Untold Story: How A Rudy Gay DNP Started A New Era For The Memphis Grizzlies

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3 ай бұрын

Tony Allen reflects on telling Rudy Gay that he could be the next Paul Pierce. Also, he explains how Gay sitting out led to the birth of the "Grit 'n' Grind" motto.
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@Iamrxch3 3 ай бұрын

Rudy used to look like the next T-Mac when he got hot. Dunks, 3's, mid-range, whatever he wanted to do

@sugu8403 2 ай бұрын

What an insult to Tracy McGrady.

@lefty206 2 ай бұрын

@@sugu8403 6'9, super athletic , fluid, agile, could shoot from anywhere and get red hot at anytime (TMac was a much better passer IMO) but that comparison actually isn't too far off.

@sugu8403 2 ай бұрын

@@lefty206 Shoot from anywhere is a bit of a stretch.. he was building houses when we had him in Toronto, he also like you pointed out didn’t have the court vision McGrady had, he wasn’t as good defensively, and was a whole tier below McGrady as a scorer.

@treyvinvines4554 2 ай бұрын

Joe Johnson was tuff too

@brendonwallace6640 2 ай бұрын

@@sugu8403idk about a whole tier because mcgrady was pretty inefficient himself but he was better than gay

@GHOST91141 3 ай бұрын

It all makes sense now cause I could never understand why Rudy didn't take his game to the next level the talent was there no doubt

@Khale0715 2 ай бұрын

When I was a kid I told everyone who would listen that KD and Rudy would both run the league and win a MVP 😂😂 almost happened

@TheMegaStPatrickShow 2 ай бұрын

Facts makes sense

@user-bo8uo5uv3s 2 ай бұрын

Makes TOOOOOOOO much sense. But it happens alot. Some people just don't know what they have.

@dionruffin3996 2 ай бұрын

Well you we’re half right

@terrancedavis4851 2 ай бұрын

I agree this does make sense because i too when i was a kd thought rudy was gonna be one of the top players in the league too. He had the superstar talent. Great size, athleticism, skill, he had everything. I was so excited when my raptors traded for him he seemed to be the superstar we needed. Ironically trading him lead to forming our championship core that went on to compete in playoffs for years on end. The issue with rudy is exactly this, he was a selfish player. He got tunnel vision when he played for us. I remember one play where there was fast break with him and demar running up the court. Demar was open up the court but rather then rudy passing the ball he took a shot that missed n could see demar visibly upset. He also had a game where he took 37 shots think scored like 14 dnt remember the exact details then he banned everyone from looking at the stats in the locker room after game. Rudy had the talent just wasn’t a playmaker and chased stats over playing winning basketball

@mikelmoon100 3 ай бұрын

“I’ma just probably average 20- 25 points a game man… see where it get us.” 😂 Rudy had other things on his mind. 🤣

@murdaaaa3243 2 ай бұрын

Contract 💸

@nittygrittywithcarlton2203 2 ай бұрын

@@murdaaaa3243😂😂😂 aka the bag

@boogie224 2 ай бұрын

I was cracking up 😂😂😂

@Crazy_e193 3 ай бұрын

Rudy was one of those guys that just didn’t want it bad enough smh

@g4lsupreme542 3 ай бұрын

I heard a player say his eye sight was bad for a lot of years and he refused to get eye surgery , once he did he became more efficient but that was in his king days , he flashed Some moments of what he was capable of

@Boodawoobanga 3 ай бұрын

@@g4lsupreme542wow that's interesting 🤔 never knew that ...must explain his historically poor passing ability

@mxhughes 2 ай бұрын

@@g4lsupreme542 yea I heard a similar thing about his sight being bad

@g4lsupreme542 2 ай бұрын

@@mxhughes I think it was a video on KZfaq. And he could’ve got it corrected in his Toronto days . I made a mistake and said kings .

@welpbuddy4417 2 ай бұрын

Eh not everyone can be the top top top ever. Only 4000-5000 ppl in the history of this earth have played in the NBA and only about 10 percent va say they had better skills than Rudy. That’s an accomplishment in itself man fuck it .

@RatedMRR 2 ай бұрын

Nah that 2010-2011 grizzlies team especially in the playoffs is one I’ll never forget. They also took off when they had OJ Mayo come off the bench. Then knocking out the spurs the first round was wild!

