If you think trading for Rudy Gay gives the Raptors any chance of beating a team like Miami, Oklahoma City, etc, well then you will be disappointed. So, good luck with this one Casey, I think you’ll need it with this non-defensive group.Įven with Gay, DeRozan, Valanciunas, Ross, Lowry, etc locked up long term, I cannot stress enough about the ceiling of this team. Oh yeah, I haven’t even got to how bad those three will likely be defensively. You have three players who don’t pass, and don’t move well without the ball. I can only hope that I am wrong, but I do not see these three players (who NEED the ball in their hands to be effective) working well together on offense. On paper, this lineup does not look good offensively at all. Here you have three players on the starting lineup which could be the most overpaid, over rated, and under achieving three players on a starting lineup since, well, ever. Now, in all seriousness, let’s make this easy and simply take a look at reasons why I think this was a bad trade. You didn’t think I was serious, did you? There aren’t any good reasons for the Raptors to do this trade. I’ll start off with the reasons that this was a good trade for the Raptors.
This is the type of short sighted move that I was afraid a desperate GM would make happen. To Memphis: Ed Davis, Tayshaun Prince, Austin Daye, 2nd Round Pick
