NBA Rumors: Thunr Waive Rudy Gay, Be Free Agent

Contents:

• STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL
• HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• RUMOR: LAKERS, WARRRS AMONG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY SUORS EE AGENCY
• NBA FREE AGENCY RUMORS: LAKERS ONE OF MANY TEAMS EXPECTED TO HAVE INTERT IN RUDY GAY
• IS NICK YOUNG GAY? THE PHOTO THAT SPARKED RUMORS THE NBA SUPERSTAR WAS COMG OUT
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
• DENNIS RODMAN SAYS HE THKS 10-20% OF PRO ATHLET ARE GAY AND THAT THE NBA IS READY FOR AN OUT ATHLETE
• WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS
• 9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY
• TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY
• DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE FEEL ‘FREE’ AFTER RUMORS THAT HE WAS GAY
• NBA TRA RUMORS: RUDY GAY ULD ADD SOME VERSATILY TO THE LA CLIPPERS' FENSE

STTO’S LATT: TUCKER, GAY, SUMNER, NOEL

Free agent forward Rudy Gay, who was recently released by the Thunr, is drawg tert om several potential playoff teams, acrdg to Stto. Gay will be 37 by the time next season starts and while his role has dimished each of the past three seasons, he’s still a seasoned veteran wh 17 years of NBA experience. Each team lked to Gay has at least one roster spot open and uld offer him a one-year, veteran’s mimum which, for a player wh 10+ years of experience, is worth roughly $3.

When John Amaechi me out publicly 2007, he was ahead of his time, sharg that he’s gay and a former profsnal basketball player. Sce Colls showed the world you uld be a gay man profsnal basketball, there has been a trickle of gay athlet to follow, most recently former NBA player and current Atralian pro basketball player Isaac Humphri. Acrdg to Michael Stto of HoopsHype, the Lakers are among several teams who uld potentially have tert Rudy Gay.

Veteran forward Rudy Gay is expected to draw tert om several playoff-liber teams, cludg the Goln State Warrrs, Los Angel Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins, league sourc told HoopsHype. While his on-urt productn certaly isn't where ed to be at this stage of his reer, Gay still do posss the reque size and strength to pete. Standg at 6’8” and sportg a 7’3” wgspan, Gay has the exact type of proportns the Lakers lacked their seri agast the Denver Nuggets particular.

HERE ARE THE 6 GAY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN OUT PUBLICLY WHILE PETG PRO BASKETBALL

Dpe the limatns and drop-offs that e wh age, there is potentially a role for Gay somewhere the league as he has proved to still be a steady ntributor when given the chance. 9 pots better than their opponents wh Gay on the floor (1689 posssns) this season acrdg to Cleang the Glass. While remas to be see if that role is found Los Angel for Gay, probably behoov the Lakers to look elsewhere to fill what is an obv need or at least swg for upsi wh a younger player.

Charl Barkley and Kev Durant have been two of NBA history’s most outspoken supporters of gay athlet and the LGBTQ muny.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

In a society that unfairly puts a stigma on gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and other such dividuals, their support has been happily embraced. Back 2017, durg the NBA’s Pri Para New York Cy, Durant went full blast his support of high-profile homosexuals. Wh the Stanford alumn revealg he was a homosexual, the sports world was forced to tackle the lite issue of gay athlet wh their ranks.

Before Jason Colls stunned the NBA and the sportg world wh his admissn of beg gay, Steve Nash was already advotg genr equaly. The Canadian superstar was the first high-profile athlete to support former Phoenix Suns team print Rick Welts, who admted he was a homosexual. The former MVP’s explic backg of gays and lbians was sharp ntrast to some players who were disputably LGBTQ.

