Warriors' trade rumors coming fast and furious

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The NBA rumors are coming fast and furious alreadydespitethe fact that teams wont be able to trade players for more than a week. Buttheres talk between general managers and agents, and whenever there is talk,there will be reports and rumors.Lets address a few --The Warriors are revisiting a trade that wouldsend Monta Ellis to Memphis in a deal for Rudy Gay.The Ellis-to-Memphis rumors are probably not going to diebecause Ellis has an offseason home there, and the Grizzlies are said to be inthe market for a shooting guard.Last season the Warriors turned down an offer of O.J. Mayoand Hasheem Thabeet for Ellis, and so its possible Memphis could havesweetened the offer by substituting Gay for Mayo. Thabeet is no longer inMemphis.However, heres why I cant see this happening: 15 million,16.4 million, 17.8 million, 19.3 million. That is what Gay is owed over theremainder of his contract, and thats a lot of money.And were not talking about a superstar when we talk aboutGay. Bottom line is that Ellis at 11 million per year and 33 million totalremaining on his deal is a much better value than Gay at his numbers. Tough tosee it happening.--The Warriors have interest in signing free agentpower forward David West.Wests name came up last year when the Hornets were said tobe shopping him, and the same problem back then holds now. What about DavidLee? The Warriors already have a power forward under contract in Lee and onethats paid handsomely. It doesnt make much sense to bring in West.Unless, of course, the Warriors were considering using theamnesty clause on Lee, but that is highly doubtful. West is a better low-postscorer than Lee, but not as good of a rebounder.Tough to see how Warriors get discernibly better by bringingWest on-board and getting rid of Lee. And acquiring West would be even harder tounderstand if Lee isnt going anywhere.--The Warriors would be interested in signingPortlands Brandon Roy if he is amnesty-ed.This seems possible. If Roy is amnesty-ed, teams that areunder the salary caplike the Warriorswill then have the ability to bid onRoy. The Warriors are in the market for a third guard and Roy would be a prettygood oneif healthy.And thats the issue with Roy. Portland wouldnt dream ofusing the amnesty clause on Roy if he were healthy, so the fact that theBlazers are doing it should worry you a little bit.By the same token, if Roy has become a 15- to 20-minute pergame player, then, yes, hed be a pretty good fit with the Warriors. Again,assuming he is relatively healthy.

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