<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/michael-porter-jr-jabari-smith-jr-called-out-by-carmelo-anthony-rudy-gay');   ga('set', 'title', 'Michael Porter Jr., Jabari Smith Jr. hilariously called out by Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Michael-Porter-Jr.-Jabari-Smith-Jr.-hilariously-called-out-by-Carmelo-Anthony-Rudy-Gay.jpg"></figure><h1>Michael Porter Jr., Jabari Smith Jr. hilariously called out by Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-13T16:28:04-08:00">November 13th, 4:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-13T16:28:04-08:00">November 13th, 4:28pm</time><address><a>Christopher Smith</a>Christopher Smith is an associate editor covering a variety of sports with a beat focus on the Chicago Sky for ClutchPoints. The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2024-25 season is back in full swing, and the league’s young players are continuing to make promising improvements. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-porter-jr-new-body-transformation-training-camp">Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.</a> and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-finals-news-rockets-jabari-smith-jr-reveals-goal-after-attending-mavs-celtics-game-1">Houston Rockets big man Jabari Smith Jr.</a> are on a mission to help their teams climb the Western Conference. However, the two stars were comically called out by Carmelo Anthony and Rudy Gay during a podcast appearance in mid-November.</p><p>Anthony and Gay <a href="https://x.com/7PMinBrooklyn/status/1856809675855204864" rel="noopener">reminisced on times</a> when younger players figuratively called them old, with Gay sharing his Jabari Smith Jr. story first:</p><p>“We played Houston, Jabari Smith. He had just got there. He checked in. It’s the fourth quarter. He was like, “I thought you would try to come at me. I used to watch you growing up. I’m like d***… I’m like, this ain’t 2010,” Gay told Anthony before erupting in laughter on an episode of 7 PM in Brooklyn.</p><p>If Rudy Gay’s story is not interesting enough, Anthony’s will get fans laughing even harder.</p><h2><b>Carmelo Anthony had to educate Michael Porter Jr. </b></h2><p>“The worst is, ‘Yo I ain’t know you still had that’… We playing Denver. This is the first I’ve played them in a long time. Go back. Michael Porter is guarding me. I catch him on like the right elbow and just catch it, post, quick jab, go left, and lay it up. He like, ‘D*** unc, I ain’t know you still had that,” Anthony shared with the group.</p><p>At 26, Michael Porter Jr. is older than 21-year-old Jabari Smith Jr., so the Nuggets forward should have known that Carmelo Anthony did in fact still have one of his signature offensive skills. Nevertheless, both young players were happy to be able to guard two of the most impactful scorers in the mid-2000s era of the NBA.</p><p>The league continues to gain an influx of talent every year. All young players will eventually become veterans, but as illustrated in this comical story, skills can be admired for a long time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Michael Porter Jr., Jabari Smith Jr. hilariously called out by Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-rudy-gay-calls-career-after-17-seasons-with-emotional-thank-you');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA news: Rudy Gay calls it a career after 17 seasons with emotional thank you');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Rudy-Gay-calls-it-a-career-after-17-seasons-with-emotional-thank-you_75f8d7.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA news: Rudy Gay calls it a career after 17 seasons with emotional thank you</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-29T08:49:39-07:00">October 29th, 8:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-29T09:24:01-07:00">October 29th, 9:24am</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rudy<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-make-major-rudy-gay-decision-after-preseason-finale-but-theres-a-catch"> Gay’s NBA career</a> may not have gone exactly the way he wanted, but it was still successful, all things considered. It’s officially in the past, though, as the 38-year-old is walking away from the game.</p><p>Gay is <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1851277831956738099" rel="noopener">retiring after 17 seasons</a>, via ESPN’s Shams Charania.</p><p>“Gay, the No. 8 pick in the 2006 Draft out of UConn, averaged 15.8 points and 5.6 rebounds across 1,120 career games for the [Memphis] Grizzlies, [Toronto] Raptors, [Sacramento] Kings, [San Antonio] Spurs and [Utah] Jazz,” Charania said.</p><p>Gay was drafted eighth overall by the Houston Rockets out of UConn after a standout collegiate career that included consensus second-team All-American honors in 2006. The Rockets traded the Maryland native to Memphis, where he played until 2013. He won NBA All-Rookie First Team honors in 2007.</p><h2><b>Rudy Gay’s NBA career wasn’t perfect, but he’s grateful</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Former-NBA-forward-Rudy-Gay.jpg"><figcaption>© Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Gay opened up <a href="https://www.theplayerstribune.com/rudy-gay-nba-basketball-retirement-announcement" rel="noopener">about the trials and tribulations</a> of his NBA journey, via The Players’ Tribune.</p><p>“My story, it’s not some fairy tale. In the end, I guess I would say it was … complicated. Just in terms of how it all worked out. The injuries sucked, for sure,” he said. And, for whatever reason, there were a number of times when I ended up with teams in the middle of situations that were just not ideal, or teams dealing with some sort of internal turmoil.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rudy-gays-return-to-relevance-comes-off-the-beaten-path">Gay never played on championship-contending</a> squads, as he finished with a career 7-12 playoff record. However, the two-time FIBA World Cup gold medalist had plenty of individual success, setting the Grizzlies’ franchise record for most single-season points (1,632) and highest scoring average (20.1 points) in 2007-08. The injury bug bit him at inopportune times, though, such as when he missed the entire 2011 playoffs after a career year.</p><p>“In those moments, of course it was difficult. And at times it almost felt like it was becoming too much,” Gay admitted. “But at this point? At the end of the line? I can’t be upset about those things forever, you know what I mean? Spend the rest of my life thinking about what-ifs? Be all pissed off and bitter and grumpy? Like, be that guy? No thanks.”</p><p>At the end of the day, Gay lived a dream that only a minuscule percentage of hoopers worldwide have achieved. Why lament over it?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA news: Rudy Gay calls it a career after 17 seasons with emotional thank you

