He averaged 20.1 points (48.2% shooting), 5.5 rebounds and 3.1` assists in 55 games with the Kings last season, and is averaging 22.5 points (44.8% shooting), 6.8 rebounds, and 3.5 assists so far this season. Gay, the former Memphis Grizzlies star who was roundly chastised for his inefficient play in recent years, has had a revival of sorts since being traded to Sacramento in Dec. The deal has a player option for the 2017-18 season, meaning Gay can become a free agent again when the league's salary cap - which is projected to be $66.5 million next season - is expected to rise to perhaps $90 million as the NBA's nine-year, $24 billion television rights deal with ESPN and Turner takes effect, starting in the 2016-17 season. A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed the details to USA TODAY Sports but spoke on the condition of anonymity because the extension had not yet been announced.
Not long after Saturday night's win against the defending champion San Antonio Spurs improved the Kings to 6-4 during their brutal early-season schedule, they agreed to a three-year, $40 million extension with small forward Rudy Gay that cemented their core at a reasonable rate.
The Sacramento Kings are off to a much stronger start than expected, and it got even better this weekend. Rudy Gay estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below.
