Rudy Gay

For the first 36 minutes, game two of the San Antonio-Memphis series looked like an instant replay of game one: the Spurs led 51-37 at halftime of game one and extended that margin to 73-57 by the end of the third quarter; they led 46-31 at halftime...

Yes, it's only one game--though game one winners advance roughly 80% of the time in the NBA playoffs--but the first game of the Western Conference Finals went almost exactly as I predicted the series will go based on the skill set strengths and weakn...

When the Memphis Grizzlies shocked the basketball world and decided to cut ties with their leading scorer and highest-paid player in Rudy Gay, a large faction of fans and analysts considered it to be a death sentence to their championship aspirations...

Western Conference Finals#2 San Antonio Spurs (58-24) vs. #5 Memphis (56-26)Season series: Tied, 2-2Memphis can win if…the Grizzlies slow the game down, pound the ball inside, and keep the final scores no higher than the low 90s. Zach Randolph and...

In the wake of the Memphis Grizzlies' victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals, many theories and explanations have been offered for--depending on how you look at it--why Memphis won/why Oklahoma City lost. It has b...

Bill Simmons thinks that the Memphis-Oklahoma City series validates the Rudy Gay trade and Jon Barry thinks that P.J. Carlesimo deserves credit for Kevin Durant's ballhanding skills because Carlesimo played Durant at shooting guard during Durant's ro...

Only one of the four teams featured in Sunday's second round doubleheader scored at least 100 points; defense rules in the playoffs--but that also means that a player who can efficiently create shots for himself and for his teammates is even more val...

[Ed. Note: Because of the number tables in this post, it is best viewed from a desktop/laptop computer or tablet.] Dave Berri, Professor of Economics at Southern Utah University, sports economist and author of the books “The Wages of Wins”...

The Brooklyn Nets (47-33) will go into the NBA Playoffs as the number four seed. After a loss to the lowly Toronto Raptors (32-48) Sunday afternoon, the Nets gave up any hope of catching up to and passing the Indiana Pacers for the number three seed...

The Chicago Bulls hope to not make it two losses in one week to the Toronto Raptors as they take on Rudy Gay and company on Friday. Having lost to them earlier this week and now coming off a huge win against the New York Knicks on Thursday, the B...

A couple days removed from an embarrassing loss to the Detroit Pistons, the Chicago Bulls look to rebound against another bottom feeder of the NBA. Tonight they square off against the Toronto Raptors who were a team mentioned fairly often in the same...

Rudy Gay had 26 points and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a rare road victory in the West 95-93 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.