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-rudy-gay-reveals-hilarious-reason-carmelo-anthony-chose-syracuse');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA’s Rudy Gay reveals hilarious reason why Carmelo Anthony chose Syracuse');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/7359968911.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA’s Rudy Gay reveals hilarious reason why Carmelo Anthony chose Syracuse</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-03T14:11:36-07:00">May 3rd, 2:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-03T14:25:10-07:00">May 3rd, 2:25pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Carmelo Anthony etched his name into Syracuse basketball history when he led the program to a National Title during the 2002-03 campaign. However, fans may not know what led the 10-time NBA All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/syracuse-basketball-news-carmelo-anthony-pens-touching-message-after-jim-boeheim-retires">to play for the Orange</a> in the first place.</p><p>NBA veteran Rudy Gay revealed that Anthony may have joined Jim Boeheim’s squad because he knew he wouldn’t <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tboarBZlCEE&amp;t=1259s" rel="noopener">have to play much defense</a>, via Anthony’s <i>7 PM In Brooklyn</i> podcast.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>“We’ve got a mutual friend between our age, that I played AAU with, Draper, and I don’t think he ever told you but I used to pick his brain all the time,” Gay said. “Where’s Melo going, what’s he working on man. For real what school’s he going to? He was like, he’s going to Syracuse, and I was like why is he going there? He says, they play zone, he don’t got to play no defense. Swear to God.”</p><p>While this may initially sound like no more than friendly teasing, the story does check out. Anthony was never known for his defense, as he primarily focused on scoring and individual shot creation, which he did in spades at Syracuse. The two-time USA Male Basketball Athlete of the Year averaged <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/carmelo-anthony-1.html" rel="noopener">22.2 points per game</a> with the team, via Sports Reference.</p><p>The question is, though, how was Gay able to obtain such personal information about Anthony’s decision-making?</p><h2><b>Rudy Gay and Carmelo Anthony’s lives were intertwined before the NBA</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Former-NBA-player-Carmelo-Anthony.jpg"><figcaption>© Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Many fans may not know that Gay and Anthony grew up together in Baltimore. Gay explained on the show that he first met Anthony when he was a freshman in high school.</p><p>“We was at like, them camps,” Gay explained. “You know how we used to have them pop-up camps? So, I get invited. They’re like, ‘Melo gonna be there.’ I’m like, ‘alright, whatever.’ So I meet him, and I was younger…So he playin’, and they told me ‘go get him, go get Melo.’ Melo looked at me and said ‘what? I ain’t coming out.’ So I told myself, in my mind, that I’ma get good enough so he can’t sub me out.”</p><p>Anthony attended Towson Catholic High School before transferring to Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. Gay attended Eastern Technical and Archbishop Spalding High Schools, both in Maryland. Anthony was two years ahead of Gay, but both were top-five recruits in their respective recruiting classes as well as McDonald’s All-American’s.</p><p>Gay admitted that he didn’t want to play defense back then, either, which is why he also considered Syracuse.</p><p>“That’s what he (Draper) told me,” Gay continued. “So I’m like okay cool, cool. So I’m thinking the whole time, I ain’t trying to play no defense neither. But it was between Syracuse, UConn, and Villanova.”</p><p>Gay ended up with the Huskies, where he garnered Big East Rookie of the Year honors. However, it’s still funny that both him and Anthony’s college decisions partially centered around not having to play defense. This story is yet another reminder that while defense wins championships, elite scoring can give some players a pass in that regard.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA’s Rudy Gay reveals hilarious reason why Carmelo Anthony chose Syracuse

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-make-major-rudy-gay-decision-after-preseason-finale-but-theres-a-catch');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors make major Rudy Gay decision after preseason finale, but there’s a catch');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Warriors-news-Golden-State-makes-major-Rudy-Gay-decision-after-preseason-finale-but-there_s-a-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors make major Rudy Gay decision after preseason finale, but there’s a catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-10-20T22:47:38-07:00">October 20th, 10:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-10-21T08:56:27-07:00">October 21st, 8:56am</time><address><a>Jack Winter</a>Jack Winter is a veteran NBA writer and editor based on the West Coast. He currently lives in Oakland, covering the last legs of the Golden State Warriors' dynasty.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rudy Gay won’t be with the Golden State Warriors for the start of the regular season. Neither will fellow veteran Rodney McGruder. Despite <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1715598394859585929" rel="noopener">being waived</a> at the conclusion of the preseason, though, both players could reportedly make it back to the Warriors once 2023-24 officially gets underway,.</p><p>Golden State released Gay and McGruder on Friday night following a loss to Victor <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-full-video-game-on-stephen-curry-warriors-with-mind-blowing-1q" rel="noopener">Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs</a> in the preseason finale, according to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Gay didn’t play in the game, while McGruder matched Stephen Curry and Cory Joseph for the team lead with 20 minutes played.</p><h2><b>Warriors preparing for 2023-24 season</b></h2><p>The Dubs will now enter the regular season with just 13 players on the roster. League rules limit the amount of time a team can have fewer than 14 players on its roster to 28 total days or two consecutive weeks. Golden State will have to sign another player soon, basically, and The Athletic reports both Gay and McGruder are <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater/status/1715598798301679851" rel="noopener">candidates to fill that slot</a>. The team will likely roster 14 players for the season’s majority to cut into owner Joe Lacob’s massive luxury-tax bill.