Three Team 9 Player Trade Rumor (TOR,IND,MEM)

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http://www.bettingsportsreview.com/news ... -grizzlies

Rumblings of trade rumours are coming out of the NBA for those teams now out of the post season. The news could get much more real for teams like the Pacers, Grizzlies and Raptors as a proposed 9 player trade could take place. Although just rumours one source has stated GM’s of these teams have been in heavy talks. This proposed trade works out on paper with the required salaries balancing out and beneficial to all. This could be much more than a rumor!

This idea out of the woodworks has put forth a 3 team proposal involving the Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors. 9 players will be changing cities if the rumored trade goes down.
The trade breaks down as follows;

Indiana Pacers To Indiana we would see OJ Mayo from Memphis, a player the Pacers have previously tried to trade for during the trade deadline as well as Xavier Henry the 12th pick of the 2010 draft. The Toronto Raptors would send Jose Manuel Calderon giving the pacers a veteran point guard who could again replace the departed TJ Ford.

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies would receive Andrea Bargnani. Recently Bargnani stated on Italian broadcast of the playoffs his displeasure with how Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo ousted him out in his exit interview at the end of the season. The Grizz would also get Leandrinho Barbosa from the Raptors, along with the 10th overall pick of the 2010 draft; Paul George.

Toronto Raptors The Raptors would welcome a very much needed Rudy Gay, as well as James Posey and Dahntay Jones from Indiana. Rudy Gay would fit in perfect with this young, exciting, athletic core group of guys like J.Bayless, D.Derozan, J. Johnson, A. Johnson and E. Davis. Posey and Jones would be trade fillers with some possible up-side in Jones who was mainly signed to his current contract because of his defense which Toronto could use.
Trade rumor recap:


Trade to Memphis

Andrea Bargnani, Leandrinho Barbosa, , Paul George

Trade to Indiana

OJ Mayo, Xavier Henry, Jose Calderon

Trade to Toronto

Rudy Gay, James Posey, Dahntay Jones

Indiana wins... LOL. What if this trade happened? anyway, this is just a trade rumor. any thoughts?

[The X]

Won't happen. Makes no sense for Memphis.

[Martti.]

Toronto getting rid of Bargs and gets Gay? Go for it, Colangelo.

[buzzy]

Wait, where did TJ Ford go?

[Loupeitak]

I'm guessing this deal means Memphis won't resign either Gasol or Z-Bo... They do get rid of that crazy Gay contract and get Paul George, but losing Gasol/Z-Bo and OJ Mayo... Ehhhh... :/

[Martti.]

Z-Bo just git an extension..

[Loupeitak]

Is this a sign that Gasol is gone then? :/

[rise]

That's insane- Gay was traded for Bargnani in my Domination franchise months ago!

This is actually pretty decent all-around. Bargnani can score 20 any time and Barbosa's pretty good, Indiana gets Mayo, who they wanted a while back, and Toronto gets a solid player in Rudy Gay, so that Toronto isn't forced to start a scrub like Kleiza/Johnson at the 3. The best part for Toronto is that they would get to offload Calderon! Also a Gay/Derozan duo looks pretty sweet, but who will Toronto start at the 4 and 5?

For Memphis, I think I wait to see whether Gasol leaves or not. If he stays, then the trade is pretty useless, but if he leaves then it's good for them.

[Dan's Brain]

Bargnani's only a Centre out of necessity in Toronto, because there's nobody else. He's far better as a 4 or even 3 at a stretch. He doesn't make Gasol redundant. And Memphis is a significantly improved team. No idea why they'd fuck with that.

[Andrew]

Seems like a pretty good deal for Indiana but kind of ordinary for Toronto and in particular Memphis, who really don't have to make a trade like that.

[Cartar]

Seems like a pretty good deal for Indiana but kind of ordinary for Toronto and in particular Memphis, who really don't have to make a trade like that.

Actually what I've heard from Indiana fans, they definitely wouldn't do this deal, they don't want to let go of George at all (untapped potential, neither Bird nor the fans don't want him to trade).

[Martti.]

but who will Toronto start at the 4 and 5?

Amir Johnson and Ed Davis.

Very athletic and young line-up with Ed Davis-Johnson-Gay-DeRozan-Bayless.

[shadowgrin]

That's insane- Gay was traded for Bargnani in my Domination franchise months ago!

And it's insane because?

Is this a sign that Gasol is gone then? :/

One of Z-Bo's requests for signing the extension was that Gasol stays in Memphis.
Of course he could be lying since he just got an extension with a higher salary as compared to a lower one in the new CBA that will be agreed upon next year to end the lockout.

[Cleveland wins]

There was a rumor about a potential trade that memphis wanted to trade Rudy Gay to philedelphia for Andre Iguodala. So i can actually see memphis trading Rudy Gay at least, especially since they have Shane Battier. But one thing that must not happen is toronto trading probably their best offensive player Andre Bargnani.

[Andrew]

Actually what I've heard from Indiana fans, they definitely wouldn't do this deal, they don't want to let go of George at all (untapped potential, neither Bird nor the fans don't want him to trade).

That's fair enough, though I still think when it all comes down to it the Pacers would be getting the best of the deal.

[benji]

You all realize this was completely made up by the guy on that site right?

[Axel]

You all realize this was completely made up by the guy on that site right?

Still more likely to happen than any trade Chris Broussard reports.

[john26]

Barbosa can't be traded, no? He has a player option

[Andrew]

If he opts out and becomes a free agent then no, he can't be traded. Aside from that, he can't use his option to block the trade. With the possibility of a lockout looming, I don't think there'll be too many players like Barbosa opting out of guaranteed contracts.

[jettdaking!]

ugh. this is going to be like Golden State a few years back when they beat Dallas. that offseason they gave away Jay-Rich, now they sucked a year later. Memphis is going to give away OJ Mayo and Rudy Gay and now they might just reduce their talent

[Andrew]

That's assuming it would ever happen. As benji said:

You all realize this was completely made up by the guy on that site right?

[jettdaking!]

i was just posting of the probable outcome. i'm a Grizz fan btw

[µTorrent]

That trade is not gonna happen, i mean The Grizzlies are making a nice push to the playoffs right now, Unfortunately they got eliminated in 7 games by the Thunder. Then why trade Rudy Gay?
Well i also saw a rumor that OJ Mayo might be traded to the Wolves.

[rise]

That trade is not gonna happen, i mean The Grizzlies are making a nice push to the playoffs right now, Unfortunately they got eliminated in 7 games by the Thunder. Then why trade Rudy Gay?
Well i also saw a rumor that OJ Mayo might be traded to the Wolves.

Gay was injured through the playoffs, and OJ Mayo was nearly dealt at the deadline and the Grizz were trying to offload him.

[µTorrent]

z02, But if gay could have been healthy? They could have faced the Mavs? Hahaha.