Heading into the offseason, Gay took steps to keep that momentum going. Gay was reborn during the NBA reboot, however, emerging as the Spurs’ third-leading scorer in seven appearances in Orlando at 17.9 points per game. He did most of that damage off the Spurs’ bench, making 62 of his 67 appearances as a reserve. Gay is coming off a season in which he averaged 10.8 points, matching his rookie season in Memphis for the fewest of his career.
I ended up losing weight and I feel good and ready to go.” “Me bulking up would probably not be conducive to what this game is going to. “As you get older and play longer, you try to become as mobile as possible,” Gay said.
He said he dropped 10 pounds since the Spurs left the Orlando, Fla., bubble in August, intent on entering his 15th NBA season ready to run alongside the Spurs’ youth movement. “Which is a small glimpse of what we’ll get this season.”Īccording to the 34-year-old Gay, his looks are not deceiving. “He’s already thrown down a couple of monster dunks,” guard Patty Mills said.