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-rudy-gay-one-year-contract" rel="noopener">Gay joined the Dubs</a> as a training camp invite in late September. He spent last season with the Utah Jazz, playing a career-low 14.6 minutes per game while reinventing himself as a veteran mentor of sorts. The 36-year-old and 2006 draftee would be the eighth-oldest player in the league this season if he re-signs with the Warriors or finds another NBA home.</p><p>McGruder, 32, was also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-rodney-mcgruder-training-camp-contract" rel="noopener">brought in by Golden State</a> for training camp late last month. He played for the Detroit Pistons in 2022-23, appearing in 32 games off the bench.</p><p>The Warriors open the regular season on Tuesday at Chase Center against Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal and the revamped Phoenix Suns.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors make major Rudy Gay decision after preseason finale, but there’s a catch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/warriors-news-rudy-gay-one-year-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rudy Gay agrees to deal with Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rudy-Gay-agrees-to-deal-with-Golden-State.jpg"></figure><h1>Rudy Gay agrees to deal with Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-27T08:37:13-07:00">September 27th, 8:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-27T09:22:04-07:00">September 27th, 9:22am</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football, with an emphasis on MLB as a Lead Editor. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rudy Gay and the Golden State Warriors have <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1707054163719516302" rel="noopener">reportedly agreed</a> to a one-year contract, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of <i>ESPN</i>. Gay is expected to compete for Golden State’s open roster spot during training camp. If he makes the team, Gay will provide a reliable veteran presence.</p><h2><b>Rudy Gay, Warriors agree to one-year contract</b></h2><p>The Warriors have been linked to a number of veteran players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-dwight-howard-decision-ahead-of-training-camp" rel="noopener">including Dwight Howard</a>, over the past few weeks. Golden State was even <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-rudy-gay-free-agency-lakers-warriors-mavs-pelicans-bulls" rel="noopener">connected to Gay early</a> in free agency, but nothing initially came to fruition.</p><p>Throughout the Warriors’ dynasty, they have relied on adding key veterans around their Steph Curry-led core. Their veterans have typically stepped up and played pivotal roles in the NBA playoffs. Perhaps Rudy Gay can do the same.</p><p>Gay, 37, isn’t the same player he once was. He still can help a team though. Despite averaging just 14.6 minutes per game with the Utah Jazz during the 2022-23 season, Gay posted 5.2 points per game. He was fairly inefficient from the field, but Gay displayed that he can still contribute.</p><p>Again, at the very least, Gay provides veteran leadership. Golden State obviously already has this in Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and newly-acquired Chris Paul. But having a bench/role player who’s a respected veteran doesn’t hurt.</p><p>Gay isn’t guaranteed a spot on this roster though. He will need to earn it during NBA training camp. It will be interesting to see what his future holds in Golden State.</p><p>We will continue to monitor and provide updates on Rudy Gay and the Warriors as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rudy Gay agrees to deal with Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/team-usa-news-rudy-gay-offers-blunt-tryout-take-after-failing-to-earn-medal-at-2023-fiba-world-cup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Team USA veteran Rudy Gay offers blunt tryout take after failing to earn medal at 2023 FIBA World Cup');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rudy-Gay-LeBron-James-Stephen-Curry-Kevin-Durant-FIBA-World-Cup-Team-USA-Olympics.jpg"></figure><h1>Team USA veteran Rudy Gay offers blunt tryout take after failing to earn medal at 2023 FIBA World Cup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-11T08:51:03-07:00">September 11th, 8:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-11T08:51:03-07:00">September 11th, 8:51am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">FIBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA’s performance at the 2023 FIBA World Cup caused a bit of a hullabaloo. Failing to make the gold medal clash was already a disaster in and of itself, but failing to place at the podium after suffering an overtime defeat to Canada? Now that is a catastrophic result. Wholesale changes appear to be on the docket for Team USA as a consequence, with LeBron James <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lebron-james-looking-recruit-stephen-curry-kevin-durant-lead-team-usa-at-2024-olympics" rel="noopener">reportedly planning</a> to bring in a star-studded cast including Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry to avenge their national team’s disappointing World Cup finish.</p><p>However, a Team USA veteran suggested a different route altogether in terms of how the higher-ups build their roster for the upcoming Olympic games. Rudy Gay, the veteran forward who has played 17 years in the NBA and a part of the Team USA roster that won the gold during the 2010 FIBA World championship, suggested that the team management <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay/status/1700854150542876880?s=20" rel="noopener">hold tryouts</a> to determine who will give it their all for the badge, and in the process, gauge how well the pieces fit together instead of cobbling together a team of stars then figuring the rest out later on.</p><p>“Team USA really has to go back to tryouts,” Gay wrote on his official Twitter (X) account.</p><p>The former Team USA forward <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay/status/1700871536641732701" rel="noopener">then asserted</a> that the problem with the team isn’t the coaching or the roster construction in particular. Rudy Gay alluded to the fact that other countries have players who will die for their national teams, giving them the mental edge in the international stage.</p><p>“Nothing to do with coaching or whether it’s a B or C team. These other countries have players that would die to be there, we have players that where chosen,” Gay added.</p><p>Of course, talent is the number one factor that sets basketball squads from one another, and Team USA, more often than not, compensates for their relative lack of national team pride and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-news-steve-kerr-gets-brutally-honest-loss-canada-americans-fail-medal-fiba-world-cup" rel="noopener">relative lack of continuity</a> compared to other teams with talent. Given how jampacked the NBA schedule is, holding tryouts doesn’t seem too plausible. But Rudy Gay may be onto something anyway with his ideas.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Team USA veteran Rudy Gay offers blunt tryout take after failing to earn medal at 2023 FIBA World Cup

