Rudy Gay Trashes Toronto

[MavCarter]

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[TorontoBarneys]

Comments like this from mid players like him is a reminder of how far the organization has come.

Before we would be excited at the prospect of someone of his level coming to play for us, now you have players better than he ever was gleeful about the prospect of playing in Toronto.

Let father time take care of bums like this.

[right between the eyes]

What an overrated clown.
Dude is just salty cause he couldn't hit the side of a barn when he was here to the point where he was trying to ban statsheets in our locker room. I guess when you're a glorified chucker, you're not a fan of analytics.
Trading him was one of the best things to ever happen to this franchise.

[Duffman100]

How about we also revisit your **** performance in Toronto?

[TheGeneral99]

Rudy is the last guy that should be talking ****.

Early in the 2013-2014 season he played some of the most selfish iso-oriented basketball I've ever seen, stunting the growth of Derozan and Lowry. When he got called out on it by the media he literally convinced Casey to ban stat sheets from the locker room. Ironically, Rudy getting traded gave us a solid bench and allowed Lowry and Derozan to thrive, ushering the greatest era in Raptors history.

[TheGeneral99]

Comments like this from mid players like him is a reminder of how far the organization has come.

Before we would be excited at the prospect of someone of his level coming to play for us, now you have players better than he ever was gleeful about the prospect of playing in Toronto.

Let father time take care of bums like this.

Honestly imagine how miserable Rudy is.

He gets traded to the Raptors, instantly becomes the #1 option and a fan favorite, is given the keys to franchise and has the opportunity to cement himself as an all-star playing alongside some really nice up and coming young players in Lowry, Derozan, Valanciunas and Ross. Rudy honestly would have been a nice compliment given his size, rebounding and defensive abilities if he played the right way.

Instead he plays horrible and inefficient isolation basketball and gets booted from Toronto who end up turning it around and becoming an East contender for several years. His close buddy Kyle Lowry becomes a perennial all-star and hero in Toronto. His other buddy Derozan, who was only 23 at the time, also becomes a perennial all-star. Meanwhile, Rudy starts declining, never comes close to making an all-star team, misses the playoffs every year on a bad Sacramento team, and becomes a journeyman role player for 2 other franchises.

Sadly he had the talent and athletic ability to become a star. Many thought back in 2013 he would become the next all-star player, but his horrible IQ and selfish style hurt him.

[C Court]

You could argue that Rudy Gay’s trade out of Toronto was the critical first domino to fall, that turned the Raptors into a winning organization and eventually an NBA champion.

[James_Raptors]

Just the 12-13 season alone
1/11
1/10
3/17
3/17
4/21
2/10
2/8
7/26
3/11
7/25
2/7
2/7
6/19
7/22
5/15
8/24
7/20
6/17
9/25
7/19
6/16
8/21
5/13
5/13
5/13
5/13
7/18
7/18

29 games where Gay shot .091-.389
18 games where Gay shot .500 or better
He shot .425|.336 that season
TS: .513

TWENTY NINE POINT ONE USAGE.
(29.1%)

Oh and let's not forget that gorgeous 11/37 (.297) 37 FGA for 29 points the following season. Impressive stuff!

[duppyy]

Two chuckers who never won anything

[SFour]

there's some truth to what he's saying especially 10 years ago, but you can tell he's definitely salty

he can only blame himself though....if he came here and played like an allstar the fans/city would've embraced him...it's his fault he was a bricklayer instead.

[Thaddy]

Rudy is the worst high usage player (28%+) in the HISTORY of NBA basketball.

[ontnut]

Lol Rudy Gay, keep our city's name out your f'n mouth!

[MoneyBall]

He's just being salty.

[Duffman100]

Rudy is the last guy that should be talking ****.

Early in the 2013-2014 season he played some of the most selfish iso-oriented basketball I've ever seen, stunting the growth of Derozan and Lowry. When he got called out on it by the media he literally convinced Casey to ban stat sheets from the locker room. Ironically, Rudy getting traded gave us a solid bench and allowed Lowry and Derozan to thrive, ushering the greatest era in Raptors history.

Preach.

[sofargone]

notice both griz and raps entered their golden era after trading him

[720]

He’s just bitter we got good the minute we traded him for some role players.

[right between the eyes]

Rudy had a Shareef Abdur Rahim type career. Made a ton of money on bad teams but never really won anything. All his teams got better after he left.
What a sad career.

[TheGeneral99]

Rudy is the last guy that should be talking ****.

Early in the 2013-2014 season he played some of the most selfish iso-oriented basketball I've ever seen, stunting the growth of Derozan and Lowry. When he got called out on it by the media he literally convinced Casey to ban stat sheets from the locker room. Ironically, Rudy getting traded gave us a solid bench and allowed Lowry and Derozan to thrive, ushering the greatest era in Raptors history.

Preach.

Raptors 2013-2014 pre-Rudy trade: 7-13

Raptors 2013-2014 post-Rudy trade: 41-21

[Duffman100]

Rudy is the last guy that should be talking ****.

Early in the 2013-2014 season he played some of the most selfish iso-oriented basketball I've ever seen, stunting the growth of Derozan and Lowry. When he got called out on it by the media he literally convinced Casey to ban stat sheets from the locker room. Ironically, Rudy getting traded gave us a solid bench and allowed Lowry and Derozan to thrive, ushering the greatest era in Raptors history.

Preach.

Raptors 2013-2014 pre-Rudy trade: 7-13

Raptors 2013-2014 post-Rudy trade: 41-21

[DutchCanuck]

Toronto will always be a an easy target/scapegoat based on being the Only Canadian team but anyone that spends time here loves it. I prefer to look at the stars opinions on Toronto Barkley/Shaq/Vince/Lebron etc. Did he want to go to Milwaukee?