Rudy Gay has determined to name it a profession, in line with Shams Charania of ESPN, who reports that the veteran NBA ahead is retiring. Homosexual confirmed the information with an article in The Players’ Tribune.
Homosexual, 38, was the eighth general choose within the 2006 draft out of UConn. He started his skilled profession with the Grizzlies and spent his first six-and-a-half seasons in Memphis earlier than being despatched to the Raptors earlier than the 2013 commerce deadline.
The ahead was flipped to Sacramento lower than a yr later and spent three-and-a-half seasons with the Kings (2013-17) earlier than transferring to San Antonio in the course of the 2017 offseason. He wrapped up his NBA profession by enjoying for the Spurs for 4 seasons (2017-21) and the Jazz for 2 years (2021-23).
Homosexual was in camp with the Warriors in the course of the fall of 2023 however didn’t make the common season roster and hasn’t performed for an NBA staff since then. Nonetheless, he was nonetheless being paid by the Thunder in 2023-24 after being waived in July 2023 with assured cash left on his contract.
All through his 17 NBA seasons, Homosexual compiled 17,642 profession factors, which locations him 91st on the league’s all-time scoring record, proper behind Magic Johnson and Shawn Marion. Homosexual averaged 15.8 PPG throughout 1,120 common season outings (779 begins), with a capturing line of .452/.346/.799. He additionally chipped in 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.1 steals per contest.
Homosexual nonetheless ranks among the many Grizzlies’ all-time franchise leaders in a handful of statistical classes, together with factors (fifth), rebounds (fifth), and steals (fourth). He averaged at the least 20 factors per recreation in three seasons, together with in 2014-15, when he put up a career-best 21.1 PPG for the Kings.
The 6-foot-8 ahead by no means made an All-Star Recreation however completed third in Rookie of the 12 months voting in 2007 and was named to the All-Rookie First Group. His profession earnings exceeded $184M, per Basketball-Reference.
“I’m 38 years previous,” Homosexual wrote in his Gamers’ Tribune article. “That’s nowhere even close to mid-career for most individuals’s skilled lives. So, the best way I see it, I’ve received lots of work forward of me. I simply want to determine what precisely meaning.
“Possibly it’s public talking, or media, or enterprise. We’re gonna see. I’ve a contracting firm, an actual property firm. I’ve the PickUp USA Health fitness center in Towson, Maryland. There are a bunch of issues I’ve already begun devoting a while to. Now it’s only a matter of discovering one massive new factor that I like, after which throwing my power into it.”
