Sacramento Kings Report Card: Rudy Gay
By Tyler Watts
This series examines the Sacramento Kings players’ most recent season giving them a performance grade. Today we will take a look at Rudy Gay.
It was a whirlwind of a season for Rudy Gay. The preseason outlook was rosy for Mister Gay, but then he informed the Kings management he would opt out after the season and likely not return. Gay still had this season to play out, though. He was efficient on the court until a torn his Achilles ended his season in January.
Today, we will just focus on his on-court exploits, and at the end, I will briefly discuss how the injury might affect his play and contract situation going forward.
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Let us first look at Rudy Gay’s performance on both ends of the floor a little more in-depth to see what grade he should earn.
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: For this series, the players on the Kings will be graded on a curve, meaning that the grades handed out to each player reflect more about their ranking on the team rather than their actual performance output.