But his next contract could land him in excess of $16 to $18 million per year in the new fiscal climate. He won’t command max money like some of his peers, and there won’t be as much cap space floating around relative to last year. Nor will they pony up significant assets just to have the right to offer Gay the most cash this July. Interested suitors, however, won’t mortgage the farm for an imminent flight risk. That will appeal to better teams, such as the Pacers, Rockets and Thunder, who can offer him more open looks off the catch.
He is shooting better than 45 percent from the field and knocking down almost 35 percent of his triples while playing for a Kings team that doesn’t generate a ton of quality shots. He has a player option worth nearly $14.3 million he is expected to decline, giving him leverage over the Kings leading up to the trade deadline.īut that also makes it difficult to gauge his value. Gay has been considered available ever since he made known his intention to leave Sacramento this summer. I don’t think they have the pieces to trade.”
“Houston has had some peripheral interest. Indiana has had interest in him,” Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski said on his recent podcast. Speaking about the Sacramento Kings forward’s availability on a recent episode of The Vertical Podcast, Adrian Wojnarowski noted that the Indiana Pacers, Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder have all shown interest in acquiring his services.
The Rudy Gay sweepstakes may be heating up.