His success in his career path has paid him well financially making his net worth estimated to be $40 million and he earns a salary of around 13.33 million USD. He was also a team member of the United States that won a gold medal in the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Since then he has been playing for team Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). On 19 November 2014, he signed a three-year contract extension with the Kings. On 9 December 2013, he was traded to Sacramento Kings and exercised his $19.3 million contract option with the Kings for the 2014-15 season on 22 June 2014. While playing for team Raptors, he set a franchise record by scoring 74 points in his first three games. On 8 July 2010, he signed a five-year contract extension worth $82 million with the Memphis Grizzlies but he was traded to Toronto Raptors on 30 January 2013.Ĭaption: Rudy Gay outfit (Source: Magazine) As a rookie, he recorded an average of 10.8 points and 4.5 rebounds for team Grizzlies. He was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies along with Stromile Swift in exchange for Shane Battier on 12 July 2006. He started playing basketball professionally after being selected by the Houston Rockets in the 2006 NBA draft. Talking about the career journey of Rudy Gay, he started playing basketball professionally in 2006. After graduation from high school, he chose to attend the University of Connecticut at the University of Maryland. He was honored with Washington Post All-American, McDonald’s All-American, and Parade first-team All-American while playing basketball in high school.
He studied at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, Maryland, and later transferred to Archbishop Spalding in Severn, Maryland. He has three sisters namely: Brett Gay, Yozmin Gay, and Candace Gay. His mother’s name is Rae Gay and his father’s name is Rudy Gay Sr. He is of African-American ethnicity and has an American nationality.
Professional basketball player Rudy Gay was born in Brooklyn, New York.