@KingBerry23 2 ай бұрын

I scored 101 points with Rudy Gay on 2K back in the day lol he was a PROBLEM

@codyeble6764 2 ай бұрын

Them dudes that can shoot 3s and have crazy athletic stats are cheat codes... JR Smith, Gerald Green

@MediumNate 2 ай бұрын

Man Rudy is a 2k goat…i used to beat dudes with literally only him scoring…360 dunks and everything

@senrak6877 2 ай бұрын

I always played with Memphis on 2k12 and never lost

@BigGuff304 Ай бұрын

🐐🐐🐐🐐

@Sticktothemodels Ай бұрын

2k13 he was different. Multiple 60 point games

@mca217 2 ай бұрын

I remember going to see Rudy Gay play in college. It didn't take long to see just how immensely talented he was. He could score on every level. He had great size for a SF. Very good athleticism. He honestly had all of the tools.

@noliesbeingtold 2 ай бұрын

That phase from Tony Allen changed the Memphis Grizzlies organization. Tony Allen is loved and respected in Memphis forever for giving the team their identity.

@UptownAlonzo 2 ай бұрын

Rudy and Danny Granger both underrated fr

@UptownAlonzo 2 ай бұрын

B Roy too

@kevinsabharwal1822 2 ай бұрын

Brandon Roy was phenomenal to bad he got hurt.

@Vichinsky-ox8px 2 ай бұрын

@@kevinsabharwal1822 B- Roy was cold.

@samgunz1 2 ай бұрын

Crazy how they got that nice once rudy started fading away... he was always good, smooth, super athletic.. but you could always tell sumthin was missing

@YaNice117 3 ай бұрын

I knew it. I always expected Rudy to be one of them 1s but I see why that never happened now.

@ted.25blu57 2 ай бұрын

Rudy ain't wanna put in the extra extra effort. He had it

@DaveBradleyComedy 3 ай бұрын

Tony still sound like a true Chicago native! My man TA!

@nate8604 2 ай бұрын

He sounds like Perk to me. 😂😂😂😂

@jruwilkerson1356 2 ай бұрын

That's all I hear @@nate8604

@samikhalifa6021 2 ай бұрын

I never heard any of these stories but im not surprised. I always told my boys there’s something off about his hunger. To be a 6’8 high flying shooter with a handle but not be a perennial all star is crazy.

@theapeofwallstreet7613 2 ай бұрын

Lmaooo the way you worded sounds wild but yeah he actually was. Look at his highlights you see bron in so many

@samikhalifa6021 2 ай бұрын

@@theapeofwallstreet7613 he actually was what?

@romello4913 2 ай бұрын

Rudy should’ve been an all time great

@LilGinobili 2 ай бұрын

This interview is a gem! That Memphis team could scrap with a lot of teams, Rudy just never took that leap that we thought he could.

@XX-jh2or 3 ай бұрын

That post game interview is up on KZfaq, definitely can feel the emotion in his voice.

@juniorhernandez3347 2 ай бұрын

I used to watch Rudy Gay on the Sacramento Kings and wonder why he wasn’t more than what he already was and he was already a walking highlight every game. Then I watch his Toronto/Memphis highlights and I just wanted to see him on a winning team so bad since then. He was in what he called “his worst shooting slump of his career” then he tore his acl. It wasn’t even that noticeable, I thought the team just wasn’t clicking yet.

@301Cardosi 3 ай бұрын

Literally EVERY team got better when Rudy left the team. Idk if that’s solely on Rudy but yeah

@Tony-fq5bn 3 ай бұрын

Seems like Rudy had an easily defeated personality. He had like PG/Tatum talent

@W.orld.Breaker 3 ай бұрын

I remember that too. It’s weird how things worked out.

@301Cardosi 3 ай бұрын

@@Tony-fq5bn you ain’t Lying. Rudy had it all but didn’t have IT if that makes sense

@wesleymills560 3 ай бұрын

Relax with the Bandwagon hate for no reason

@301Cardosi 3 ай бұрын

@@wesleymills560 I’ve said this about Rudy before podcasts were even a thing

@avp705 2 ай бұрын

Same with Toronto. Once Rudy left it was on and popping from there. I remember that read 10 years ago.

