Malone:
But in Rudy Gay, you get a 6’10, versatile scorer. And I know everybody’s hung up on his 38 percent this year, but if you look at his numbers throughout his career, he’s shot well over 45 percent a number of seasons. So I’m not as concerned as a lot of these analytic people get concerned about (Rudy). He’s a very talented player. End of games, he can make plays for you. He’s versatile. He can score in the post, handling the ball, catch-and-shoot, isolation, so he’s talented and we’ve become a much more talented team with him.
Aaron Gray is a guy that I coached in New Orleans. I have some history with Aaron. He’s got a high IQ for a big guy, very physical, a solid rebounder and he’s a guy that I know every night will go out there and follow the gameplan and he’s got great gameplan discipline. And then in Quincy Acy, you have an undersized power forward, who has a tremendous motor. (He’s) very high energy and is also an excellent rebounder if you look at his per 48 averages. So, we’re excited to have all three of those guys. We thank the four guys that have left. We wish them nothing but the best and I’m hoping we’ll be able to get our new guys for Wednesday night against Utah."
#SacKings GM Pete D'Alessandro on the importance of looking at Rudy Gay's statistical production in context:
Critics of the Kings' acquisition of Rudy Gay point to his high usage rate and low shooting efficiency. I asked the Kings GM how important it is to look at Gay's numbers in the position he was put in the last few years.
"Very important," D'Alessandro said. "That’s a great question. I read everything that everyone reads. We have our processes too and we see things differently. That’s just the nature of that ever-growing and ever-expanding game. We look at him differently than maybe others do. I feel like a lot of times with certain players, it’s where they’re getting the ball, it’s where they’re scoring, it’s the position they’re put in. And I think we have a good idea, we’re talking as a staff a little bit, we have a good idea of what positions that we’d like to put him in."