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-rudy-gay-free-agency-lakers-warriors-mavs-pelicans-bulls');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Lakers, Warriors among potential Rudy Gay suitors in free agency');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/nba-rumors-lakers-warriors-among-potential-rudy-gay-suitors-in-free-agency.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Lakers, Warriors among potential Rudy Gay suitors in free agency</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-21T08:08:07-07:00">July 21st, 8:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-21T08:08:38-07:00">July 21st, 8:08am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Recently finishing up his 17th NBA season, Rudy Gay is nearing the end of the line on what has been a remarkable career. He may not have a championship ring, nor any All-Star appearances, but Gay has always been a well-respected player across this league and he’s been one of the most underappreciated forwards since being drafted eighth overall in 2006.</p><p>A member of the Memphis Grizzlies, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings and Toronto Raptors earlier in his career, Gay most recently spent the last two seasons with the Utah Jazz. This offseason, he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-atlanta-trades-3-players-rudy-gay-thunder-patty-mills" rel="noopener">traded to the Atlanta Hawks</a> and then dealt again to the Oklahoma City Thunder before he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-oklahoma-city-makes-final-rudy-gay-decision-after-hawks-trade" rel="noopener">released earlier this week</a>. Now, the 36-year-old is a key free agent available late in the offseason that numerous playoff contending teams may look to sign to a minimum contract.</p><p>According to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto, the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls, and New Orleans Pelicans are all teams Gay is expected to <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/nba-rumors-james-harden-trade-talks-joel-embiid-pj-tucker-rudy-gay-lakers-warriors-bucks/" rel="noopener">draw interest</a> from now that he is a free agent.</p><p>While his overall production and minutes declined the last two seasons in Utah, Gay still managed to average 6.7 points and 3.6 rebounds in about 16.7 minutes per game off the bench. In a total of 111 games with the Jazz, he shot 39.9 percent from the floor and just over 30 percent from long-range.</p><p>Earlier in his career, Gay was a player who was known for scoring at least 20 points per game and he’s always been a dangerous mid-range shooter. Any team needing depth at either forward position would be smart to consider signing the veteran, especially teams like the Lakers and Warriors who will be contending for a title this upcoming year.</p><p>He’s not only someone who will be ready to come off the bench when his number is called, but Gay can also be a great mentor for young players any team has at the small forward or power forward positions. Very few teams in the league are able to have guys with 17-plus years of NBA experience and this is what Gay brings to the table at this point in his career.</p><p>The lessons he’s learned and experiences he has are invaluable and could prove to be very important to any of the teams mentioned above. Time will tell what organization Rudy Gay will continue his NBA career with, as he is not ready to end his basketball journey just yet.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Lakers, Warriors among potential Rudy Gay suitors in free agency

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/thunder-news-oklahoma-city-signs-former-nuggets-contributor-after-rudy-gay-decision');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder sign former Nuggets contributor after Rudy Gay decision');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Jack-White.jpg"></figure><h1>Thunder sign former Nuggets contributor after Rudy Gay decision</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-20T17:30:18-07:00">July 20th, 5:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-20T17:30:18-07:00">July 20th, 5:30pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is in his first season as an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oklahoma City Thunder are going to have some interesting roster decisions to make as training camp draws near. With NBA teams allowed a maximum of 15 roster spots and three two-way contracts, the Thunder are already over the limit. The Thunder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-oklahoma-city-makes-final-rudy-gay-decision-after-hawks-trade" rel="noopener">trimmed their roster</a> this week, but even so they still have 20 players under contract and that’s not including any potential training camp invites. The Thunder have been stockpiling <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-biggest-concern-ousmane-dieng-2023-nba-summer-league-performance" rel="noopener">draft picks and young players</a> and this is the conundrum you run into. With training camp set to open in October, the Thunder <a href="https://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release-white-230720" rel="noopener">recently signed</a> former Denver Nuggets forward Jack White to a contract in NBA Free Agency.</p><p>When the Thunder cut Rudy Gay, that brought their roster down to 19 players. When the Thunder signed Jack White in NBA Free Agency, that brought them back to 20. Both Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe are on non-guaranteed contracts, but both players were solid contributors last season and it doesn’t seem like the Thunder would cut either of them.</p><p>Jack White could have been a candidate for one of the Thunder’s two open two-way spots, but it appears as if they signed him to a standard contract. White played last season for the Nuggets on a two-way contract. White played in 17 games for the Nuggets last season and averaged 1.2 points per game and 1.0 rebounds while shooting 42.1 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from the three-point line.</p><p>According to the team’s press release, White signed a multi-year contract. Regardless, he’ll probably see some time in the G League with the Oklahoma City Blue.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder sign former Nuggets contributor after Rudy Gay decision

