You and your stats are wrong.Gay has tried to defend himself multiple times against the advanced statistics that label him as an inefficient blackhole on the offensive end.
“However you want to choose to use analytics, it’s up to you,” Gay told the New York Post recently. “I think it’s a good tool, don’t get me wrong. It’s always been a good tool for matchups and finding different lineups. But I wouldn’t dissect someone’s game over it, personally.
“Do I think I’m unfairly cast? Yeah, because the things they don’t keep in stats, I flourish at. I think everybody on the team would attest that they want the ball in my hands at the end of games, and when they need a basket, they go to me. Whether my analytic stats are bad or not, they like that [option]. That’s all that really matters to me. What comes up and all that stuff … of course I’d like to make all of my shots. I don’t shoot them just to try to miss. But as far as that, having respect and knowing my teammates will go to me if they need a bucket or they need to tie the game or they need to win the game, that’s all that really matters.”
“Honestly, how I view it, a computer can’t tell talent, it just can’t,” Gay told NBA.com in September. “When it comes down to it, it’s all about winning, and however you get the win. According to analytics, you either [have] to shoot a three or get to the foul line, and it’s not good for people like me that live in that mid-range area. … It’s tough. Obviously, according to analytics, some of my opponents wouldn’t value me as much as they do. So, a computer can say what it wants, but as long as I get respect from my peers, that’s all that matters.”
The advanced analytics crowd has been proven wrong before. Look no further than Monta Ellis, who was also cast aside as an inefficient chucker who supposedly made teams worse.
Now, with the Dallas Mavericks, Ellis is thriving with a new supporting cast, system and role that fit his game. He’s averaging 21.5 points, 5.6 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals on the 13-9 Mavericks. His PER is also a career-high 18.98 and there’s much less criticism being directed his way.
Ellis, who is one year older than Gay, is proof that it’s not too late for the forward to change the way he’s perceived and increase his value once again. Perhaps a change of scenery will be good for him and playing alongside Cousins and Thomas among others will help his game.
If he can emerge as a valuable second option and put up solid numbers as the Kings’ power forward, he’ll be viewed differently. Most importantly, if he helps get the Kings out of the Western Conference’s cellar, he’ll likely receive a lot of credit for the turnaround and change his public perception, just like Ellis did this year. It’ll take some work on Gay’s part, but he still has time to take back his career and prove his critics wrong.
god dammit i bought tickets to see them play the spurs,but now knowing that Gay is gone i think i lost total hope for this team 
