SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento Kgs general manager Pete D'Alsandro took a lculated risk when he acquired veteran forward Rudy Gay om the Toronto Raptors a seven-player tra last December. That risk paid off Wednday when Gay signed a three-year, $40 ln extensn to stay Sacramento through the 2016-17 season. "When you're lookg at somewhere you n be for an extend amount of years, you look at where you are now and where you uld be the future," Gay said. "I thk this team uld be really good the future." The Kgs view Gay as a send rnerstone to their anchise alongsi center DeMarc Cos, who is the first year of a four-year, $62 ln ntract extensn he signed last summer. Gay is excellg early, averagg 21.8 pots, 3.6 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game. Signg Gay to an extensn now elimat a potential distractn as the season progrs. "What we have gog on here is somethg different and I thk everyone has sensed that om the begng of the year, om trag mp to now," D'Alsandro said. "We're really happy and pleased by what we're seeg as a team and how we're growg." Wh the backg of the Kgs, Gay joed Cos wh Team USA this summer after Indiana Pacers forward Pl Gee was lost to jury and NBA MVP Kev Durant stepped away om the team. "The day that Kev (Durant) pulled out, Vivek (Ranadive) lled me and said, 'We need you there'," Gay relled. "That really weighed on me. I wasn't even thkg about . I didn't thk of the possibily of me dog . I've done before. But then I thought of what uld do for this team this year." Gay and Cos went on to anchor the natnal team's send un as Team USA won the gold medal the World Cup Spa. The eighth overall selectn the 2006 NBA draft, Gay played the first six-pl seasons of his reer a Memphis Grizzli uniform before movg on to the Raptors a mid-season tra on Jan. 30, 2013. In 51 gam wh Toronto, Gay stggled to fd his shot as a number one optn. Wh a $19.3 ln player optn loomg for the 2014-15 season, the Raptors moved Gay to Sacramento along wh Aaron Gray and Qucy Acy for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hay. Toronto fished last season first the Atlantic Divisn before bowg out the first round of the playoffs. Gay has found a home Sacramento alongsi Cos, newly acquired Darren Collison and send-year guard Ben McLemore. All four players are now unr ntract for the 2016-17 season when the Kgs move to their new arena. The first two seasons of Gay's new extensn are guaranteed, but the third year is a player optn that allows the 28-year-old wg to explore his optns unr the new NBA televisn ntract. For now, he is happy to be a Sacramento Kg and se a bright future for the anchise. "We've ma stris to beg a good team," Gay said. "It tak a lot more work, but I do feel like we uld be a ntenr the Wt at some pot if we keep progrsg at the rate we've been."
Contents:
- BACK SACRAMENTO, RUDY GAY REFLECTS ON TIME WH KGS: ‘A LOT OF LEARNG'
- A FAL GOODBYE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUDY GAY
- RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL
- RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
- KGS 'EXCED' TO ADD RUDY GAY
- RUDY GAY TRAD TO KGS
- RUDY GAY
- RUDY GAY, KGS REACH EXTENSN
- RUDY GAY HAPPY TO BE WH SACRAMENTO KGS
BACK SACRAMENTO, RUDY GAY REFLECTS ON TIME WH KGS: ‘A LOT OF LEARNG'
SACRAMENTO — The last time Kgs fans saw Rudy Gay a basketball uniform, he was poundg the floor of the Goln 1 Center tratn after tearg his... * rudy gay sacramento kings *
SACRAMENTO -- The last time Kgs fans saw Rudy Gay a basketball uniform, he was poundg the floor of the Goln 1 Center tratn after tearg his right Achill tendon.
It was the dramatic ncln of Gay’s reer Sacramento, one that left even the most harned fan filled wh emotn.
A FAL GOODBYE AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RUDY GAY
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“I’ve never even been the other si of this buildg, so I’m learng, ” Gay said followg shootaround. Gay, 31, spent three and a half seasons Sacramento uniform, playg Rob to DeMarc Cos’ Batman.
RUDY GAY TO KGS 7-PLAYER AL
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. * rudy gay sacramento kings *
“It was a learng experience, ” Gay said of his time Sacramento. Dpe the jury, Gay has been cleared for basketball duti. “They say not, I say y, that’s jt what I do, I’m more nservative, ” Popovich said as to whether Gay’s playg time should be limed.
Gay will not play Monday night Sacramento.
Sacramento travels to San Anton later the week where they’ll see Gay and his teammat at the AT&T Center on Friday eveng.
RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
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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.
KGS 'EXCED' TO ADD RUDY GAY
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Overall, Gay has appeared 1120 regular season ntts, cludg 779 starts, wh reer averag of 15.8 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.1 SPG and 0.7 BPG on .452/.346/.799 shootg 30.9 MPG. 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.
The first time I rell watchg Rudy Gay play, he was #8 on the Sacramento Kgs.
RUDY GAY TRAD TO KGS
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Coverg the NBA sce 1995Dec 8, 2013, 07:54 PM ETThe Toronto Raptors have trad Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kgs, the teams announced Monday, ls than 24 hours after they reached an al volv seven players, wh the Kgs sendg John Salmons, Greivis Vasquez, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hay to Toronto exchange for Gay, Aaron Gray and Qucy Acy. It was required to be a large tra to acmodate Gay's salary, which is more than $17 ln this, Gray and Acy will not be uniform when the Kgs host the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.
Sports earlier reported the Raptors are givg up on Gay ls than a year after tradg for him and are sentially offloadg his ntract, which has another year and $20 ln on , for three players who will be ee agents after this Kgs get a high-volume srer Gay and n pair him wh newly acquired forward Derrick Williams the onturt along wh DeMarc Cos. Gay, who was trad last January by the Memphis Grizzli a siar money dump, is one of the hight-paid players the league. "The tra for Gay was one of the last acts of former Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo, who rigned last summer.
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 Michael Stto @ HoopsHype.
RUDY GAY, KGS REACH EXTENSN
Reportg on tra talks surroundg Jam Harn and how they uld affect Joel Embiid and PJ Tucker, not on the Lakers, Warrrs, Bucks, and Mavericks, pl ee agency updat on Rudy Gay, Edmond Sumner, and more on @hoopshype.
The Thunr officially sign Jack Whe and waive Rudy Gay: – 6:07 PM. Thunr officially signs Jack Whe, waiv Rudy Gay – 6:07 PM.
Oklahoma Cy Thunr waived Rudy Gay sportando. #YeaVsNayFlow Should the Sixers nsir signg Rudy Gay? Rudy Gay is the first of several roster partur the Thunr will need to make (via @The_ThunrWire):.
RUDY GAY HAPPY TO BE WH SACRAMENTO KGS
The Oklahoma Cy Thunr has signed forward Jack Whe to a multi-year ntract and waived forward Rudy Gay, was announced today by Executive Vice Print and General Manager Sam Prti. Shams Charania: The Oklahoma Cy Thunr have waived Rudy Gay, sourc tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.