The Lakers, Rockets, Clippers and Nuggets all lost in the first round.
#RUDY GAY TRADE TO LAKERS PLUS#
When the Grizzlies traded Gay, the Lakers still had a healthy Kobe Bryant, the Rockets had James Harden, the Clippers had CP3 and Jamal Crawford, Denver had Andre Iguodala and Danilo Gallinari was healthy, Golden State had Steph Curry and San Antonio had its big three - Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, who are all capable of winning games single-handedly - plus previous championship rings to back it up. But, you know - shooting percentage: feh. 10 in three-point percentage on the Grizzlies, and sixth out of six Grizzlies in conversion rate among those who took at least two per game. Grizzly Bear Blues: Death by pick and roll.Ģ. 3 on the Grizzlies in free-throw attempts per game and far lower in free-throw attempts per possession used. in order to win it all a team has to have a create-for-himself-bonafide-multidimensional-scoring-option-that-can-get-to-the-free-throw-line-at-will-and-score-from-3-when-the-clock-is-under-0.5-seconds-left player on your squad.ġ. decides to go "Moneyball" and forgets that (regardless of shooting percentage and PER). "This" = a team that was 29-15 (.659) at the time of the trade and goes 27-11 (.710) the rest of the way while advancing further in the postseason than it has ever gone. Winning math!īut this is what happens when a title-contending team in the middle of a championship-building season.
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He cited Gay's 18-ppg career average to make the point that scoring 20 points per game comes extremely natural to him. Not saying that the Rudy Gay trade in January was all about money, but saving cash was at the very center of why Memphis decided to part ways with the one player who proved scoring 20 points per game (18 ppg career average) and taking big shots came as natural to him as denial comes to Amanda Bynes. Let's very briefly discuss Scoop Jackson's masterpiece of inanity on Rudy Gay, his midseason trade and the Memphis Grizzlies.