He’s posting a Box Plus/Minus of -0.1, a perfectly acceptable number for a role player. Utah Jazz should be happy with investmentĪll told, Gay has been a solid rotational player for the Jazz this season. It seems unfair to knock Gay’s grade for that, but we were looking forward to seeing the Jazz improve their versatility this year.Īt least he’s performed well at the 4. They’ve posted a +18.4 differential (84th percentile) over 450 possessions (again, per CleaningtheGlass).Īside from the data’s troubling suggestion that Gay played particularly well with Joe Ingles, it’s obvious that Quin Snyder prefers Gay at the 4 spot. That grouping has him alongside Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, Jordan Clarkson, and Mike Conley. The most frequently used lineup featuring Gay has him at his traditional 4 spot. The jury is still out on the small-ball experiment, and it looks like Quin Snyder may keep it that way. Rudy Gay is signing a two-year, 12.1M deal with the Jazz, with a player option, his agents Raymond Brothers and Sam Permut said. Gay's deal also reportedly contains a player option. That group was posting a +33.1 differential, albeit over just 27 possessions. Forward Rudy Gay has reportedly agreed to a two-year, 12.1 million deal with the Utah Jazz, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.
That’s because it swapped Joe Ingles in for Bojan Bogdanovic in that same lineup. The best lineup featuring Gay at the 5 is unfortunately no longer an option.
