{"id":411251,"date":"2024-10-29T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=411251"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:10:05","slug":"rudy-gay-announces-retirement-from-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/rudy-gay-announces-retirement-from-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Gay announces retirement from basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy Gay has decided to call it a career in basketball, announcing his retirement after 17 years in the NBA. The now retired player had a career average of 15.8 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 1120 NBA games played, wearing the jerseys of the Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz. Below is the post in which Rudy Gay announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m 38 years old.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had an 18 year career in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to hang it up. Thank you for everything \u2014 it\u2019s all love. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayersTribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PlayersTribune<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GOEjp3rolL\">https:\/\/t.co\/GOEjp3rolL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rudy Gay (@RudyGay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGay\/status\/1851277994121187488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy Gay announced his retirement from basketball in a post on his X account. 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