But Gay is not at the caliber of the others on the list. Here’s the list of players that averaged more than 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 free-throw attempts during the 2013-14 season:Īnd … Gay during his 55-game stretch with the Kings. Gay is a seven year veteran without an identity or specific skillset that can be leveraged to win games. He can do a lot of things but he can’t do any single one of them exceptionally well. He likes to bring the ball up the court even though he shouldn’t be trusted with such responsibilities with any sort of regularity. He should be able to play power forward in small lineups and even post-up on either the left or right block with decent success. Gay is only 27 years old, as athletic as anybody in the league and has averaged 17 or more points-per-game for seven consecutive years in the league. I’m just happy he’s gone and that his success or failure is no longer my concern. Why did Gay get better in Sacramento? I have no idea. By all accounts, Gay is a great teammate and person so I didn’t resent his success despite deeply rooted hurt and horrid memories. Gay was so bad that the Raptors became better just by trading him and distributing his shots to players already on the roster.īut then Gay started playing well in Sacramento and I became genuinely happy for him, mostly because I was happier with the direction of the Raptors. Trust me when I say this, it was worse than watching Josh Smith this year. He posted up, he took threes, he handled the ball – Gay did all these things poorly and voluminously.
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He took horrible shots, refused to move the ball around the perimeter, looked off Jonas Valanciunas in the post and held the ball too low on drives to the basket causing him to get stripped multiple times a game.
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Watching Gay play basketball for about five weeks this year with the Raptors is easily the most frustrating sports experience of my life. I was mad at Coach Dwane Casey for idly observing the crime scene without acting to prevent it, mad at myself for caring and appreciative for LeBron’s sister abigal “green light” kiss of death when he said he would score 60 points if he took 37 shots. On November 11, 2013, Rudy Gay attempted 37 shots (made 11 of them) in a single basketball game and simultaneously almost ended my relationship with hoop.