Toronto Raptors: Grade A
Outgoing: Gay (two years, $37.2 million), Gray ($2.7 million expiring contract), Acy (minimum salary expiring contract)
Incoming: Vasquez ($2.1 million expiring contract), Patterson ($3.1 million expiring contract), Salmons ($7.6 million this season plus $1 million guarantee for 2014-15), Hayes (two years, $11.7 million)
There is never a bad time to trade Rudy Gay.
Sacramento Kings: Grade D+
Outgoing: Vasquez ($2.1 million expiring contract), Patterson ($3.1 million expiring contract), Salmons ($7.6 million this season plus $1 million guarantee for 2014-15), Hayes (two years, $11.7 million)
Incoming: Gay (two years, $37.2 million), Gray ($2.7 million expiring contract), Acy (minimum salary expiring contract)
Trading for Gay at this juncture requires Sacramento bear the full risk of his remaining contract (this season plus next year’s $19.3 million option) and for that reason alone this was a deal worth passing up, or at the very least negotiating until more favorable terms developed.