Re: Rudy Gay being shopped by Grizz
What's the problem with making a play for Rudy? Yeah his contract is overly large, however it will conveniently end right as Kyrie's due for his massive payday (assuming he takes a 4th year option). It's highly unlikely that any GM's will throw out another $18m+/year contract to Gay in 2015, which would give us the option of resigning him to a reasonable deal. Actually, short of us resigning Gay for something rivaling his current contract (which wouldn't happen), we'd potentially have space to sign another top $$ player, be it in the near future or 1-2 years down the line. We're one of the few teams in the league with the ability to shop around a substantial amount of money/assets while retaining financial stability moving forward, and at some point we're going to have to take advantage of that. If this keeps up through the `13-14 season, Kyrie won't be a happy camper, and rightfully so. A play for Gay would not only keep Kyrie happy & behind the team's progress, it would result in some much needed fan relief via winning a damn basketball game every once in a while.
So long as our 2013 #1 stays put, I'd be perfectly okay with entering the bidding war.