Offensively the biggest knock on Gay was that he was simply too reliant on his mid-range game.
Rudy has transformed himself from throwback wing to modern combo forward by adding outside shooting and defensive versatility to his already impressive ability to exploit mismatches. His game has evolved in just the right ways while still retaining the one-on-one scoring brilliance that made him a household name. He was seen as a uni-dimensional gunner unquestionably linked to dysfunction.Ī season and change later, Gay has changed that perception. Rudy Gay was the poster boy for inefficiency, empty numbers and underachieving for so long that there was a significant subset of Spurs fans that weren’t too happy when he joined the franchise in 2017.
