Oklahoma City has maintained a strong interest in making a deal for Sacramento forward Rudy Gay, but the Grant deal allows the franchise to save money with the departure of Ilyasova’s $8.4 million contract this season.ĭepending on how you interpret Woj's report, Jerami Grant either fills the hole Sam Presti originally wanted to plug Rudy Gay with, or opens up cap space to allow that Rudy Gay trade to potentially take place. The Thunder have been trying to find an athletic forward to complement their roster and pursued Grant as a short-term solution. This isn't of particular interest to Kings fans, but it did open up a fairly significant amount of cap space in Oklahoma City for Rudy Gay, and we didn't even have a chance to speculate before The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Thunder are still interested in the Kings' starting small forward. The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers completed a convoluted trade today involving a heavily protected draft pick, a semi-impressive prospect, and Ersan Ilyasova.
