I'll come here and be with my teammates and act as if I'll be here all year.Īs a result, the Kings are taking their forward shopping on the trade market. I have no choice but to work for the Sacramento Kings. I prepare as if I'm going to be with the Sacramento Kings. 'I wake up every day and get ready to play the next game,' Gay told reporters in October. This was not a huge surprise, considering he welcomed George Karl to Sacramento with the now famed phrase “welcome to basketball hell” in February 2015. “Forward Rudy Gay has informed Sacramento Kings management that he plans to use his 2017 player option to become an unrestricted free agent and considers himself unlikely to negotiate a new deal to return to the franchise, league sources told The Vertical.” Few survive, and Gay has made it clear during the summer that his future is not with the team: It is no secret that the former Grizzlies and Raptors forward longs for another new home, with the cesspool of the Kings organization hardly a positive environment to be around.
