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Contents:
- RUDY GAY MAK A BIG FIRST IMPRSN ON THE UTAH JAZZ: ‘HE’S A HELL OF A PLAYER 26 SEASONS ’
- THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT
- RUDYGAY
- IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
RUDY GAY MAK A BIG FIRST IMPRSN ON THE UTAH JAZZ: ‘HE’S A HELL OF A PLAYER 26 SEASONS ’
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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay (8) heads down urt after skg a 3-pot shot, NBA actn between Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors, at Vivt Arena, Salt Lake Cy, on Thursday, Nov.
18, Gay’s but wh the Utah Jazz on Thursday night was, by pretty much all measur, a spectacular succs: 20 pots, five rebounds, two assists jt over 18 mut … ridiculoly effective shootg … solid fendg … and an adorg home crowd absolutely we’re npickg, he wasn’t perfect: He did miss one of his eight shots, after all. I knew that g here, ” Gay said.
I’m ually humble, but …”Rudy Gay, when asked if practice shootg ssns wh Joe Ingl helped him go 5-6 om ep tonight: “Joe’s a good shooter, but … Like I said earlier, I’m no slouch, man. An already-strong bench featurg Sixth Man of the Year Jordan Clarkson, 6MOY nner-up Ingl, effective backup big man Hassan Whi, and now-former rotatn stalwart Eric Paschall jt got weaponized that much the Jazz personnel who spoke after the game found somethg different to like about Gay’s game:“Rudy [brgs] shot-makg abily, floor spacg, ” noted Ingl. ”Gay’s personal self-asssment afterward clud plds for not beg a ball-stopper — keepg movg by eher fdg teammat or quickly pullg the trigger himself — as well as his adaptabily beg able to mh wh whoever he found himself on the urt wh.
THUNR WAIVE RUDY GAY, VETERAN BE FREE AGENT
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“I’m gonna be hont wh y’all: This is one of the tought offseasons and starts of a season I’ve ever been a part of, ” said Gay. 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. 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. The Dubs have been lked to Gay the past.
Gay was teammat wh Warrrs stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson on the 2014 FIBA World Cup Team. After a recent tra wh Atlanta to grab Usman Gaba, TyTy Washgton and Rudy Gay, Oklahoma Cy is overmted on guaranteed roster slots, ” Slater wrote.
RUDYGAY
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”NBA NEWS & RUMORS: Rudy Gay & Oklahoma Cy Thunr UpdatGoln State trad Jordan Poole to the Washgton Wizards for Chris Pl this summer. It will be tertg to see if Goln State adds Gay to the roster for some forward the latt NBA analysis, breakg news, and sir rmatn? 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.
IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?
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.