Thunr Waive Rudy Gay | Hoops Rumors

Contents:

• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
• RUDY GAY HEAD TO THUNR, PATTY MILLS TO ATLANTA
• THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT
• RUDY GAY
• UTAH JAZZ ADDG RUDY GAY, LOSG GE NIANG EE AGENCY
• UTAH JAZZ, RUDY GAY AGREE TO 2-YEAR AL NBA EE AGENCY

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY

JULY 20: The Thunr have officially released Gay, per a prs statement.

JULY 19: The Thunr are waivg forward Rudy Gay, sourc tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twter lk). Gay, who turns 37 next month, has been trad twice this offseason. As Joe Msatto of The Oklahoman tweets, releasg Gay will open up a roster spot, which the Thunr will e to officially sign Jack Whe.

Gay has had a long and highly productive NBA reer, often poppg up on lists of the bt players to have never been an All-Star. His productn slipped as well, wh Gay postg reer lows virtually every major statistic over the past two mpaigns. Overall, Gay has appeared 1120 regular season ntts, cludg 779 starts, wh reer averag of 15.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

Gay is virtually certa to go unclaimed on the waiver wire, as he’ll earn a guaranteed $6, 479, 000 ’23/24, which is the fal year of his ntract. Anthony Slater of The Athletic prevly intified the Warrrs as a team that might be terted Gay if he were to h the open market. One such piece — and a highly-predictable one, at that — is veteran forward Rudy Gay, who was recently waived by the Oklahoma Cy Thunr, after beg ed as filler two different offseason tras: first when the Utah Jazz shipped him to the Atlanta Hawks the John Colls al, and then when the Hawks sent him to the Thunr the Patty Mills tra.

Dpe beg a 17-year veteran — he was drafted one year after Chris Pl, and one pick ahead of Patrick O’Bryant — Gay has never shared an NBA locker room wh any Warrrs. Not only have they played (and ached) agast him for years, but Gay was teammat wh Steph Curry and Klay Thompson on the Team USA squad that won gold at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and also teammat wh Curry (and Andre Iguodala) on the gold medal-wng 2010 team. Perhaps most importantly, Gay spent four seasons — four recent seasons, crilly — playg for the San Anton Spurs and Steve Kerr’s mentor, Gregg Popovich.

If the Warrrs are terted Gay, you n bet that Kerr and Pop have talked about , and about how he handled the swch om high-volume starter/srer to veteran bench piece. That is, theory, the biggt benef of Gay: beg a tsty and smart vet that n fill the Iguodala role.

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

Which is good, bee ’s unclear if Gay has anythg left the tank on the urt.

RUDY GAY HEAD TO THUNR, PATTY MILLS TO ATLANTA

It’s easy to make the se for Gay, sce the Warrrs rotatn seems pretty set as is, wh an 11-player rotatn of Curry, Pl, Thompson, Wiggs, Green, Kumga, Moody, Kevon Looney, Gary Payton II, Dar Šarić, and Cory Joseph.

If the Dubs want Gay, he’d probably be an easy target. Here’s a staggerg stat: Gay is 68th NBA history regular season gam played, wh 1, 120.

THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT

There’s also a cent chance that Gay go unsigned, and that the Dubs uld brg him to trag mp on a non-guaranteed al to get a better look at him. Should the Warrrs sign Rudy Gay? NBA Rumors: Jam Harn tra talks, Joel Embiid, PJ Tucker, Rudy Gay, Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, more.

Below is the latt tel gathered by HoopsHype on the Harn tra talks and how they uld affect Joel Embiid and PJ Tucker, ee agency updat on Rudy Gay, Edmond Sumner, and Nerlens Noel, along wh not on the Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, Mavericks, and more on HoopsHype. 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. Gay was healthy last season m a fger jot spra that siled him for two weeks and a member of Utah’s rotatn through most of last season.

Shams Charania announced on Wednday that the Oklahoma Cy Thunr had waived Rudy Gay.

RUDY GAY

It would not be surprisg to see the Timberwolv show tert signg the veteran Gay uld be a good f for the Timberwolv’ fal roster spot.

But if they are unable to fd one that sus them, Rudy Gay would be another solid 17-year league vet is steppg to the twilight of his reer, and Mnota uld end up beg a good f for him as his playg days wd down. Most fans probably remember Gay as a high-flyg dunker om his earlier days. While his athleticism took a h after his Achill jury 2017, Gay adapted his game to rema a high-level role player wh the Spurs om 2017 to even showed flash of beg a serviceable rotatn player wh Utah last season.

UTAH JAZZ ADDG RUDY GAY, LOSG GE NIANG EE AGENCY

5 ln on their fal roster spot, so gettg Rudy Gay on a mimum al should be feasible. Rudy Gay head to Thunr, Patty Mills to Atlanta.

The Atlanta Hawks are tradg TyTy Washgton, Usman Gaba, Rudy Gay and a send-round pick to the Oklahoma Cy Thunr for Patty Mills, sourc tell ESPN. Ma Rumors, Draft, Patty Mills, Tra, Patrick Mills, Rudy Gay, TyTy Washgton, Usman Gaba, Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma Cy Thunr.

UTAH JAZZ, RUDY GAY AGREE TO 2-YEAR AL NBA EE AGENCY

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. 7% om the ee-throw 36-year-old Gay has reer averag of 15.