If Ainge and the Raptors FO were willing to agree to a deal in which centers around swapping Jeff Green for Rudy Gay, I am game.
Remember, I believe Rondo and Gay are also good friends.
Give me Gay and a pick for Green and Humphries, like, right now.
No thanks. That would be awful.
Gay is an overpaid player that hasn't improved. Green outplayed him last game.
Better rebounder, better defender. Possibly more clutch.
He is overpaid, that's the only concern, but he's an elite, borderline All Star talent.
Edit. Although Green is making me look silly right now. I'd love to be proven wrong.
If you're paying him max money your team will not contend for a title. He is an ineffecient scorer and Jeff is a better defender.
True he is overpaid.
But he doesnt take plays off like Green. Green is also a much inconsistent player than Gay is. We don't know what we will get with Jeff, but with Rudy, at worst will give you 15 points, efficient or not. And he will try to score compare to Green, who, just in the last game alone took some rest on the floor.
I don't know about better defender. They are pretty similar to me. Green maybe a bit better one on one, but Gay is a better rebounder.
And yes, Rudy Gay is overpaid, but only until last year. He's not like Amare or Joe Johnson where we have to pay him a ton for three more years, nope. He expires in 2014. If he doesnt work, we can trade him again and that's a big expiring contract ($17 million). If he does then we have a 2nd tier scorer + defender.
I know what we are going to get from Rudy Gay. The guy can score, consistently. Green can score, from time to time. And Rudy is clutch. I haven't seen that from Green yet.
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