There have been several instances in NBA history where players trade in the chance for a massive one-year pay day in order to sign into a more secure, longer-term deal, and Gay’s image when he was dealt from the Toronto Raptors to the Sacramento Kings was at an all-time low. The idea Rudy Gay will opt out this summer of the last year of his contract, one that pays him an amount ($19.3 million for 2014-15) most in the NBA would conclude is too much for what he provides, seemed reasonable enough for a little while.
