Utah Jazz: Rudy Gay says offseason surgery lets him have a h start - Deret News

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• RUDY GAY SAYS OFFSEASON SURGERY ALLOWS HIM TO HAVE A H START WH THE JAZZ
• RUDY GAY OUT TWO WEEKS WH FGER INJURY, JAZZ ANNOUNCE
• RUDY GAY
• RUDY GAY ISN’T EXPECTED BACK SOON, BUT HE TELLS UTAH JAZZ FANS NOT TO BE WORRIED
• JAZZ'S RUDY GAY: LIMED WH FOOT JURY

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

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.

RUDY GAY OUT TWO WEEKS WH FGER INJURY, JAZZ ANNOUNCE

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.

RUDY GAY

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.

RUDY GAY ISN’T EXPECTED BACK SOON, BUT HE TELLS UTAH JAZZ FANS NOT TO BE WORRIED

“This is a good team whout me, ” Gay said.

“It’s surgery at the end of the day, ” Gay said wh a lgh.

JAZZ'S RUDY GAY: LIMED WH FOOT JURY

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.

SALT LAKE CITY – Rudy Gay will miss at least the next two weeks wh a fger jury the Utah Jazz announced on Thursday.