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/thunder-news-oklahoma-city-makes-final-rudy-gay-decision-after-hawks-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder make final Rudy Gay decision after Hawks trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Gay.jpg"></figure><h1>Thunder make final Rudy Gay decision after Hawks trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-19T17:49:45-07:00">July 19th, 5:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-19T17:49:45-07:00">July 19th, 5:49pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is in his first season as an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Oklahoma City Thunder continue to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-2023-nba-free-agency-grades-for-every-signing" rel="noopener">take the necessary steps</a> to becoming a power in the Western Conference, they’ve had a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-contract-extension" rel="noopener">somewhat busy</a> offseason. They signed head coach Mark Daigneault to a contract extension after he finished second in the NBA’s Coach of the Year voting. They signed Euroleague star Vasilije Milic, added Jack White from the champion Denver Nuggets, brought back Victor Oladipo in a trade with the Miami Heat and brought in a trio of players in Rudy Gay, TyTy Washington Jr. and Usman Garuba in a trade with the Houston Rockets. Facing a roster crunch of guaranteed contracts, the Thunder <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1681821366490734592?s=20" rel="noopener">made the decision to cut</a> Rudy Gay following the Hawks trade as per Shams Charania of The Athletic.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Oklahoma City Thunder have waived Rudy Gay, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAthletic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stadium</a>.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1681821366490734592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s not that surprising that the Thunder would choose to make this move. After the trade with the Hawks, Rudy Gay appeared to be one of the players most likely to be caught in the Thunder roster crunch. With a team full of developing young players in need of minutes, Gay seemed the odd man out.</p><p>Gay finished last season with the Utah Jazz and has been traded two times this offseason. The first was when the Jazz traded him to the Hawks in the John Collins trade. The second was when the Hawks traded him to the Thunder in the Patty Mills trade. Gay played in 56 game for the Jazz last season in a little over 14 minutes per game. He averaged a career-low 5.2 points per game, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists with splits of 38 percent shooting from the field, 25.4 percent shooting from the three-point line and 85.7 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder make final Rudy Gay decision after Hawks trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/hawks-news-atlanta-trades-3-players-rudy-gay-thunder-patty-mills');   ga('set', 'title', 'Hawks trade 3 players including Rudy Gay to Thunder for Patty Mills');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Atlanta-trades-3-players-including-Rudy-Gay-to-Thunder-for-Patty-Mills.jpg"></figure><h1>Hawks trade 3 players including Rudy Gay to Thunder for Patty Mills</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-08T12:15:37-07:00">July 8th, 12:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-08T17:22:54-07:00">July 8th, 5:22pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a sports writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1677756401613979649?s=20" rel="noopener">have reportedly agreed</a> to a trade, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The reported trade is sending Rudy Gay, TyTy Washington, Usman Garuba and a second-round pick to the Thunder for Patty Mills. Wojnarowski also reports that Atlanta will save $4.5 million as a result of the trade.</p><p>Mills is being traded at a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-oklahoma-city-nabs-patty-mills-draft-pick-in-trade-with-rockets" rel="noopener">shockingly high rate</a> this offseason. He’s <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1677758048583008259?s=20" rel="noopener">already been dealt</a> three different times, per Woj, who also hinted Mills’ future is still uncertain.</p><p>“Third trade in past 10 days for Patty Mills lands him with Hawks — for now. They still have to decide on his future with team this season. His $6.8M expiring contract will continue to have value in deals,” Wojnarowski shared on Twitter.</p><h2><b>Hawks-Thunder trade</b></h2><p>TyTy Washington, 21, is one of the more interesting elements of the trade. He also has experience with being traded. Washington was the 29th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, but was immediately dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves then traded him to the Houston Rockets. He was recently dealt to Atlanta before this trade. He’s a talented young player with a bright future.</p><p>Oklahoma City is continuing to build a solid foundation of youth. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the charge, while Josh Giddey and Chet Holmgren also have high ceilings.</p><p>Patty Mills could end up staying with the Hawks, but there are no guarantees at the moment. According to Wojnarowski, his contract will “continue to have value” in potential trades, so that’s something to monitor.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Hawks trade 3 players including Rudy Gay to Thunder for Patty Mills

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);   ga('set', 'page', '/cavs-why-cleveland-must-engage-jazz-in-trade-for-1st-round-pick-rudy-gay');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Cavs must engage Jazz in trade for 1st-round pick, Rudy Gay during NBA Draft');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Why-Cavs-must-engage-Jazz-in-trade-for-first-round-pick-Rudy-Gay-during-NBA-Draft.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Cavs must engage Jazz in trade for 1st-round pick, Rudy Gay during NBA Draft</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-22T13:17:03-07:00">June 22nd, 1:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-22T15:04:58-07:00">June 22nd, 3:04pm</time><address><a href="https://muckrack.com/alex-sabri">Alex Sabri</a>Alex Sabri started as an Associate Editor for Cavs Nation and ClutchPoints in November 2022. He has just over 2.25 years of collegiate and professional sports and local journalism experience. Though he covers various sports and general assignments for ClutchPoints, he specializes in covering the Cleveland Cavaliers, the NBA and WNBA, the NFL and college football and basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>What will the Cleveland Cavaliers walk away with after the 2023 NBA Draft ends?</p><p>The Cavs will enter this year’s draft <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-5-2023-nba-draft-targets-for-cleveland-with-no-49-pick" rel="noopener">with the No. 49 pick</a>. It will be difficult, but not impossible, to find a player who can contribute immediately that far down in the draft.