Ordinarily, a player of Rudy Gay’s caliber (whatever meaning you want to attach to that phrase) would be out of the Grizzlies’ price range given their current roster and cap constraints. Namely, Rudy Gay, former Grizzly, is now available on the open market. Now, we could spend all day talking about how terrible the Kings organization is if a player coming off a major injury just declined a $14 million option, but there’s a much more important aspect of this news. Days before free agency officially began, Rudy Gay announced that he would be declining his player option in Sacramento, walking away from a $14.3 million one-year deal in spite of the fact that he ruptured his Achilles tendon in January.
