Along with Greg Oden, current Grizzlies Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph, there was - you guessed it - Rudy Gay. During the show, Conley was asked about his Mount Rushmore of Teammates. Conley recently dropped by the Pardon My Take podcast with PFT Commenter and Barstool Big Cat. The Grizzlies SHOULD sign Rudy in spite of all of this because: Why add another one who’s already been a headache for this team in a past life? The Grizzlies already have one injured scrub on their roster. Now, I know what you’re probably thinking. The injury is only going to accelerate that decline. Rudy will be 31 at the start of next season, meaning he’s likely on the decline in terms of production. Most of his numbers, both advanced and per-36, are slightly better than his time in Memphis. Rudy spent his prime athletic years in Sacramento, and the numbers bear that out. Rookie players are generally bad, and including that season tends to skew the Memphis sample downward in a direction I don’t think is indicative of Rudy’s overall time in Memphis. Please note, for the purposes of this comparison, I’ve excluded Gay’s rookie season. So, the question then becomes, should the Grizzlies bring Rudy home?įirst, let’s take a moment to look at some of his advanced and per-36 stats from his first stint in Memphis compared to his time in Sacramento.
It’s a stretch, but coming off the injury, Rudy may be willing to take a discount, making him a possibility for the Grizzlies in free agency.
BUT the Grizzlies should be able to use their full MLE (around $8 million per year) this offseason. Ordinarily, a player of Rudy Gay’s caliber (whatever meaning you want to attach to that phrase) would be out of the Grizzlies’ price range given their current roster and cap constraints. Namely, Rudy Gay, former Grizzly, is now available on the open market. Now, we could spend all day talking about how terrible the Kings organization is if a player coming off a major injury just declined a $14 million option, but there’s a much more important aspect of this news. Courtney Lee added 20 while Enes Kanter posted a double-double of 17 points and 13 rebounds.Days before free agency officially began, Rudy Gay announced that he would be declining his player option in Sacramento, walking away from a $14.3 million one-year deal in spite of the fact that he ruptured his Achilles tendon in January. Porzingis made 11 of 21 shots, including four 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 34 points on 21 shots as New York routed Sacramento. Khris Middleton added 13 points while Eric Bledsoe contributed 11 in his home debut for Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points to lead the Bucks, who also got 16 off the bench from Malcolm Brogdon.
He had 13 points and 11 assists at the time.īall eclipsed the mark set by LeBron James, who was 20 years, 20 days old when he recorded a triple-double Jan. Rookie Lonzo Ball became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double, finishing with 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Lakers were dealt a 98-90 loss by the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.īall, who is 20 years, 15 days old, completed the triple-double by getting his 10th rebound early in the fourth. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-USA TODAY Sports Dallas, TX, USA Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) goes to the basket for a slam dunk in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center.