RedHawk00: I'm anxious to play and write more, myself.
Autumn: The thing is, I actually like Gama, I really do. But he's the type of guy who, after his freakish All-Star year with us, turned into what he really is, a good, safe, but not great PG. He's usually on a good contract, too, so in other words, the perfect trade piece, even if he's 34 now.
And yeah, I'm really looking forward to the rebuilding project. We're relying -very- heavily on a pair of veterans for our scoring as of Opening Night and it's going to be a scramble in a couple years to find more guys who can put points on the board.
rjolley: Thanks.
I wholeheartedly agree.
JonInMiddleGA: Sure thing!
Zelipe Gama Team By Team Stats
Drafted #14 overall by Seattle in the 2009 Draft
2009 - Seattle Supersonics - 10 games (D-Leaguer most of the year)
2010 - Seattle Supersonics - 36 games (Half the year in D-League)
2011 - San Antonio Spurs - 76 games/11 starts (Came via FA min-sal deal)
2012 - San Antonio Spurs - 82 games/80 starts
2013 - Miami Heat - 81 games (Came via FA - 4 years, $30.4 million)
2014 - Miami Heat - 36 games
2014 - Detroit Pistons - 50 games (Via Trade - An ancient
Tayshaun Prince and Detroit's 2015 1st round pick, which the Heat used to draft
Winston Smith)
2015 - Detroit Pistons - 7 games
2015 - Denver Nuggets - 73 games/73 starts (Via Trade - Gama,
Tim Davis, and
Antawn Jamison for
Dan Jacobson,
Phillip Gill,
Shaun Livingston and
Eddy Curry) Also his 1st and only All-Star appearance
2016 - Denver Nuggets - 82 games/82 starts (All-NBA 2nd Team, his only one)
2017 - Denver Nuggets - 82 games/82 starts
2018 - Denver Nuggets - 82 games/82 starts
2019 - Denver Nuggets - 82 games/82 starts
2020 - Dallas Mavericks - 82 games/82 starts (Via the Infamous Trade - Gama,
Shaun Livingston and
Marcelino Augusto for
Jonte Jones,
Sabit Sakur and Dallas's 2021 and 2023 1st round picks, which I don't remember if I traded away or drafted people with)
2021 - Dallas Mavericks - 82 games/82 starts
2022 - Dallas Mavericks - 82 games/82 starts
2023 - Denver Nuggets - 82 games/82 starts (Via Trade - Gama,
Ron Morant, Dallas's 2026 1st round pick for
Jeremy Leach,
Calvin Hayes and two 2026 2nd round picks)
2024 - Miami Heat - 53 games/53 starts (Via Trade - Gama and
David "50 Ninja" Jackson for
Clifton Snyder,
Jeremy Bellairs and
Eric Bass
2024 - Denver Nuggets - 31 games/31 starts (Via Trade - Gama, Miami's 2024 and 2026 1st rounders and 2025 and 2026 2nd rounders for
Luke Smith,
Teddy Harriman,
Lindsey Williamson and Denver's 2026 2nd round pick)
2025 - Sacramento Kings - 0 games/0 starts (Via Trade - Gama,
Mateen Yeaton,
Tzvetan Kishishev and Miami's 2025 1st round pick (used to take
Jim Johnson for
Jonte Jones,
Antwan Carson,
Travis Hart and Sacramento's 2026 and 2027 2nd rounders)
2025 - Denver Nuggets - 12 games/6 starts to date (Via Trade - Gama and Sacramento's 2026 and 2027 2nd rounders (belonging to Portland I think) for
Greg Oden