While he’s still producing, the Spurs appear to be ready to overhaul their roster, with Gay one of the veterans that could be on the way out. Gay is a 34-year-old veteran who’s been around the NBA since 2006 and has been with the Spurs since the start of the 2017-18 campaign.įor the 2020-21 season, Gay is averaging 11.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in coming off the bench for the Spurs.
Five Reasons Sports Network March 11, 2021 (born August 17, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
While the Heat have expressed interest in LaMarcus Aldridge, as first reported yesterday by 2 sources confirm that Miami’s primary frontcourt target on the Spurs remains Rudy Gay. Subscribe for all future episodes.With the March 25 NBA trade deadline looming, the Miami Heat are reportedly focusing their energies on a possible trade of San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. It's not easy."ĬLICK HERE to listen to Episode Two of the new GiveMeSport NBA podcast, featuring New York Times senior writer Marc Stein. SAN ANTONIO (July 8, 2019) The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have re-signed forward Rudy Gay. For DeMar, it's another country, so I kind of feel for him. Spurs Gay opens a gym specializing in basketball San Antonio Spurs player and Baltimore native Rudy Gay and his wife Ecko Wray Gay along with some of his teammates visited the Pickup USA Fitness. It's tough to go on and just uproot to another city. We build houses, have our kids in school. But for everybody else, you're part of the league. You have certain players that you just know are going to make their own decisions. Gay is speaking from first-hand experience, as he went through a similar situation when he was dealt from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Raptors after over six years with the team. That trade right there shows you the difference between the San Antonio Spurs and other organizations." First-hand experience Left open for shot after shot in the Spurs’ 125-104 victory at Portland on Jan. "On one side, there was that was trying to get out, get to a bigger market, and they were totally being upfront with him, and then they trade him for a guy where that organization wasn’t being upfront with him at all. To hear Rudy Gay tell it, the basket at the Moda Center might as well have been the size of a Hula-Hoop. Gay has confidence that this kind of incident won't happen to the shooting guard in San Antonio due to how honest the Spurs' front office is. Gay (COVID-19 protocols) will not play in Tuesday's game against the Knicks, RJ Marquez of KSAT 12 San Antonio reports. Gay has worked hard for his career, and now he enjoys a good lifestyle with his family and friends with the money and fame. The player has a net worth of 40 million, and his annual salary is around 10.09 million. That doesn’t happen much in the NBA, to be honest with you."Įver since the trade, DeRozan has made it clear he no longer has any kind of relationship with Raptors president Masai Ujiri because of a gap of miscommunication between the two parties. Rudy Gay: Net Worth Gay has earned good fortune with his hard work and dedication while playing for different clubs. Recent over/under odds by the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas have the Spurs at 43.5 wins, which, if realized, would likely keep the Spurs out of the playoff mix in 2019. They do right by their players, do right by their staff. He said, via The Score: "The best part about San Antonio, they do right by you.