NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans nixed a Ryan Anderson for Rudy Gay deal

The NBA trade deadline is around a month away, but the Pelicans aren’t ready to move Ryan Anderson. 

We still have just over a month left until the NBA trade deadline, but already there are rumblings about potential trades that could get made. So far there have been major rumblings but nothing official has gone down — but we’ve come close.

According to Michael Scotto of SheridanHoops, the Pelicans rejected a trade with the Kings that would have sent Rudy Gay to New Orleans and Ryan Anderson to Sacramento.

While that sounds like a decent trade, New Orleans is wise to turn this deal down at the present time. Anderson has been made available by the Pels, but there is no indication in New Orleans that the team is hankering to trade him. Proof positive of this is being seen in the rejection of a deal that would have netted Rudy Gay as a return for Anderson.

This probably isn’t the last we’ve heard of either Anderson or Gay in trade rumors before the deadline. We already knew that the Pels were putting out feelers for possible interest in Anderson — and rightfully so. He’s still considered a Kevin Love-lite, which isn’t the most glowing endorsement but is a solid comparison and interesting sales pitch. The real interesting thing in this is that Rudy Gay seems to now be available in Sacramento, and the Kings will probably — or might already — be taking calls from interested parties.

We haven’t yet hit the true thick of the NBA trade deadline rumor mill frenzy, but we seem to be on the cusp.