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When he first came out, he was a rival to Danny Granger but as the seasons went on, he was just happy being a role player. The forward was flipped to Sacramento less than a year later and spent three-and-a-half seasons with the Kings before moving onto San Antonio during the offseason.

Enough to enjoy a merry gay time. I have to think that, at least in Toronto also, he still retained this athleticism I assume in SAC too. [2]. A forward, he played college basketball for the UConn Huskies before being selected eighth overall in the NBA draft by the Houston Rockets, but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies days later.

Rudy Carlton Gay Jr. (born August 17, ) [1] is an American former professional basketball player. View the profile of Golden State Warriors Small Forward Rudy Gay on ESPN. Happy for him and his new path. Danny Granger was a stud who just got cut short because of the knee.

He could dunk with the best of them. I always wanted him on the Warriors but of course his salary was approaching that of a star and his play was more of a Harrison Barnes kind of guy on the periphery. After 17 years in the NBA, forward Rudy Gay is calling it a career.

Always wanted him on the Warriors after they lost Harrison Barnes. Plus the teams he played for would never let him go of course, until the end of his career when his production unsurprisingly started to wane with his increased age. He wrapped up his NBA career by playing for the Spurs for four seasons and the Jazz for two years Gay averaged He also chipped in 5.

Gay is retiring from basketball effective immediately, he announced in a Tuesday essay in The Players' Tribune. Definitely worth the salary because of the value he brings to the team, but the Warriors could never afford him when his contract did come up.

Then see where that leads. Gay, 38, was the eighth overall pick in the draft out of UConn.

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The year-old. I have a contracting company, a real estate company. I just need to figure out what exactly that means. Kudos to a long career but he should have been better than what he accomplished. Rudy Gay is retiring after 17 seasons in the NBA.

"My NBA days are over," he wrote in an announcement published in The Players' Tribune. He transitioned from a small forward role into more of a complimentary power forward gig. Danny Granger before his injuries was fantastic.

Gay, now aged 31, was at a different point of his playing career. He began his professional career with the Grizzlies and spent his first six-and-a-half seasons in Memphis before being sent to the Raptors ahead of the trade deadline. Besides being a very good scorer with an all around game, in Memphis, he was an outstanding athlete.

I really thought he was going to be the superstar they needed post Reggie and post Malice in the Palace and pre PG Shame he got hurt, but for a few years he was on the cusp of being a special talent in NapTown. Get the latest news, live stats and game highlights.

He should consider continuing mentoring players, kinda like what Kobe did. It was just the right time to retire from playing on the court.