@pedrovasquez2931 2 ай бұрын

Toronto only was nice bc Kawhi. The teams b4 no took serious. VC era was taken serious tho

@juniorhernandez3347 2 ай бұрын

He had some of the best highlights I’ve ever seen in basketball. Game winners on legit all star defenders faces, silky smooth moves and oh yeah the beautifully nasty posters. Then he had the mean mug to make it look tough 😂

@nanagyambibi7426 3 ай бұрын

As someone that is a true fan of the game and watches all teams and pays attention to trends. I always found it ironic that the teams Rudy Gay was on got better when he left(Memphis & Toronto). Now I know why!

@izell80 3 ай бұрын

Rudy was one of the most physically talented athletes I'd ever seen. Yet something was definitely missing.

@ENDLESS_ICE 3 ай бұрын

You should do a little more research… i have a hard time believing Rudy gay makes any team worse. You’re talkin like he doesn’t play D or is a volume shooter.

@nanagyambibi7426 3 ай бұрын

@@ENDLESS_ICE No I literally mean when he leaves the team the team elevates and goes on a playoff run.

@aariesharris7894 2 ай бұрын

@@ENDLESS_ICEyou just described Rudy Gay

@ENDLESS_ICE 2 ай бұрын

@@aariesharris7894 You don’t watch basketball.

@sfgmode1920 2 ай бұрын

Rudy was so frustrating to watch...he was so good but he never knew how good he was

@FlyWithVeiga 3 ай бұрын

TA ! One of my 5 favorite players all time 🔒

@armin38822 2 ай бұрын

Unbelivable defender. One off the best ever on the permiter.

@youngboymoni 2 ай бұрын

Paul George b4 Paul George

@MikeMcgaskey 2 ай бұрын

Great comparison I was trying to think of who it reminded me of

@cousinchris5851 2 ай бұрын

Rudy Gay was Kobe in NBA 2K12

@quevision1995 2 ай бұрын

2k11

@tellall23 2 ай бұрын

I am100% convinced that the Raptors should have drafted him first to couple him with Chris Bosh; his career would have been way different

@AndreWard-qh3pz 3 ай бұрын

There is ZERO basketball podcasts better than this one & Tony Allen is prob the best guest y'all had so far

@forgottenseasonsnba 3 ай бұрын

Word!! Thank you for watching

@marksines1246 2 ай бұрын

if only rudy played to his potential, grizzlies doesn’t have to trade him to get prince and obviously got better as a team!

@Memphizm Ай бұрын

Lmmfao at the Memphis coming out of T.A. 'ya feel me?!' 😂🔥💯〽️🐻

@noooope4445 3 ай бұрын

This is disappointing to hear but not surprising.

@ricojonz3 Ай бұрын

Tony Allen 🐐

@queboss901 2 ай бұрын

Forever respected in Memphis he know why s/o zbo

@Tennesseetrucker 2 ай бұрын

Rudy used to give LeBron hell

@completecards9606 3 ай бұрын

S/o to yall....we remember

@34Burkes 3 ай бұрын

Rudy gay is a very talented Hooper.. funny how he told this story and validated my observations.. I watch Rudy gay live three times and he was trash with all that talent

@KobaniacMinded 3 ай бұрын

I think that's the thing LeBron says about guys that are in the league that can't play

@1kingzeus 3 ай бұрын

@@KobaniacMinded Rudy could always play he just didn’t live the game. Had no heart.

@dread.8110 3 ай бұрын

@@1kingzeusvery true. Rudy gay was PG before PG . Got superstar status while in Toronto . Even played pretty well . But Rudy is more of a closer player. You don’t need him to be on it the whole game. You just need him to finish it. Sometimes coaching plays a factor. Memphis was no nonsense so they got him up outta there since there was no need to replace him. Toronto got him outta there because he was injury prone and a liability on defence. However , so was the entire raptors squad besides Kyle Lowry . He would have fit well elsewhere

@juniorhernandez3347 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@1kingzeus😂 had no heart? You’re a joke. He doesn’t have the success he had without having heart. You just expect him to live and breathe basketball. Dude did some nasty shii to some of the meanest dudes. It takes heart to do that. Joke.

