This season has been particularly troubling as Gay has a 38.8 per cent field goal percentage, well off his career average of 44.7 per cent. While Gay often put up big scoring numbers, it often took him a lot of shots to do it. He was ranked second on the Raptors in scoring (19.5) and rebounds (7.4) this season. Gay scored 20 or more points 27 times for the Raptors, with four games of 30 or more points. Gay posted averages of 19.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 35.0 minutes in 51 contests (50 starts) with Toronto. Augustin.Ī first-round pick of the Houston Rockets in 2006, Gay came to Toronto from Memphis on January 30 in a three-team deal that sent Ed Davis to the Grizzlies and Jose Calderon to Detroit. The team also announced Monday that it has waived back-up point guard D.J. The six-foot-eight, 230-pound Gay was the Raptors' highest paid player with a contract that pays him $17.8 million US this season with a $19.3-million player option for next season.
The move will free up significant cap space for the Raptors. Gay averaged 19.4 points per game, 7.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Raptors this season. They have a lot of young pieces and I'm glad to be a part of it." "I have a couple guys with me that came with me. "Excited to say the least," Gay told reporters in Sacramento before the Kings hosted the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. Raptors GM Masai Ujiriįor his part, Gay was looking forward to a fresh start with the Kings. Everyone could see there wasn't much sync there. To be fair on Rudy, he wasn't having the normal shooting years that he's had.That wasn't necessarily the case on what made our decision. The Raptors receive guards John Salmons and Greivis Vasquez, forward Patrick Patterson and centre Chuck Hayes in return. The seven-player deal also sees centre Aaron Gray and forward Quincy Acy head to the Kings. Ujiri said there were issues with spacing on the floor, and also acknowledged the suggestions that Gay and guard DeMar DeRozan did many of the same things on the court. "Phenomenal talented player, it just wasn't working," Ujiri said at a press conference Monday. So Ujiri pulled off his second major trade since joining the Raptors in the off-season, sending Gay and his sizable contract to the Sacramento Kings. But he said that the Raptors were lacking in chemistry, and changes had to come. Ujiri said he didn't have a problem with Gay's talent level or attitude. The roster assembled post both trades is bound to certainly raise the hopes of many Kings fans when it comes to this season.Rudy Gay and the Toronto Raptors just didn't work out, according to team general manager Masai Ujiri. So he is definitely a happy onlooker with regards to this trade. With Vasquez traded, Isiah Thomas starts as point guard, a position earned and well deserved. Since his twilight years in Memphis, Gay’s stock across the league has sunk as more teams with each game realize the true value of a player who averages 19 points at 38.8% shooting. Kings general manager Pete D’Alessandro believes the management owed this aggressive approach to the fans.Ĭhuck Hayes was the only player traded who had a contract past the coming off-season, so if Gay was to take the player option of 19.3 million dollars, this trade is nothing but a bold gamble.
The Sacramento Kings’ two trades this month acquiring Derrick Williams from Minnesota Timberwolves and now Rudy Gay from Toronto as made their line-up extremely athletic.