1. I don’t think the Grizzlies are looking to trade Rudy Gay at all unless they were blown out of the water. I would put the chances of it happening at well under 10%. The Grizzlies are doing what the Hawks have been doing; they discovered that you have way more leverage when a player is in restricted free agency than when they’re going for an extension.

Rudy declined a 5 years $50 million extension; he wanted 5 years $60 million. Somebody could offer him that much, yes, but it’s more likely that he won’t get any offers that large, so why would the Grizzlies sign him early as opposed to waiting and matching a potentially smaller deal?

2. The Pau Gasol trade seemed awful initially, but it’s been nowhere near as bad as advertised. The main piece was Marc Gasol, not Kwame Brown. After the fallout of the cap space, we basically traded Pau for Zach Randolph and Marc. Not that awful.

3. If he was off the bench, he would be a better Travis Outlaw, but I’m assuming he wouldn’t be very engaged or happy with that situation. Motivation is a concern for Rudy, and he wouldn’t be motivated as a 6th man.

4. Statistically he plays extremely poorly as a 4.

5. I think trading for him is difficult because the Grizzlies would want more than any team would offer if they were planning on using him off the bench, especially since he would likely leave said team next summer since they stuck him on the bench.

Dallas has a huge asses called the Dampier Expiring Contract. Any team can aquire him and waive him, paying $0. A trade can go like:
Rudy Gay, signed at 6.5 Mil, just like Shawn Marion
Marco Jaric, deadweight contract
for Dampier and Barea(if his team option is accepted)