On February 20, 2014, San Antonio Spurs acquired Austin Daye from Toronto Raptors in exchange for Nando De Colo.
San Antonio sent guard Nando De Colo to Toronto for Austin Daye on February 20, 2014. De Colo had been in the Spurs' system for almost two seasons but was not part of the regular backcourt rotation that would lead the club into the postseason. Daye offered a taller, perimeter-oriented forward option for the end of the bench. Toronto used the exchange to test another ball-handler rather than continue with a forward it had barely played.
The Spurs won the 2014 championship after this trade, but Daye's part in that achievement needs precision. He appeared in 14 San Antonio regular-season games and played 115 total minutes after the exchange, with one brief postseason appearance. He was on the roster, not a central contributor to the playoff run. San Antonio's C- reflects a depth acquisition with limited direct court production, rather than awarding him the value created by Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and the rest of the rotation.
The Raptors were looking for backcourt insurance during a season that ended with a first-round playoff series against Brooklyn. De Colo played part of the stretch run and made one brief postseason appearance. His later success overseas doesn't count as NBA production for Toronto, but the club acquired a usable ball-handler without surrendering an established rotation wing. The Raptors' C acknowledges a small practical return, marginally better than San Antonio's very limited Daye minutes.
Slight Raptors Edge. Toronto earns C for acquiring Nando De Colo and using him briefly behind its established guards. San Antonio gets C- for Austin Daye, whose place on the eventual championship roster wasn't the same as major postseason impact. Neither club obtained a long-term NBA starter.