</p><p>The 2022 NBA Draft did see second-round picks who found their way into their respective team’s rotation during their first seasons in the NBA. Toronto Raptors center Christian Koloko, the No. 33 selection in last year’s draft, played in 58 games and started in 19 for Toronto during his rookie year. Though he didn’t see much time on the court in the games he played in last year, Portland Trail Blazers forward Jabari Walker played in 56 games for the Blazers after he was taken with the No. 57 selection.</p><p>Right Down Euclid Editor-in-Chief Evan Dammarell wrote the Cleveland Cavaliers could be <a href="https://downeuclid.com/2023-nba-draft-could-the-cleveland-cavaliers-make-a-trade/" rel="noopener">looking for a way</a> to trade into the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft in a Tuesday article.</p><p>“That doesn’t mean the Cavaliers won’t try to make a trade when the 2023 NBA Draft opens on Thursday evening,” Dammarell wrote. “Sources across the league have confirmed to Right Down Euclid the multiple reports that Cleveland is looking to find a way to sneak into the back half of the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft. A separate source shared that the Rockets (20), the Jazz (28) and Brooklyn Nets (21, 22) are all viewed as teams that the Cavaliers will speak with on a deal. </p><p>“While Cleveland doesn’t have much asset-wise to work with, the same source said that Cedi Osman’s non-guaranteed $6.7 million contract could act as a lynchpin for a possible trade. If the Cavaliers could bring the teams mentioned above to the table, some believe Rudy Gay (Jazz) or Patty Mills (Nets) would be the players coming Cleveland’s way with a pick attached. Of course, trading with Utah would hinge on whether or not Gay picks up his $6.4 million player option next year, but there are options on the table for the Cavaliers.”</p><p>Cleveland.com Cavs reporter Chris Fedor wrote the Cavaliers <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2023/06/whats-the-best-case-scenario-for-cavs-in-2023-nba-draft.html" rel="noopener">are attempting to move back</a> into the first round and have held “numerous conversations with teams in the 20s” in a Thursday article.</p><p>“Charlotte and Utah (the organizations have a great working relationship, have consummated numerous deals recently and getting Rudy Gay back would be logical),” wrote Fedor.</p><p>Should the Cavaliers try to trade for Jazz forward Rudy Gay and the No. 28 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft? How would it help a Cavs roster that is looking to continue building off its first trip to the playoffs since </p><h2>A Veteran Option at the Small Forward</h2><p>The Cavs could use a veteran option at the small forward.</p><p>Gay, a 17-year NBA veteran for five different NBA franchises, earned averages of 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and one assist per game during the 2022-23 season. He shot at an inefficient 38.0% from the field and 25.4% from 3-point range, but the 36-year-old forward <a href="https://www.abc4.com/sports/rudy-gay-embracing-role-as-mentor/" rel="noopener">embraced his role</a> as a mentor for a Jazz squad that went 37-45 last season.</p><p>“I thought this year coming into it, I knew I was going to be more of a mentor,” Gay said in April, via ABC4 Sports Reporter Dana Greene. “Last year, I felt like I was going to help this team get over the hump. But you’ve got to be resilient and do everything. That’s part of the reason I’m still here, I’m guessing.”</p><p>Unlike a <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-why-cleveland-must-engage-blazers-for-1st-round-pick-nassir-little" rel="noopener">potential trade for Blazers forward</a> Nassir Little and the No. 23 selection, Gay will not be locked down for the next few seasons. He will be on a <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/utah-jazz/rudy-gay-2534/" rel="noopener">$6.5 million player option</a> heading into the 2023-24 season with a deadline of June 29. The former No. 8 pick in the 2006 NBA Draft signed a <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/rudy-gay-reportedly-signs-two-year-121-million-deal-with-jazz-154053032.html" rel="noopener">two-year, $12.1 million contract</a> with the Jazz <a href="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/utah-jazz-sign-rudy-gay-and-hassan-whiteside" rel="noopener">in 2021</a> after playing the previous few seasons with the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>“Rudy brings a valuable veteran presence to the Jazz which will only enhance our group as it continues to evolve,” Jazz General Manager Justin Zanik said in a 2021 release. “He’s proven to be one of the most consistent players in the NBA over his 15-year career and we’re thrilled for him to join our club.”</p><p>Trading for a player on a player option may be more risky. But, if he were to stick around, he could provide valuable minutes off the bench for a Cavaliers squad that needs a surefire option at the three.</p><h2>A Higher Pick on Draft Night</h2><p>No team can ever have too many selections on draft night.</p><p>Even at No. 28, the Cavs can find plenty of options to pair with Gay at the wing spots. Bleacher Report had the Jazz selecting Duke forward Dariq Whitehead with the No. 28 pick in its <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/bleacher-report-final-2023-nba-mock-draft-and-full-two-round-predictions" rel="noopener">most recent mock draft</a>. The Athletic Staff Writer Zach Harper took Belmont guard Ben Sheppard with Utah’s third pick in <a href="https://theathletic.com/4622646/2023/06/22/nba-mock-draft-team-needs-trades/" rel="noopener">The Athletic’s mock draft</a>. Both players could be solid options to invest in if the Cavs don’t re-sign guards Caris LeVert or Danny Green in free agency.</p><p>Sheppard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uyKNc8X4LE" rel="noopener">took pride in</a> his versatility when he sat down for a one-on-one interview with the Indiana Pacers earlier this month.</p><p>“Super versatile,” Sheppard said when asked how he would describe his game. “Both on the defensive and offensive side. I feel I can do a lot. Most people know me as a shooter, a 3-and-D-type guy. But I think I’m more than that. I can pass the ball too, rebound, stuff like that.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Cavs must engage Jazz in trade for 1st-round pick, Rudy Gay during NBA Draft

