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. He was seen as a unidimensional gunner unquestionably linled to dysfunction.
A season and change later, Gay has changed that perception. His game has evolved in just the right ways while still retaining the one-on-one scoring brilliance that made him a household name. 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.