Rudy Gay has been battling back problems ever since back spasms kept him out of an early March game against the Milwaukee Bucks, and now it seems as if the Toronto Raptors could be looking at shutting him down for the season.
Gay missed Saturday night's game against the New York Knicks, fueling suspicion that he could be done for the season:
Dwane Casey said today Raptors will consider shutting Rudy Gay down for the year: "That's something that will be talked about ..."
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) March 23, 2013
The Raptors traded for Gay back in the end of January in hopes of finding the missing piece of their offense. It's worked at times, and other times we've seen the team click like crazy, putting points on the board dozens at a time.
Toronto's time with Gay started off as well as it could have hoped, as the team won six of its first eight games. However, the Raptors are 9-12 overall with Gay in the lineup, and they've won just two of their past 11 with Gay.
He's averaging 20 points, six rebounds and three assists per game for the Raptors, but that all comes while shooting just 40.2 percent from the floor and just ...
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Toronto Raptors Considering Shutting Down Rudy Gay for Rest of Season
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