RUMOR: LAKERS, WARRRS AMONG POTENTIAL RUDY GAY SUORS EE AGENCY

Long mored to be gay, Amaechi fally admted to the tth when asked about the reason behd the publitn of his book:. I am simply dog what a good person of nscience would do, which is makg people aware that gay people don’t jt look like Jack om ‘Will and Grace, ’ and that they don’t want to jump your bon every ocsn and that some are mp and some are butch and that we’re different and we’re eful and we are here.

Many already had spicns that he was homosexual, cludg former Jazz teammate Greg Ostertag, who reportedly asked him pot black if the mors were te. "As a black person, I’m agast any form of discrimatn — agast wh, Hispanics, gays, lbians, however you want to phrase . Recently fishg up his 17th NBA season, Rudy Gay is nearg the end of the le on what has been a remarkable reer.

NBA FREE AGENCY RUMORS: LAKERS ONE OF MANY TEAMS EXPECTED TO HAVE INTERT IN RUDY GAY

He may not have a champnship rg, nor any All-Star appearanc, but Gay has always been a well-rpected player across this league and he's been one of the most unrappreciated forwards sce beg drafted eighth overall 2006. A member of the Memphis Grizzli, San Anton Spurs, Sacramento Kgs and Toronto Raptors earlier his reer, Gay most recently spent the last two seasons wh the Utah Jazz. Acrdg to HoopsHype's Michael Stto, the Los Angel Lakers, Goln State Warrrs, Dallas Mavericks, Chigo Bulls, and New Orleans Pelins are all teams Gay is expected to draw tert om now that he is a ee agent.

Earlier his reer, Gay was a player who was known for srg at least 20 pots per game and he's always been a dangero mid-range shooter. He's not only someone who will be ready to e off the bench when his number is lled, but Gay n also be a great mentor for young players any team has at the small forward or power forward posns. Very few teams the league are able to have guys wh 17-pl years of NBA experience and this is what Gay brgs to the table at this pot his reer.

Time will tell what anizatn Rudy Gay will ntue his NBA reer wh, as he is not ready to end his basketball journey jt yet. Now, another veteran name has bee available, though he is not what anyone would nsir an actual big man, Rudy Gay. After beg trad a uple tim this offseason, Gay was released by the Oklahoma Cy Thunr and is now a ee agent.

IS NICK YOUNG GAY? THE PHOTO THAT SPARKED RUMORS THE NBA SUPERSTAR WAS COMG OUT

He may not f the mold of what the Lakers need most, but Gay has proven to be an effective forward who n still sre the ball his later years. The ncern wh brgg someone like Gay is that the Lakers already have a number of players who play the same posn as he is basilly a power forward at this stage. Wh LeBron Jam, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanrbilt and Trean Prce already the fold, feels as if Gay would be more of a veteran prence than someone who would really make a difference on the urt.

The prry for the Lakers is surely still to brg a big man, but if they are unable to e to terms wh the right one, a reliable veteran like Gay is far om the worst kd of player they n sign. While there may be tert Gay, the Lakers have already brought a 3-and-D bo forward the form of Prce.

" You n see a screenshot of his ment is not the first time that gay mors have surround the NBA player.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT

Young's photo wh the younger Clarkson was not the first time that gay mors had surround the NBA player. But alas, the team ntu to surprise s fans as the purple and gold are reportedly terted a veteran ee agent who is certaly past his prime: Rudy Rumors: Lakers terted signg Rudy GayGay was jt waived by the Oklahoma Cy Thunr as they cut their roster om over 20 players down to 15.

NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

Los Angel was named as one potential suor for Gay by Michael Stto of Hoops Hype, who reported that Goln State Warrrs, Chigo Bulls, Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelins are also fans should be hopg that Gay signs wh one of the other reported suors as would be a step the wrong directn for the team.

DENNIS RODMAN SAYS HE THKS 10-20% OF PRO ATHLET ARE GAY AND THAT THE NBA IS READY FOR AN OUT ATHLETE

That obvly was not what happened and Pelka smartly pivoted to a younger foc sce really isn’t anythg for Gay to offer this team. This past September, was seven years sce I wrote, this magaze, “The Last Closet, ” a feature about the total sany that, September 2011, there were no openly gay players the four major North Amerin men’s profsnal sports leagu.

