Sacramento Kings receive: Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray While the Raps were intent on staying competitive post-trade, those looked like tantalizing consolation prizes.īut sometimes you have to get lucky to win, and by unloading a star-level player (or close to it) in Gay and two peripheral pieces for four role players, the Raptors set an unknowing course for the most prosperous period in franchise history. The 2014 draft class was a promising one, headlined by Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker and Joel Embiid. It was, by all common logic, a tank move.
Acknowledging the fact that Gay was a poor fit alongside DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, Ujiri sent him and the $37 million remaining on his contract to the Kings. 8, 2013, the Raptors had won just six of their first 18 games.