@UnderGroundSkoopTV 2 ай бұрын

Rudy gay & Grocery List was the best combo 💯🔥🔥

@BrutusJrThe3rd 2 ай бұрын

Mike Conley Tony Allen Rudy Gay Z Bo Marc Gasol They had a squad. I remember when Rudy went down & the Grizzlies went crazy after that. They were the 8 seed & beat the 1 seed Spurs.

@stephcurry5909 2 ай бұрын

I used to think he was one of the best players in the league until I noticed every team he played for got better once he left

@godlyform974 2 ай бұрын

Good for Rudy I support him

@DVNVZ 2 ай бұрын

That Memphis 2k team was a cheat code lol

@trojanboy28 2 ай бұрын

Rudy Gay is the most underrated goat fr

@g-mane7497 2 ай бұрын

"I'm kinda hot at him, I'm really got at him" lol

@lilt1482 2 ай бұрын

If you didnt use rudy gay on 2k 2k11-2k14 you were sleep

@fendifaxtz2218 2 ай бұрын

I used em adamantly lol 😅

@byMichaeltavon 2 ай бұрын

One of the best jump shots ever

@danielgibson1441 3 ай бұрын

I'm sure most of us felt like Rudy gay could've been way better than he turned out being.

@apegang8606 2 ай бұрын

Rudy was a problem Fr 💯 and TA Should Be appreciative that Rudy let you get some run TF lol the man birthed ya career

@dmvbawse4265 2 ай бұрын

No problem with a player like Tony Allen trying to get players to play through injuries. You need guys like him for the Rudy type guys who’ll sit over an upset stomach. Those guys need to know their teammates though because doing that with a tough player who’ll play through anything might lead to them being out for long period due to hurting themselves more. But this doesn’t surprise me about Rudy one bit. Always had the talent but just looked like he was in cruise control

@POPINTHETAPE 2 ай бұрын

Rudy Gay = the NBA Trey Songz

@MrAgainstallodds78 2 ай бұрын

The raptors trading Rudy Gay started the “we the North” era too

@CyrusLincoln-xc2de 3 ай бұрын

We all know TA you KD kryptonite!!! You & bruce bowen best defenders ive eva seen

@zayt901 2 ай бұрын

They needed those extra points from Rudy in that playoff series. They couldve made the championship game

@xxtooshiestyxx8756 2 ай бұрын

Boy had dat KDitis 😭

@mxhughes 2 ай бұрын

His first nba game against the knicks in 06-07 I remember he scored like 30.I thought dude was gonnabe a problem and he was at times but more times not

@chloejay8199 2 ай бұрын

Maryland has so many talented hoopers but for the most part it seems once most make it to the league they’re never as great as they could be…KD included even tho he’ll probably go down as the best Maryland/DMV hooper

@JayFlocko 2 ай бұрын

love TA

@1994Trill 2 ай бұрын

Rudy Gay is legit Michael Jordan level on 2k though. Well he used to be at least.

@1kingzeus 3 ай бұрын

As Grizz fan Rudy was a very good player. But bruh didn’t have no heart or toughness to him. Wish he did Grizz could’ve won a few rings.

@philgreen1954 3 ай бұрын

Tony got to get on some podcast show, he seem kool

@charlieb3a 2 ай бұрын

He be on Paul and kg show

@tayh3168 2 ай бұрын

I just think he played during the wrong era. If he came into the league now he would have thrived as a power forward. He preferred to play as a 4 instead of a 3 but he's just not good enough as a wing and a shooter. Was also too small to excel at the 4 during the time he came into the league.

@cowencleare8519 3 ай бұрын

That’s Joe Buddens father right there !! 🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸

@MontyFlowz 2 ай бұрын

Man i thought that was Rasheed Wallace 😂

@coryvictorian7230 2 ай бұрын

They should’ve never traded Rudy in the first place

@t-god2439 2 ай бұрын

I don’t even want to finish this video. This is some straight bs. I hate when any person has soooooooo much talent and just refuses to pursue it. That ish ticks me off soooo much smh. Now I see why Rudy was what he was

@TheMegaStPatrickShow 2 ай бұрын

Yea man it makes sense