deal, by itself, may well make the 2013-14 Raptors better. And that’s why we should expect the Raptors to begin (or continue) gauging the market for both DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry as we approach December 15, after which most free agents who signed over the summer are trade-eligible again. Dwane Casey, the team’s head coach, may also be in trouble, depending on Ujiri’s timetable with the position, per several league sources.

As McNulty with a fake/real British accent would say, spot on.