DECEMBER 9

TRADE · 2013 · 13 years ago

The Rudy Gay trade brings Patrick Patterson to Toronto

Masai Ujiri shipped Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to Sacramento for Patterson, Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons and Chuck Hayes. The deal cleared the way for the Lowry–DeRozan era, and Patterson became the stretch big off the bench for the next three and a half seasons.

• Patrick Patterson

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