Just that it is much more of a long shot with Rudy Gay on the payroll. His presence on the team is counterproductive to their current situation.

He is a salary cap black hole. He is essentially sucking up $10 million in cap space over what his production is worth. That's the difference between contender and not for this team.

They start Tony Allen, a defensive player at SG. I love this, but due to his offensive limitations it necessitates a productive and EFFICIENT wing scorer next to him. Rudy Gay is not a good compliment when he his shooting 41% from the field, and 31% from 3. For example, they'd be better off with a Jared Dudley type (and using the savings on a stellar bench scorer, etc), who also defends well, shoots a much higher percentage and takes a few less shots, giving Gasol and Randolph the more high percentage shots. Its all about the team construct. Their advantage is in the paint, and Rudy takes some of that off the table by taking 17 shots a game, much of them long jumpers at a shit rate.

Rudy's $17-$19 million off the books could instantly vault this team into a very serious contender for the next 3 years.