At only about $27.5 million over the next two seasons, in this market Gay is worth acquiring for a team as long as the Kings don’t require much in the way of assets in return. Gay is turning 30 in a month and apparently had surgery on his Achilles this offseason (uh-oh). I think that’s the only thing we can really build on. Obviously, we don’t have anything to really build on. Go out there and play as much as you can. That’s all I can do in this situation, that’s all you can do. Here are his thoughts about his confusion with where the organization is headed:
Just be upfront with people, that’s all you have to do.” You would like to hear it from out of the horse’s mouth. “You don’t want to hear things on the internet, on Twitter. Here is a quote from Rudy Gay about the constant trade speculation: Now, reading this from he's a sympathetic figure: Rudy Gay once got battered for his old contract. Rudy Gay is off the market, having accepted to a 5-year, 80 million contract to remain a Memphis Grizzly (is that the singular). He is tired of the rumors and an organization that appears to have no vision or direction in his opinion (amen brother) and aired his frustrations in a Q&A with SB Nation’s Sactown Royalty Sacramento Kings blog: He also struggles to utilize his size and athletic gifts to make himself the kind of NBA defender he should be.Īdd all of this up: the talent, the production, the deficiencies, and his status as a mid career veteran on a rebuilding team, and he screams “trade block.” Rudy Gay has been linked to the Heat before and now rumors surface again about him coming to Miami. He is a talented combo forward that can give you 20-6-4 on any given night but does so somewhat inefficiently and not in the flow, not congruent with an increasingly pass-happy and ball movement oriented league. The Kings are currently on a four-game losing streak but before that won five consecutive games which pulled them up in the Western Conference standings, even having the chance to sit on the eighth spot.īut as of the moment, Sacramento is 10th in the West at 20–27, a record that can improve when the team returns to action on Monday to take on the Milwaukee Bucks.Rudy Gay is one of those players who seems to always be in the thick of NBA trade rumors and chatter and has been “on the block” for the Kings for at least the past year it seems. 18, the NBA's trade deadline takes effect and with the way things are going, it seems that Gay will stay with the Kings for the rest of the season, except only when a favorable offer comes along the way. The New Orleans Pelicans already tried their chances of landing Gay, but their offer of veteran guard Eric Gordon (currently nursing a finger injury) and forward Alonzo Gee in exchange for him was turned down by Sacramento. or opens up cap space to allow that Rudy Gay trade to potentially take place. Gay played and started in 41 regular season games this season, averaging 18 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.2 steals in 34.2 minutes of action per outing. This means the Kings know what they want if they let go of Gay, who is currently their second-best scorer behind franchise star center DeMarcus Cousins.
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The reason for this as reported by Stein is because this month, the Kings are not looking to acquire a player who will soon be in the free agency market following the 2015–16 season.
Sacramento is looking for a "quality young player" in exchange for the veteran, or a player that has at least one more year remaining in his current contract. NBA Trade Rumors: The Sacramento Kings are almost definitely going to trade Rudy Gay this season will it be to the Oklahoma City Thunder If theres one &.
In a report by Marc Stein of ESPN, he mentioned that according to his sources, the Kings are open to parting ways with Gay, but there are certain conditions. Forward Rudy Gay might head to his fourth team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the Sacramento Kings are reportedly willing to trade him before the deadline, although they are seeking for a great deal.