I hope he goes to a contender and gets a ring,” or “Aw man, I’m definitely going to miss Rudy. I was blown away with the “Rudy Love.” There were a lot of comments like, “One of my favorite players of all time. If Russ and Durant were top two seed status, year after year, is elevated Russ and OKC Rudy top 3-4 status? I went on Reddit the day it was announced that Rudy would opt out of his 14.2-million-dollar player option because I wanted to see what the Kings fans were saying. He patches the July 4 th hole in the thunder’s roster, and with the elevation of Westbrook, I think OKC is back to a 50+ wins status. For their careers, Rudy shot 3% less than Durant from both the field and three-point percentage, scored 10 less points, and rebounded at almost the same clip-one less per game. I don’t think Gay deserves the title of “poor man’s” anything. Last year when Woj dropped the Rudy Gay to OKC bomb, I was just like everyone else, “Presti WHY!?” The Rudy rumblings have been on repeat for years, “bad teammate,” “team cancer,” “never saw a shot he didn’t like,” “Calling Sacramento basketball hell,” “teams get better once he leaves,” but the truth is, and Sam Presti saw it too-He’s a “middle class” Kevin Durant. Okay, before I wake up tomorrow morning with the entire OKC fan base chanting “Monster, Monster” in my front lawn with pitchforks and torches… hear me out.