San Antonio Spurs: 2 Potential replacements for Rudy Gay

The San Antonio Spurs should consider replacing Rudy Gay with one of these two players

As a whole, the San Antonio Spurs 2019-20 season was one filled with underwhelming moments and disappointment. The team struggled to maintain an even record and was well on its way to ending the long-standing playoff streak. We can’t drop the blame at the feet of one player, front office member, or coach, but some members of the team did have substantially more disappointing season than others.

Rudy Gay has been one of the better scorers in the league for a long time but it seemed like he was finally slowing down as his age is catching up with him. He’s still got gas left in the tank, but for a team that’s trending towards a rebuild, playing an aging veteran when there are younger options on the open market or on their development team doesn’t seem like the best strategy.

He’s still a good and useful player, but as he approaches the last year of his contract he might be better used as a supplementary piece for a team with higher aspirations, one that views itself as just one stretch forward away from jumping up a tier. There were rumors that he was a player of interest near the deadline, but the Spurs asking price was too high.

After a disappointing year, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the team’s priorities shift to a rebuild, and the asking price for Gay drop accordingly. For the right package of picks or prospects, they should be willing to let him go. He’s played well in his time in San Antonio but let him go play for a team where he can chase a title and make a more meaningful impact at this stage in his career.

Holding on to Gay until the deadline wouldn’t be a bad play, he’s a great veteran to have and he seems like a good locker room guy. But if San Antonio does decide to move on from him these two players would make great replacements.