Wesley Matthews, one of the most recent Achilles injury cases, started the very first game for the Mavericks after suffering his in March. Still, he should be ready by the time the season starts, or shortly after. Some of this, however, can be attributed to his age, as he was 39 when he retired. Gay is 30 and appears to be on the decline, but there’s a chance that he won’t even be the same player that he was last season when he averaged nearly 19 points on 46 percent shooting in the 30 games he played. Wilkins averaged 26.2 points before the injury, and 25.2 per game in the five seasons after. An Achilles tendon injury is one of the worst muscular injuries in the NBA, and there’s a long history of players who suffer them never being the same. Rudy Gay Injury: Updates on Kings Star’s Achilles and Return January 19th, 2017 by Joe Pantorno Leave a reply » Sacramento Kings forward Rudy Gay suffered a torn left Achilles tendon during the third quarter of Wednesdays game against the Indiana Pacers, the team announced. The other major concern for Gay is his ruptured Achilles, an injury he suffered last January. But since that injury, he’s averaged 11.9 points per game in a reduced role for the San. For a player going into his 12th NBA season with $118 million in career earnings, it’s understandable if winning was more important to him. Before the injury in 2017, Rudy Gay had averaged at least 17 points per contest in 10 straight NBA seasons. On the other, though, the Spurs are one of the league’s top four or five teams, while the Kings are. On one hand, his new Spurs deal is up to $6 million less than he could have made.
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Gay declined a $14 million option this summer to become a free agent, opting to choose his own path rather than return to the Sacramento Kings. Of prominent players who injured their Achilles, only Dominique Wilkins was able to average similar numbers after his injury. The second year of the deal will have a player’s option. With host Nate Duncan (NateDuncanNBA) and Danny Leroux (DannyLeroux). Then a wrap-up of OKC/GSW, and the consequences of the Rudy Gay injury for his free agency. We look at which free agents have improved their stock heading into the summer of 2017, going through point guards, wings, and bigs. Rudy Gay and the San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a two-year deal worth $17 million, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Click to subscribe via RSS feed or iTunes.