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San Antonio Spurs veteran forward Rudy Gay was able to recover in time from a torn Achilles tendon to take the court to start this season.
Gay has only missed just two games this season for rest purposes, but he recently voiced that it is still an uphill battle for him mentally to get past the severe injury, according to Sean Cunningham of ABC10 (KXTV) Sacramento.
On returning from his Achilles injury, Rudy Gay said he doesn't think his battle is over yet – he's still battling. Said the toughest part is mental. "No matter how hard you wanna push yourself, you can't."
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) December 23, 2017
Returning from a torn Achilles is one of the most challenging injuries that any NBA player let alone a professional athlete to come back from to perform at a high level. It's something that many other players before him have struggled to get through.
Gay has been productive in a limited role off the bench in his first season with the Spurs averaging 12.0 points on a career-high 48.4 percent shooting from the field along with 5.3 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per contest in 31 games played with five starts. He has scored in double figures 15 times this season including four 20-point outings.
It is an ongoing process that Gay must continue to adjust and work through how he feels physically less than a year removed from the injury. The fact that he still acknowledges that it is a mental hurdle makes it something to keep an eye on moving forward.