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-news-rudy-gay-takes-shot-at-terrible-league-ahead-of-celtics-heat-lakers-nuggets-conference-finals');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rudy Gay takes shot at ‘terrible’ NBA ahead of Celtics-Heat, Lakers-Nuggets conference finals');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rudy-gay-rudy-gay-nba-nba-lakers-celtics-.jpg"></figure><h1>Rudy Gay takes shot at ‘terrible’ NBA ahead of Celtics-Heat, Lakers-Nuggets conference finals</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-15T14:01:36-07:00">May 15th, 2:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-15T23:01:28-07:00">May 15th, 11:01pm</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland and now resides in Los Angeles, as he recently received his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; Tv from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA conference finals matchups between the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-darvin-ham-nikola-jokic-nuggets-western-conference-finals" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets</a>, and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/boston-celtics-predictions-2023-eastern-conference-finals-heat" rel="noopener">Miami Heat and Boston Celtics</a>, are brimming with star power. However, Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gay believes the current state of the NBA is not in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay/status/1657925007828484096?s=20" rel="noopener">very good place</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This new NBA is terrible</p><p>— Rudy Gay (@RudyGay) <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay/status/1657925007828484096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It is a fairly vague tweet from Gay, often the case when someone with a platform like his has an opinion to share. There is no telling exactly what he means, but it is not the greatest look for the NBA to have one of its current players trashing the product publicly.</p><p>Rudy Gay could just be upset that he is at home for yet another postseason. Gay has never won a championship in his career, and it is looking like he will retire without a ring unless he gets out of Utah sometime soon. The Jazz are a young, up-and-coming squad, but they don’t project to be NBA Finals contenders anytime in the near future.</p><p>If Gay is referring to something other than the on the court product, it could be the culture that young stars seem to be bringing into the league. Take Ja Morant for example, who is suspended once again for childish, immature, and downright dangerous behavior of being posted with a gun on social media. Gay could be conjecturing that the current culture encourages the youth to be reckless with their decision-making.</p><p>Regardless, there is no telling what Rudy Gay necessarily means with the tweet. Still, it would be interesting to know if Gay tunes in to either the Lakers-Nuggets or Heat-Celtics series. If his tweet is any indication, he most likely will not be.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rudy Gay takes shot at ‘terrible’ NBA ahead of Celtics-Heat, Lakers-Nuggets conference finals

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/sixers-news-joel-embiid-vs-nikola-jokic-mvp-debate-gets-most-dominant-take-from-rudy-gay');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joel Embiid vs Nikola Jokic MVP debate gets ‘most dominant’ take from Rudy Gay');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Joel-Embiid-vs-Nikola-Jokic-MVP-debate-gets-_most-dominant_-take-from-Rudy-Gay.jpeg"></figure><h1>Joel Embiid vs Nikola Jokic MVP debate gets ‘most dominant’ take from Rudy Gay</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-02-02T12:41:56-08:00">February 2nd, 12:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-02-02T12:41:56-08:00">February 2nd, 12:41pm</time><address><a>Jack Winter</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2023-nba-mvp-odds-joel-embiid-closing-in-on-nikola-jokic-after-outdueling-nuggets-center" rel="noopener">Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid</a> are back at the front of the MVP race, battling it out for basketball’s highest individual honor for the third straight season. Unlike the past two years, though, the Philadelphia 76ers superstar <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-twitter-reacts-to-joel-embiid-outdueling-nikola-jokic-during-sixers-nuggets" rel="noopener">forcefully out-dueled</a> his Denver Nuggets counterpart in front of a national audience last week, leading his squad to a comeback victory over the top team in the West by dropping 47 points, 18 rebounds and five assists.</p><p>Embiid’s epic performance will no doubt influence some voters when it comes time to place their tallies for MVP. Why? The overwhelming physical dominance he put forth not just against Denver, but has pretty much every time he’s taken the floor in 2022-23—a <a href="https://bleav.com/shows/speakeasy-wtih-rudy-gay/" rel="noopener">factor that separates him from Jokic</a> in the eyes of Utah Jazz veteran Rudy Gay.</p><p>“It’s hard. You can’t be mad at them giving [Jokic] the back-to-back MVPs because what he brings to the team. That man is the driving force behind that team. Embiid is, too, but in a different way,” Gay explained on his podcast, <i>Speakeasy</i>.  “He’s not gonna fill up the stat sheets besides rebounding and scoring, right? I mean, every now and then he can make a play, but he’s not known for it. Where Jokic, he’s more of a playmaker than he is a scorer. He’s also a really good scorer, too. He’s their point guard, he’s literally their point guard. He’s the reason they’re able to start the way they do. He’s like an elevated Draymond, you know what I’m sayin’?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is Embiid the most dominant player in the league? Or is it Jokic?<a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RudyGay</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/D_Fergo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@D_Fergo</a> pick a side <a href="https://t.co/lvk27QcHqu">pic.twitter.com/lvk27QcHqu</a></p><p>— Bleav (@BleavNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleavNetwork/status/1621230434276478976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>What makes the indirect rivalry between Jokic and Embiid so fascinating is the drastically disparate ways they impact the game.</p><p>Jokic is probably the league’s best passer, an all-encompassing, hyper-efficient scoring and playmaking fulcrum who’s led Denver to basketball’s most efficient offense this season. Embiid is more built from the cloth of other Hall-of-Fame centers before him, combining unreal size and dexterity with the ball skills of a forward to emerge as perhaps basketball’s most unstoppable scorer. He’s definitely a more imposing, effective defensive presence than Jokic, but on-off data makes clear the Nuggets’ franchise player isn’t the abject liability he once was on that end.</p><p>There’s no concrete rubric for voters, or anyone else, to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/joel-embiid-mvp-statement-game-nikola-jokic-sixers-nuggets" rel="noopener">decide league MVP</a>. But when it comes to the classic definition of “dominant” NBA big men, that description applies to Joel Embiid more than Nikola Jokic.</p><p>“But we’re talking dominance? It’s Embiid, man,” Gay said. “He’s the most dominant player we have in our game right now.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid vs Nikola Jokic MVP debate gets ‘most dominant’ take from Rudy Gay

