Ryan Anderson for Rudy Gay at the trade deadline? would you do it

remember when Kevin Love looked like a bad deal for the Cavs and how much heat he took from fans and the sports media?

 

and that has what to do with rudy gay or Ryno?

 

Anderson has been frustrating with his inconsistent play but he will turn it around. I wouldn't trade him unless it was for a legitimate player coming back to help us.

 

^^ That

And we would be creating a void at PF again by letting Dmo, Beasley, and Anderson go for a mediocre-at-best wing player.

Not a smart move in terms of roster balance.

 

If anyone's actually watched NBA games outside of the Rockets then you wouldn't be surprised at Anderson's game/production. I don't know how expectations for Anderson heightened just because Morey and Les decided to pay him $20 mil a year. Aside from being a few FG% points lower than his career, this is exactly what Anderson brings to the table year in and year out.

The scouting report for Anderson has always been the same: mediocre rebounder, poor defender but has range and accuracy to keep defenses honest and free up the lane for other players.

Everyone wanted a stretch 4 for all of these years and when we finally have one that's shooting over 40% from the 3 they want to switch gears just because their miscalculated expectation for the guy (based on pretty much nothing from what I see) has not been met.

 

Another thing that matters that none of you have mentioned.

Rudy Gay is not a good player. Every time he gets traded the team he leaves does better.

He's just another talented guy who puts up numbers on bad teams.

Ryan Anderson does a lot for this offense and harden. That alone is enough to keep him.

 

Man...no offense to the OP, but... didn't we have a dedicated thread for all the "HEY YOU GUYS, guess what random trade idea just came to my head!"

 

Why is everyone saying that even though he isnt consistent right now, he's going to turn it around. Where has this narrative come from? Same things were said about the crackhead wearing Rynos old number.

 

How can a guy who's average is 20+ points not be a good player? lol. He may have not had the right coach or system but to say he's "not a good player" implies anybody can average 20+ in the NBA.


Rudy Gay is a solid player but has his flaws, just like Anderson. With THAT said, Anderson compliments Harden way too good to trade him right now. The spacing on this team is phenomenal. You literally can't leave anybody without giving up a 3pter or layup. Why on earth would we disrupt that if we're not getting another superstar? No thanks, I'll stick with Ryno

 

NO

 

Hell no

 

You know what. I had thought Anderson's shot was off. But when I checked the stats, he's actually shooting .404 from distance. It's his 2pt shots that is stinking right now. His 3s are still money.

 

Right now, we're on path to grab the 4th seed, which lets be honest, is above what our expectations were before the season started.
Are we actually talking about replacing our starting power forward with someone who has bounced around and hasn't been on a winning team to play out of position for us?

We are most likely not making any major trades this year. We need every single one of Bev, EG, Ryno, Capela, Ariza around Harden to make this team work. A string of good games for Brewer aren't going to make other teams forget about all of last season and the start of this one for them to give us something worthwhile. Nene isn't going anywhere, we're not going to get a better contract for him and thats why we have him. KJ won't get us something better than what he is either.

 

So far this season (admittedly small sample size), Anderson is shooting 3's at 40.4%. His career average is 37.8%.

His shooting will fluctuate. He can be a pretty streaky shooter. But what we have seen from him at this point in the season is what we are going to get from him for the rest of the season.

I definitely wouldn't be opposed to trading him. But not for Rudy Gay.

 

I would want to see if Ryno can find his niche first.... but Gay would be an upgrade on defense, athleticism, and ability to attack the rim.

Ryno can shoot and maybe rebound better.

 

5 years of complaining for a stretch four, now want to trade stretch four because he isn't a great defender....Clutchfans, unhappy with any and all descions.

This along with the James Harden conundrum. "James Harden our Superstar....Is He Superstary enough?"

 

It's not that we are unhappy with any and all decisions. It's just that we really, really wanted a stretch 4...that could also play defense, and rebound, and block shots, and dribble, and pass, and always shoot 45+% 3 pointers, and create offense for our other players, and never had any problems with injuries.

IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!?

 

That's terrible, at least Ryan Anderson can shoot.

Not sure that Rudy does anything well

 

dang draymond green almost made this cut but he can't shoot 3's at that high of a rate.

 

He's talented that's why he can score 20ppg but he is not good.

And he's not a great defender either nor a good rebounder or passer for his size and athletic ability.

There's been quite a few bad player avg 20 ppg in a season.

Mike James did it in Toronto. Keith Van horn, shareef Abdul rahim flip Murray the list goes on even Aaron brooks for us a few years ago.

Are those players talented? Yes you have to be to put up enough shots to score 20 ppg for 82 games.

But those guys don't help you win unless they know their roll coming off the bench or in a very defined role as a starter.

Gay falls into that group of player. The guy is not a game changer and would not compliment harden better than Ryno does which you did say so that I agree.

Ryno doesn't complain when he's not on the floor in crunch time he doesn't get mad when harden passes to Ariza for a corner three when he's even more wide open. That's a team player and I love that about him.

Do I wish he was making 15m a year? Absolutely.

But we have James harden so I don't care.