Sports seemed like the last bastn of this sort of homophobia left Amerin life, but did seem like that taboo was … looseng, at least, wh sports culture.

A year after that, the Rams drafted openly gay fensive end Michael Sam the seventh round of the NFL draft, and he kissed his boyiend celebratn live on ESPN’s airwav; his jersey quickly beme the send-bt-sellg the NFL.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

There were more openly gay speakers at Tmp’s Republin Natnal Conventn than there are openly gay players men’s sports today. But wh this particular story, there was an unniable unrcurrent of homophobia and transphobia throughout. After all, wasn’t long ago that LeBron Jam — who now is wily nsired a strong LGBT advote — was sayg that if you were gay and not tellg your teammat about , you were beg “untstworthy.

” He, like many players, has changed his tune sce then — Jam, forever a bsman, certaly saw the public relatns value evolvg as well — but ’s still rather mon to hear anti-gay sentiment om players; Amar’e Stoumire had to apologize for remarks he ma jt last year.

9 BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT AS GAY

But to learn that the league’s most hard-re fans appear to be as ristant to an openly gay player as some of his hypothetil teammat would be … well, we may have even further to travel than any of realized.

TOP 10 ATHLET WHO ARE RUMORED TO BE GAY

Atralian A-League soccer star Josh Cavallo me out as gay an October vio posted to his social media, beg hailed as the first current male top-flight profsnal soccer player to publicly do so.

"He ntued: "Growg up I always felt the need to hi myself, you know, bee I was ashamed, and ashamed I'll never be able to do what I love and be gay. In a September terview wh USA Today, 25-year-old mor league baseball player beme the only active baseball profsnal to be out as gay!

Natnal Hockey League prospect Le Prokop me out as gay July, the first active player the league to e out. The 28-year-old Natnal Football League player and Rairs fensive leman ma history when he me out as gay on Instagram durg Pri Month, beg the first veteran NFL player to e out as gay while signed to a regular-season ntract.

DWIGHT HOWARD SAYS HE FEEL ‘FREE’ AFTER RUMORS THAT HE WAS GAY

The Bachelor star and former football player (who was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted ee agent and was on the practice squad of the Oakland Rairs and the Philalphia Eagl) me out as gay April, sayg he had fally e to terms wh his sexualy and the "next step all of this was sort of lettg people know. "He wanted everyone to know he was "still the same Colton everybody met on TV" and is "proud to be gay. Hiltz had prevly e out as gay while llege and has been a visible and affirmg prence for gay athlet the past.

Corey Walsh, the 27-year-old pro BMX rir and Vans spokperson, said he isn't normally the type of person to "let people " on his personal life, but felt was important to e out as gay a March Instagram post bee "there are a lot of people still stgglg wh the same suatns" and he "jt wanted to let people know that they are not alone. Champn long track speedskater Conor McDermott-Mostowy never hid beg gay om his fay, iends, and fellow athlet, but he also wasn't one to rate his locker wh rabow Pri flags eher. He ially feared negative stereotyp about gay male athlet but threw those ncerns asi after his two-tle performance at the U.

NBA TRA RUMORS: RUDY GAY ULD ADD SOME VERSATILY TO THE LA CLIPPERS' FENSE

NBA Analysis NetworkThe Oklahoma Cy Thunr are waivg veteran small forward Rudy Gay, acrdg to NBA sir Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Gay is now an unrtricted ee agent, assumg he go unclaimed on waivers, which is played for the Utah Jazz last season. 0 assists 1, 120 gam wh the Memphis Grizzli, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kgs, San Anton Spurs and NEWS & RUMORS: Rudy Gay & Oklahoma Cy Thunr UpdatThe Goln State Warrrs uld pursue Gay, acrdg to Anthony Slater of The Athletic.