But they won't be getting to a Game 7 of the East Finals again this spring without their most important player. The Celtics can still make the playoffs without Rajon Rondo. I never pulled a muscle in my whole career. "It's just Father Time, bro," said Nowitzki, now in his 15th season. But he doesn't think it has anything to do with his recent knee surgery, which caused him to miss the Mavs' first 17 games. Now a strained thigh has sidelined Dirk Nowitzki, who used to be one of the NBA's indestructible players. The Pistons can trade Rodney Stuckey, a long-standing problem for coaches in Detroit, now that they've landed a true point guard in Jose Calderon. "We've been searching for a small forward for about three years, and we finally found that player in Rudy - and he might be our best player now,'' said GM Eddie Stefanski. In trading for Gay, the Raptors have officially joined the Atlantic Division. More than a few agents hope that Hunter's interim replacement as NBA Players Association executive director, Ron Klempner, the union's legal counsel, gets the job on a full-time basis. He's given them plenty of ammo, too, the way he bent the rules to get his family members jobs. Since then, union president Derek Fisher and the game's big agents, starting with Arn Tellem, have been going after Hunter at every turn. Not with how they're conducting business down in Memphis these days.īilly Hunter's demise had already started when the NBA union chief agreed to have his players take a $3 billion haircut over 10 years in the new collective bargaining agreement.
"It's exciting to see over the last few years the team grow and develop and build there. "We're very fortunate because we come into a situation where we just hope we don't screw it up, which is a little scary," Levien said. 1 basketball executive, CEO Jason Levien, created that impression at that first news conference, where David Stern gave the new owner and his numerous limited partners, including Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning's wife, Ashley, the NBA's official blessing. When Michael Heisley sold the Grizzlies, NBA executives raved about how Pera would be good for Memphis. Gay hopes that by speaking out his teammates will treat him with more respect this season.The Gay trade has to be a major disappointment to Memphis fans, who saw Hollins' team get to within one win of going to the West Finals in 2011. "I was born a Gay and I will die a Gay," said Gay. Gay has stated that he refuses to go by a nickname in honor of his Gay lineage. Gay's first name is part of a Gay tradition, passed down by his father, Rudy Gay, Sr., as Gays are wont to do when a new Gay is born. "What about players with names like Nenê or Emeka or Shannon? No one's hatin' on them." I don't know any girl Rudys, except for Rudy Huxtable, I guess, and she's not a real person," said Gay. "Honestly, Rudy isn't even a very effeminate name. He also said that teammates will avoid coming near him in the shower or on the bus for fear of catching "Rudy Cooties." Gay said that the ridicule is particularly merciless when he under-performs and teammates call him Moody Rudy, making snide insinuations that he is menstruating and that that is the cause of his poor performance. Gay stated in the press conference that throughout his career he'd been called names like Trudy, Judy, Rhubarb and Rudy Tooty Fresh 'N' Fruity by teammates both to his face and behind his back. "I am here today to announce that I will no longer tolerate it."
"All my life I have been bullied for the perceived feminine qualities of my first name, and it has only gotten worse since I started playing professional basketball," said Gay during a small press conference this morning. But for Memphis Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay, it means a return to the bullying that has tormented him throughout the first five years of his career. The end of the lockout has been positive news for most players in the NBA. Rudy Gay Bullied by Teammates for Effeminate First Name
I don't know, maybe you guys have heard him discuss it before. However, I'm not sure if this is a legit article, it just seems off. I just came across this article about Rudy Gay being bullied all of his life and thought I should share it with you guys.