They got plenty of wing players in Iggy, Klay, Durant.
Where would he fit? I mean, Iggy would have to be included. Is he an upgrade over Iggy? Offensively, sure, but defensively, I'm not sure at all unless Iggy is just not healthy.
Iggy matches up really good against LeBron. Unless they feel Iggy is not the same, then I'm not really sure the pressing need for him if I'm GS.
And if they were willing to trade Iggy for Gay, then maybe we as Cav fans should be cheering for that. Because Rudy Gay won't defend LeBron better than Iggy has.
I don't think Iggy for Gay makes sense because Iguodala is not a trade asset for Sacramento.
Why do the Kings want Andre Iguodala on the last year of his deal? Is this just to help Golden State?
Moreover, do the Warriors pay Durant, Steph
and Rudy Gay this offseason? For real? That'd put them at the very top of the payroll in the league would it not?
We know Dan Gilbert doesn't mind having the most expensive team in the league, but is the same true for Joe Lacob and the ownership group of the Warriors? Remember when everyone said Micky Arison had ends for days (which he does)... and that money was no object? Money was what lead Arison to reign in LeBron's friends getting contracts which was one of many reasons LeBron and Riley began to fall out. Money is why Wade is posted up on the Bulls right now losing games instead of retiring on the Heat where he belongs.
Honestly, I think this talk of Golden State getting Rudy Gay makes no sense from any aspect of the trade.
1) They're having enough problems integrating Durant's isolation plays. They're not an isolation team. Curry, Green and Klay are all system players. Iguodala has become a system player in his older age. Durant is NOT a system player; and neither is Rudy Gay. Those guys are old-school ballers that just wanna slash to the rim - for better or worse, efficiency be damned (in Rudy's case at least).
2) Golden State have very few real assets to trade.
Realistically, the only "asset" they have outside of their core 4 players, all of whom are indispensable, is Shaun Livingston. They going to trade Shaun Livingston? He's a free agent next season, and one would think the Warriors would use their MLE to re-sign him given how vital he is to their team. Livingston literally won them Game 1 of the previous Finals by himself, and without him, I think they lose both times around.
David West, Patrick McCaw, Zaza Pachulia, Damian Jones, Anderson Varejao, James McAdoo, Ian Clar, and Shaqtin' A Fool MVP JAVALE MCGEE (!) are
not trade assets. They provide zero value to the Kings that the Kings could not simply get in free agency this summer for the vet min.
Andre Iguodala is rapidly approaching that list of players were he's a very useful specialist for Golden State, being a great passer, and solid defender, and someone who can play the 1-5.
But only a very few teams in the league need a player like that, and for those that don't, he has literally no value whatsoever given his age and contract and the fact that he'll leave either in a buyout or in the off-season.
Again.. I call bullshit on GSW making noise about a trade. I think they're trying to hype up the media so that their players can think more help is coming to stop the Cavaliers. Some "strength in numbers" shit...