Report: Pistons offering Stuckey and Villanueva for Rudy Gay

Miracles Boys33 · Jul 4, 2013

The trade magician Masai Ujiri is trying to pull off another one of his tricks.

According to ESPN.com, the Raptors and Pistons are discussing a trade that would send Rudy Gay to the Motor City.

In the proposed deal, the Pistons are offering the expiring deals of Rodney Stuckey and Charlie Villanueva to Toronto for Rudy Gay.

The Raptors of course acquired Gay midseason last year from Memphis in a blockbuster three-team deal also involving the Pistons.

Stuckey and Villanueva are both on the books for $8.5 million next season, with Gay set to earn $37 million over the next two years. The Raptors, recently under new management, are looking to possibly wipe the floor clean and begin again. Just a few days ago, the Raptors agreed to a deal sending Andrea Bargnani to New York for Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and some picks.

With a young core in place, the Raptors are hunting more assets and future cap space. Offloading Gay would certainly help with that.

The Pistons have been searching for some kind of relevancy for some time now and have been linked to other big names like Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala this free agency period. They have around $20 million in cap space and are looking to make a splash.

Gay certainly would be an upgrade on their roster, but it feels like another likely step to nowhere for Joe Dumars and the Pistons. The team hasn't been relevant the past few seasons and while making a playoff push is step one, maintaining assets, cap space and talent is often the best path to success anyway.
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NIKEstrad · Jul 4, 2013

A fairly irrelevant deal in the grand scheme of things.

However, I would say this means Detroit and Josh Smith is no longer happening.

baller4life315 · Jul 4, 2013

Masai Ujiri needs to get rid of Colangelo's mistakes. Danny Ferry did the same in Atlanta thing with his predecessor's horrendous moves.

Do it and hand over the keys to Valancuinas.

RedDynasty · Jul 4, 2013

Already posted, in before the merge/lock.

RV6 · Jul 4, 2013

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=240671

Not only has this been posted, but it's been confirmed the pistons were the only side pushing for this deal. Toronto came out and said they weren't interested in trading Rudy and Rudy, shortly after that, tweeted he was looking forward to staying a Raptor.

da_juice · Jul 4, 2013

RV6 said: ↑

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=240671

Not only has this been posted, but it's been confirmed the pistons were the only side pushing for this deal. Toronto came out and said they weren't interested in trading Rudy and Rudy, shortly after that, tweeted he was looking forward to staying a Raptor.
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Makes sense. Rudy may not be on durant's level, but he at least gives (some) fans the illusion of hope. And he can score.

Raptors fans need something.

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