Rudy Gay, Oklahoma Cy Thunr, SF - News, Stats, B

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• 'I PLAYED WH FOR 5 YEARS': RUDY GAY'S SURGERY WAS TO FIX LONG-TERM ISSUE
• RUDY GAY SAYS OFFSEASON SURGERY ALLOWS HIM TO HAVE A H START WH THE JAZZ
• PATIENT SPURS NO SH TO BRG BACK RUDY GAY OM DREAD ACHILL JURY
• RUDY GAY
• JAZZ'S RUDY GAY: LIMED WH FOOT JURY
• RUDY GAY SHOWG HE'S PAST ACHILL JURY, AND SPURS ARE REAPG THE REWARDS

'I PLAYED WH FOR 5 YEARS': RUDY GAY'S SURGERY WAS TO FIX LONG-TERM ISSUE

archived form do not nstute a republitn of the LAKE CITY — At the end of last season, Rudy Gay was too long he felt the naggg be e om his right heel — an endls remr of the jury he first staed late 2017, and the one that jt wouldn't go away.

RUDY GAY SAYS OFFSEASON SURGERY ALLOWS HIM TO HAVE A H START WH THE JAZZ

Wh Gay set to go to a new team over the summer, he figured enough was enough — new team, new heel, or at least a fixed heel. Gay elected to have surgery to clean up the lgerg issue.

"I see myself as a very tough guy, " Gay said. Gay has missed the first two preaosn gam, will miss the fal two, and at least the openg part of the regular season as he ntu to heal om the Jazz, though, don't need him October. But they will e May and stead of wcg through yet another season, Gay wants to be fully healthy when the playoffs roll around.

"Gay was one of the last players to leave the urt Friday followg practice.

PATIENT SPURS NO SH TO BRG BACK RUDY GAY OM DREAD ACHILL JURY

Over and over went wh Gay srg a myriad of good news: He never looked hampered by his right heel or appeared disfort. The bad: That might not be the bt was December 2017 that Gay was diagnosed wh right retrolneal bursis. The next season, Gay end up missg a preason game due to an flamed bursa his right heel, but was ready by the season short, if he uld play through the pa, he would — and did.

This is, after all, the same player who tore his left Achill January 2017 and was back by the begng of the next while Gay uld likely ntue to play wh the disfort, he's hopg the surgery will put an end to all — even if he had to go through some more pa to get that pot. It hurts, " Gay said.

"The Jazz are takg a long-term approach to Gay's revery.

RUDY GAY

I don't work a sk job, so I unrstand people expect me to go out there and play, " Gay now, he's a spectator at gam and durg some portns of practice. Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay (8) s as he talks durg Utah Jazz media media day at Vivt Arena Salt Lake Cy on Monday, Sept. Once Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay is cleared to play aga, he expects he’ll be feelg better than June, Gay had surgery on his right heel and is still reverg om that procre.

The surgery wasn’t prompted by any sort of jury, stead was meant to clean up thgs that have been plagug Gay for a while now. “I never got hurt, ” Gay said after Jazz practice on Friday. Gay started havg trouble wh the right heel back 2017 when he missed nearly seven weeks when pa ed by retrolneal bursis siled him.

JAZZ'S RUDY GAY: LIMED WH FOOT JURY

That persistent pa, pl a bone spur the right heel meant that Gay has been playg wh at least some level of pa for the past five havg the problem areas cleaned up his heel, Gay feels like ’ll be a chance to have a h start Utah, a place where he has felt immediately weled by the team and achg staff, a place where he feels like he’s able to be more himself than he has through the latter part of his reer.

Bee Gay feels like the f wh the Jazz is such a good marriage, ’s validated his cisn to have the offseason procre. “This is a good team whout me, ” Gay said. “It’s surgery at the end of the day, ” Gay said wh a lgh.

RUDY GAY SHOWG HE'S PAST ACHILL JURY, AND SPURS ARE REAPG THE REWARDS

Gay has been able to n and do dividual work on the urt through trag mp and the preason but hasn’t been cleared for full ntact he’s not worried about the Jazz beg able to w gam whout him, Gay did make a pot to say that he’s the same player who me back om a ptured left achill 2017 pretty short orr, so he’s not lookg to drag out the revery procs any longer than needs to Jazz have said that while Gay will not play durg the preason and isn’t expected to be ready for the season opener at home agast the Oklahoma Cy Thunr on Oct. 20, he is expected to make a return to play the early part of the 2021-22 he’s pletely revered and able to play, Gay should be able to do so whout the disfort that’s been naggg him for the last several seasons.

Sarah Todd: Jazz jury report: OUT – Rudy Gay QUESTIONABLE – Donovan Mchell (right ankle spra) QUESTIONABLE – Royce O’Neale (right ankle spra) PROBABLE – Jared Butler (non-COVID related illns) PROBABLE – Hassan Whi (left ankle spra) OUT – Udoka Azubuike (G League). RJ Marquez: Rudy Gay upgrad to PROBABLE for Tuday’s Spurs game at Memphis.