It could be the best trade they make with Gay’s relatively-low $13 million salary. Still, if Sacramento thinks hard about it. That ultimately, may not be enough for the Kings to bite.
The Cavaliers can’t offer the world, only Iman Shumpert, Jordan McRae, Mo Williams and a 2017 first round pick. Now, it just so happens that the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the market for a veteran point guard and while Gay is no point guard, he’s a talented player that allows the Cavs to play James at what is becoming his natural position at power forward. However, the Kings can’t ask for too much for a player everyone knows will leave the Kings but nobody is sure how much will help their team.
Gay, who has developed a bit of a “black hole” reputation, won’t come on the cheap. Still, it’s currently happening with Gay.
That’s the situation that will likely play out with Cousins. Headlines and Global News has cited that the Oklahoma City Thunder want to trade for Indiana Pacers’ star forward Paul George.It is the idea that George could fill in the void created by the defection of Kevin Durant during NBA free agency. So, essentially, the Kings are establishing a foundation around a player that doesn’t want to be there and won’t. In fact, he plans on opting-out of his deal this summer and there’s no way he returns to Sacramento. Gay, who averaged 18.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per for the Kings in 2016-17, will hold court this weekend, entertaining representatives of teams seeking his services, according to The Vertical's. Who they do seem keen on trading is Rudy Gay, who announced he won’t be re-signing with the team when his contract expires. Currently holding a 15-9 record, the Thunder are doing just fine at the early going of the regular season sitting in the sixth spot of Western Conference division. Yet, the Kings are unwilling to trade the player they think is the best player in the game. Rumors are spreading that a rumored deal between the Thunder, Pelicans, and Kings are said to be in works with Rudy Gay and Enes Kanter as trade pieces. Cousins has been unhappy in Sacramento for years now after constantly failing to make the playoffs and the constant stream of criticism directed out his public criticism of the Kings’ front office. Still, there may no bigger storyline (at least on the trade front), than if the Sacramento Kings will eventually trade DeMarcus Cousins. Leading the San Antonio Spurs to an opening night victory over the Golden State Warriors as he quietly transforms into the elite scorers in the game classifies as “taking the torch smoothly”. Can Kawhi Leonard take the torch from Tim Duncan smoothly?Yes.
How will the Oklahoma City Thunder look without Kevin Durant? So far, Russell Westbrook has led the Thunder to a 4-0 record. How will Kevin Love look in his third year with the Cleveland Cavaliers? So far, so good.