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Karl-Anthony Towns hilarious Rudy Gay admission after Rudy Gobert trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Karl-Anthony-Towns_-hilarious-Rudy-Gay-admission-after-Rudy-Gobert-trade.jpeg"></figure><h1>Karl-Anthony Towns hilarious Rudy Gay admission after Rudy Gobert trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-07-22T14:44:47-07:00">July 22nd, 2:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-07-22T14:44:47-07:00">July 22nd, 2:44pm</time><address><a>Reese Nasser</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA world was caught by surprise when the Minnesota Timberwolves traded for star center Rudy Gobert. It turns out that Karl-Anthony Towns was also surprised by the move. </p><p>In a recent interview on ESPN’s NBA Today, Karl-Anthony Towns explains how he heard about the trade, and who he thought it was originally for.  </p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Karl-Anthony Towns initially thought the Timberwolves traded for Rudy Gay 😂<a href="https://t.co/0SInQEGThs">pic.twitter.com/0SInQEGThs</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1550575731175997440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Karl- Anthony Towns explains that he found out the news through his girlfriend. He originally believed that the Timberwolves acquired veteran forward Rudy Gay. After a slight clarification on her part, Towns learned that it was Rudy Gobert who would be <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10042954-karl-anthony-towns-rudy-gobert-massive-part-of-t-wolves-being-championship-team">joining him in Minnesota</a>. </p><p>Towns went on to say, “I was excited. I didn’t know what was happening but I just saw the vision of us both twin towers out there. What he can do <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/goberru01.html">defensively</a>, what I can do <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/townska01.html">offensively</a>, and we all putting that together for one organization, for one team. I think it’s going to be very different.” Towns finished by saying “The NBA hasn’t seen something like this. It’s going to be unique, and it’s going to be scary.” </p><p>The Timberwolves mortgaged much of their future by trading for Gobert. Minnesota was forced to offer a massive trade package. This included Walker Kessler, Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, and multiple first-round picks. </p><p>Karl-Anthony Towns isn’t far off by saying that the NBA has never seen a pairing such as this. With Towns coming in at 6-11, and Gobert being 7-1, they will be one of the biggest frontcourts in league history. </p><p>While this isn’t Rudy Gay like Towns originally believed, Gobert will bring a defensive presence that few players can. Gobert, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, will immediately make this group better inside. With a roster that also consists of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-karl-anthony-towns-gets-brutally-honest-on-anthony-edwards-ceiling/">young star</a> in Anthony Edwards and a proven guard in D’Angelo Russell, the Timberwolves could find themselves in championship contention this season. </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Karl-Anthony Towns hilarious Rudy Gay admission after Rudy Gobert trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Donovan Mitchell’s heartfelt message to Rudy Gay amid Jazz debut');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/rudy-gay-donovan-mitchell-jazz.jpeg"></figure><h1>Donovan Mitchell’s heartfelt message to Rudy Gay amid Jazz debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-11-18T23:06:36-08:00">November 18th, 11:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-11-18T23:06:36-08:00">November 18th, 11:06pm</time><address><a>Arlos Sara</a>Arlos Sara graduated with a degree in Psychology. He is an NBA writer and editor for ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation. Back in the day, while other kids were consumed by their toys and comic books, young Arlos was already thumbing through the pages of sports magazines.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/utah-jazz">Utah Jazz</a> notched back-to-back wins after defeating the Toronto Raptors in Salt Lake City, 119-103. Thursday night’s matchup saw the debut of veteran swingman Rudy Gay, who contributed heavily to the Jazz’s cause.</p><p>In 18 minutes of floor time, the 35-year-old registered 20 points, five rebounds, and two assists. Gay shot the ball extremely well, going 7-of-8 from the field with five 3-pointers to boot. His sterling performance did not get past the spider-sense of Donovan Mitchell, who poured his excitement on Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">From playing wit you in 2k to playing wit you in real life 😂😂😂 WELCOME OCHO!!!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/RudyGay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@RudyGay</a> <a href="https://t.co/mKx6x9njZI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/mKx6x9njZI</a></p><p>— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) <a href="https://twitter.com/spidadmitchell/status/1461575728563044352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 19, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Mitchell couldn’t help but go fanboying over Gay—for good reasons. Before the Jazz star shooting guard entered the league, Gay was already regarded as one of the better wing scorers in the NBA. The former University of Connecticut standout was as consistent as they get in terms of racking up points for his teams.</p><p>Throughout 15 years as a professional, the Jazz forward never ended a season with a single-digit scoring average. Unfortunately, his numbers haven’t translated to as much success from a team standpoint. One can’t blame it all on Gay, though.</p><p>In Utah, he has a great opportunity to go deep in the postseason. The Jazz held the NBA’s best regular-season record in 2020-21, falling short in the playoffs at the hands of the L.A. Clippers. However, Gay makes the Jazz bench more dangerous as another player who can get his own shot alongside Jordan Clarkson.</p><p>Their presence allows Utah’s offense to continue clicking even when Mitchell takes a breather during games. This must be one of the things that make the prolific guard brimming with excitement as he welcomes his new teammate to Utah.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2022-23 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3

2022-23 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3

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