The NBA Draft is tonight. Long considered a national holiday at the Beyond the Arc headquarters, the event arrives this year with less anticipation than in any year in my NBA-watching lifetime — a result of a weak draft class and the Grizzlies having only the #49 pick.
So instead of the usual weeks worth of draft-related stuff, I’m instead emerging from my post-playoffs hiatus for some quick thoughts ahead of tonight:
The Latest Rudy Rumor
The New York Post‘s Peter Vecsey wrote early in the week that the Grizzlies and Warriors are discussing a Rudy Gay-Monta Ellis deal, with the Grizzlies “offering Rudy Gay.”
Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace shot this down rather quickly, going on a local radio program to say that the team had not offered Gay to the Warriors. Wallace repeated the same assertion to me later that morning, and I certainly believe him. But it’s a narrow denial.
Putting the pieces together, I’m pretty sure that the two teams have had discussions — which, in and of itself, isn’t that newsworthy; this is what GMs are supposed to do — and also pretty sure that Vecsey’s take on the situation came from a Golden State perspective.
