Rudy Gay Agrees To Three-Year, $40M Extension With Kings

[RealGM Wiretap]

Rudy Gay has agreed to a three-year, $40 million contract extension with the Sacramento Kings, according to sources.

The extension begins with the 2015-16 season, and includes a player option for the the 2017-18 season.

Gay has one year left on his current deal, which will pay him $19.3 million.

For the Kings, the re-signing of Gay is an important statement on the franchise's ability to get high-level players to decide to stay with the organization.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

[Winsome Gerbil]

That's a good deal for them given the ridiculous contracts some of the other SFs have been signing.

[Tiesto_Lakers]

That's a steal for the Kings.

[Orlwillbeback]

good deal considering the other deals small forwards got.

[RaptorRed]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

[AirCanadaMouse]

Taking into consideration how the market is going and how FA's are being paid, it's a good deal. He's been playing really well with Sacramento since the trade last year.

[Rated T By CBRA]

Good to see Rudy get some love, it was tough getting abandoned in Memphis and getting dumped by Toronto. Let's hope he and Cousins can bring the Kings back to relevancy.

[EddieJonesFan]

I think in today's market, Gay could still have easily gotten that contract even just on his Toronto play.

[PZiv]

the hell that is cheap! Guess its a loyalty discount.

[ozwizard8]

now on with this contract rudy gay is an asset!
he's 28. and this contract ties his best years 29-31.

lebron/durant/melo has both strength,size,height,shooting abilities. these 3 can play sf/pf position.
if there's 3rd one to defend these 3, and compete on offense it is r.gay.
he's good player. if he were in SPURS organization he would be better than leonard. anyway he increases his efficiency. his D is good. he can defend/rebound. also for opponent hard matchup. 40m/3 years is BARGAIN.

[codydaze]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

lol

[RaptorRed]

now on with this contract rudy gay is an asset!
he's 28. and this contract ties his best years 29-31.

lebron/durant/melo has both strength,size,height,shooting abilities. these 3 can play sf/pf position.
if there's 3rd one to defend these 3, and compete on offense it is r.gay.
he's good player. if he were in SPURS organization he would be better than leonard. anyway he increases his efficiency. his D is good. he can defend/rebound. also for opponent hard matchup. 40m/3 years is BARGAIN.

Reading your post makes my head hurt, please learn the English language.

[Damon_3388]

Back to cruise mode "empty 20" for Gay then, now that he's locked up another big deal?

[Fresh360Waves]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

Questionable player? I think Rudy has proven himself. Obviously not elite, but the free agent market for wings this upcoming summer is thin so SAC had no choice but to lock him up or else he would have signed with another team for more money.

[codydaze]

Back to cruise mode "empty 20" for Gay then, now that he's locked up another big deal?

That could be the case, but with the player option in the third year, as a Kings fan, I'd like to think he keeps playing the way he has been in hopes he can get another good extension at 30/31. He's got to know that if he plays inefficient ball in this contract he will get significantly less in his final, post-prime contracts.

[dballislife]

gay took less IMO...thats a great vet move so his team can add better players

[RaptorRed]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

Questionable player? I think Rudy has proven himself. Obviously not elite, but the free agent market for wings this upcoming summer is thin so SAC had no choice but to lock him up or else he would have signed with another team for more money.

Proven himself as what ? All you said was he is not elite , what is he exactly ? Average ? Above average ? He has never made an all-star team and he is making 19 mil this year . 2 teams that have gotten ridden of him have significantly improved. I think calling him questionable is fair , he hasn't even proven he is valuable to a team aside from 10 games this year. The grizzlies enjoyed the most success with Gay not playing - addition by subtraction. The Raptors seasons did a 360 as soon as he left. So it really remains to be seen if he can even be a good player on a good team. I mean Josh Smith has also proven himself in this league , but I think Pistons fans wouldn't want the guy to be on the team for free with all the trouble he has caused.

[Fresh360Waves]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

Questionable player? I think Rudy has proven himself. Obviously not elite, but the free agent market for wings this upcoming summer is thin so SAC had no choice but to lock him up or else he would have signed with another team for more money.

Proven himself as what ? All you said was he is not elite , what is he exactly ? Average ? Above average ? He has never made an all-star team and he is making 19 mil this year . 2 teams that have gotten ridden of him have significantly improved. I think calling him questionable is fair , he hasn't even proven he is valuable to a team aside from 10 games this year. The grizzlies enjoyed the most success with Gay not playing - addition by subtraction. The Raptors seasons did a 360 as soon as he left. So it really remains to be seen if he can even be a good player on a good team. I mean Josh Smith has also proven himself in this league , but I think Pistons fans wouldn't want the guy to be on the team for free with all the trouble he has caused.

Proven himself as an above average wing. Like I said, the Kings had no choice but to lock him up or else Rudy dips to another team for a bigger payday. They also want to stop becoming a lottery team year in and year out and begin to build a winning culture. Rudy wasn't a good fit for the Grizzlies system because the Grizzlies like playing in the half court w/ Z-Bo and Marc. Rudy isn't a knock down shooter so Memphis didn't wanna pay him so they traded him. In TOR, I don't know what happened. I guess it wasn't a good fit as well. Now in SAC, he's finally found a home. And I don't really think Josh Smith has proven himself. In ATL, he was able to play his style of basketball; taking advantage of his athleticism and doing highlight reel dunks every gm (and also the fact he was playing in his hometown) while now in DET they have other guys that need the ball in their hands and the fact DET is making him play SF when he should really be playing PF.

[DangerCurtis]

Not a fan of the player, but I think it's a good move on behalf of the Kings. Says a lot about the new ownership and the direction that they are heading.

[ADoaN17]

That escalated quickly... 10 good games and bam.. 40 Million to a questionable player.

He put up similar stats with the Kings last season...