LA Lakers to host team’s first Gay LGBT Pri Night - Outsports

Contents:

• LAKERS ULD BE TERTED RUDY GAY
• LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY
• LOS ANGEL LAKERS EXPRS INTERT FREE AGENT RUDY GAY
• KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

LAKERS ULD BE TERTED RUDY GAY

The acpanyg vio was clearly of gay and bisexual Black men, wh Edwards addg addnal disgt to his mentary.

Aga, to be clear, the Lakers’ Pri Night was termed before Edwards’ anti-gay screed was posted on social media. And now ’s perfectly timed as the club reprentg Wt Hollywood and one of the largt LGBT muni the untry hosts a preason game agast the latt NBA player to publicly share homophobic ments. While Edwards, the Timberwolv and the NBA have all refed to ll Edwards’ language homophobic or any way acknowledge the LGBT muny — not one of them have sce the cint — ’s been clear the muny is not thrilled wh any of , as evinced by the terrific lumn by Star-Tribune wrer Chris He.

LAKERS AMONG TEAMS LKED TO RUDY GAY

Rudy Gay, Goln State Warrrs (Photo by Thearon W. The Utah Jazz waived veteran forward Rudy Gay, settg him up to pick between several potential ntenrs ee agency. The Los Angel Lakers, Goln State Warrrs, Chigo Bulls, New Orleans Pelins, and Dallas Mavericks are among the teams lookg to Gay.

8 pick the 2006 NBA Draft is about to enter his 17th profsnal the ee agent market has oled down signifintly after the ial surge — partially due to the Damian Lillard and Jam Harn tra stalemat — Gay is certaly a player worth Rumors: Warrrs, Lakers among teams terted ee agent Rudy GayOf the teams listed, Goln State and Los Angel reprent the bt opportuny for Gay to pete for his first NBA champnship.

Wh very few personal aclas on his résumé spe a long and productive reer, one has to image Gay is termed to pete at the hight level. Listed at 6-foot-8 and 250 pounds, Gay is limed primarily to one or two posns on fense pendg on the matchup.

LOS ANGEL LAKERS EXPRS INTERT FREE AGENT RUDY GAY

If Gay isn’t htg 3s, his value is extremely limed at this stage of his reer. There’s somethg to be said for veteran know-how and Gay’s learship the locker room, but he’s no longer prsurg the rim as a driver or creatg his own looks.

The talented three-level srer of old is firmly the past; Gay is a stretch-4 who shot below 26 percent om ep his age-36 season.

He’s probably approachg his last go-around the said, Gay did receive a steady dose of mut last season when healthy. Wh limed forward pth beyond Patrick Williams, the Bulls pecially uld have room for Gay to play real mut.

KOBE BRYANT FED $100,000 FOR GAY SLUR

Whether or not the Bulls — or any team — should be playg Gay real mut at this pot is an open qutn, but he has earned the benef of the doubt over the last two s. Gay is quietly one of the longt-tenured and most dividually productive players left the NBA.

Another player the Lakers reportedly uld have tert is veteran forward Rudy Gay, who was released by the Oklahoma Cy Thunr on Wednday. “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, ” wrote Michael Stto. Gay has played 17 seasons the NBA, and although he’s greatly dimished pared to the player he was several years ago, perhaps he uld play a role siar to the one Jared Dudley had when they won the NBA champnship durg the 2019-20 season.

Follow him on Twter » Ohm's chat archive »LOS ANGELES -- After he ma history by beg the first openly gay active male athlete North Ameri's four major profsnal sports 2014, Jason Colls thought there would be more profsnal gay male athlet to follow he proudly celebrated the Los Angel Lakers' first Pri Night when he was honored by the anizatn Thursday, Colls said he has been ntact wh and supports other athlet who have yet to e out. Colls, who is a Global Ambassador and diversy advote for the NBA, returned to the se where he played his first game as an openly gay male athlete after he signed a 10-day ntract wh the Brooklyn Nets and faced the Lakers on Feb. Mnota Uned FC midfielr Coll Mart is currently the only openly gay profsnal male athlete North Ameri after he beme the send openly gay player Major League Soccer history, followg Robbie Rogers of the LA Galaxy.

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

Colls, though, hop gay male athlet n e forward and receive the same reactn that many WNBA players have. "The NBA has fed players the past for g gay slurs. In 2011, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant was fed $100, 000 for a gay slur and the star apologized and said his actns were out of tratn durg the heat of the game and didn't reflect his feelgs toward 2015, Rajon Rondo was ejected om a game and then spend for one game whout pay after "directg a rogatory and offensive term toward a game official and not leavg the urt a timely manner upon his ejectn" while wh the Sacramento Kgs.

"Colls said part of his ambassador role is to talk to g NBA rooki to create awarens and sensivy when to g homophobic slurs. "In the NBA currently, the mimum fe is $50, 000 if someone is ught g homophobic language.

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. Perhaps this is a role and avenue that Gay n also provi value like he did for a young Jazz team.

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.