Rudy Gay Rumors & News

Shockingly to me, rumor has it that Bryan Colangelo will remain in charge of the Toronto Raptors, who will likely pick up his option for the upcoming season. This is a man who presides over a team whose three highest paid players next season will be Rudy Gay, Andrea Bargnani, and DeMar DeRozan, He signed DeRozan to a huge extension a year before he had to, traded Jose Calderon and the young and promising Ed Davis for the overpaid Gay, and drafted and later extended the execrable Bargnani. In other General Manager news, teams keep hiring smart, forward thinking people from successful...

The Grizzlies are the league's forgotten team. After they went at it for two years with the "Grit and Grind" roster, it appeared as if the front office had enough. They dumped Rudy Gay's salary onto the talent-hungry Toronto Raptors, receiving a bunch of peripheral players and the washed up Tayshaun Prince in return. In essence, they made a salary dump, and it appeared as if the team was headed towards a long road of rebuilding. Fortunately, Lionel Hollins and the Grizzlies themselves had something to say about that. They did lose a fair amount of scoring with the departure of Rudy Gay...

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2012, file photo, Memphis Grizzlies' Marc Gasol, of Spain, right, grabs a defensive rebound in front of teammate Rudy Gay during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Memphis, Tenn. Gasol was selected as the NBA's defensive player of the year, the league announced Wednesday, April 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Led by solid performances from DeMar DeRozan and Rudy Gay, Toronto routed the Hawks 113-96 in Atlanta.

Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay, left, is congratulated by DeMar DeRozan during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets in Toronto, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Chicago Bulls' Carlos Boozer and Toronto Raptors' Rudy Gay battle for loose ball during the first quarter in an NBA basketball game on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)

Ever since trading Rudy Gay, the Grizzlies haven't exactly had the toughest time. With Tayshaun Prince, they've gone 23-9. Prince isn't as big a scoring threat as Gay, but he's also less of a potential scoring liability. Prince doesn't take as many shots and definitely works less out of isolation, and he adds better defense and veteran savvy. So it's not too surprising they're doing as well as they are even with the midseason roster shuffling. Marc Gasol is having a great year and remains one of the top centers in the league because of his good touch and fantastic basketball IQ when it...

Weekend Recap: The Grizzlies split weekend games against Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings — both two-point contests — to complete a 2-1 West Coast road trip. Given the franchise's history along the Pacific that's a good trip no matter the circumstances.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]