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#2 Gregg Popovich wants to bring Rudy Gay back next season

San Antonio Spurs v Denver Nuggets - Game Five

Rudy Gay's current contract with the San Antonio Spurs is set to expire this summer, although Tom Osborn of the San Antonio Express-News is reporting that Gregg Popovich remains keen on bringing the veteran back:

We are hoping we can figure out a way to keep him here. He's a great team-mate, has a great personality, great sense of humour. He's a very outgoing individual. He's an easy team-mate to be with, so he makes people feel comfortable. Rudy is a scorer. He’s somebody who changes games. And he’s gotten better rebounding-wise and defensively, which was never his forte. But he understands the importance of it and is just getting better every year.

During the 18/19 season, Gay averaged 13.7 points and 6.8 rebounds in 26.7 minutes per game this season. He also shot more than 40% from three-point range.