Gay, who was traded last January by the Memphis Grizzlies in a similar money dump, is one of the highest-paid players in the league.
Sacramento has been very aggressive under new owner Vivek Ranadive, who has cleared additional spending to attempt to upgrade the roster. The Kings get a high-volume scorer in Gay and can pair him with newly acquired forward Derrick Williams in the frontcourt along with DeMarcus Cousins. The Raptors are giving up on Gay less than a year after trading for him and are essentially offloading his contract, which has another year and $20 million on it, for three players who will be free agents after this season. Yahoo! Sports earlier reported the trade. Their first game will likely be against Utah on Wednesday night in Sacramento. Gay, Gray and Acy will not be in uniform when the Kings host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. It was required to be a large trade to accommodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 million this season. The deal involves seven players, with the Kings sending John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to Toronto in exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Quincy Acy. The Toronto Raptors have traded Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings, the teams announced Monday, less than 24 hours after they reached an agreement. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser