<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rudy-Gay-Derrick-White-Patty-Mills-Spurs-Pacers.jpg"></figure><h1>Derrick White’s honest take on Patty Mills, Rudy Gay brawl with Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-04-19T21:06:34-07:00">April 19th, 9:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-04-19T21:06:34-07:00">April 19th, 9:06pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A scuffle broke out on Monday when the San Antonio Spurs visited the Indiana Pacers, and Derrick White was almost at the wrong place at the wrong time. Pacers forward JaKarr Sampson was out there looking for some smoke as he got physical with Spurs guard Patty Mills, which eventually forced Rudy Gay to step in to help protect his teammate.</p><p>Luckily, White was there to act as a referee to try and deescalate things. After the game, he reassured Mills that they will always have his back amid all the “crazy” against the Pacers (via <a href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1384345646967050242">Tom Osborn of the San Antonio Express-News</a>).</p><blockquote>“That was crazy. I’m not sure how it started. But obviously, we know Patty, one of the nicest guys in the league. I don’t know how it started. But we’ve always got Pat’s back.”</blockquote><p>It seemed as though the altercation started in the previous play where both Mills and Sampson first bumped bodies. Mills boxed out Sampson, which the Pacers forward clearly was upset about. Sampson ended up taking his frustration out on Mills on the next play and when Gay stepped in to try and cool things down, Sampson continued to erupt.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Things got a little chippy between the Spurs and Pacers. <a href="https://t.co/8RmqU6Mgmz" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/8RmqU6Mgmz</a></p><p>— Bally Sports San Antonio (@BallySportsSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsSA/status/1384328614230044673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 20, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Unfortunately for Sampson, he was tossed for the altercation and Mills didn’t even flinch.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JaKarr Sampson wanted to fight Patty Mills</p><p>Patty Mills laughed in his face 😂</p><p>Legend</p><p>📸: AP’s Michael Conroy <a href="https://t.co/N2c4r1QBtL" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/N2c4r1QBtL</a></p><p>— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomPetrini/status/1384342069808754691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 20, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>White added that he would definitely want to steer away from being in a scuffle against Gay, a 34-year-old veteran who doesn’t easily back down from anything.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked if he would want to tangle with Rudy Gay, Derrick White said:</p><p>"Did you all see me? I was holding him back crazy…But, no."</p><p>— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) <a href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1384344983172304896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 20, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>After all the pushing and shoving, Rudy Gay and company ended up winning the on-court battle, 109-94 to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/san-antonio-spurs/records">climb back to .500.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Derrick White’s honest take on Patty Mills, Rudy Gay brawl with Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rudy-Gay-DeMar-DeRozan-Spurs-NBA-All-Star-Game.jpg"></figure><h1>Rudy Gay points out glaring thing missing from All-Star Game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-10T23:03:51-08:00">March 10th, 11:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-10T23:03:51-08:00">March 10th, 11:03pm</time><address><a>Ben Waterworth</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With last Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game still on the minds of many, Rudy Gay boldly said there was only one thing missing from the contest: DeMar DeRozan.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1369877465506717699">According to Spurs beat reporter Jeff Garcia</a> on Twitter, Gay was vocal on the surprising omission of his teammate.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The only thing missing from the All-Star Game was him," – Rudy Gay on DeRozan's All-Star snub. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#nba</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gospursgo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#gospursgo</a> <a href="https://t.co/uIrchCBKOj" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/uIrchCBKOj</a></p><p>— JeffGSpursZone (@JeffGSpursZone) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1369877465506717699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 11, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>DeRozan was a four-time All-Star while playing for the Toronto Raptors, earning nods in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. But since getting traded to the Spurs three seasons ago, he has yet to make a return in the NBA All-Star Game.</p><p>Many felt the same way as Gay, especially with DeRozan’s all-around numbers this season, not to mention the Spurs’ decent record despite a spate of injuries. But there were also those who felt DeRozan not being selected wasn’t a surprise, even as a replacement for the injured Devin Booker, whose spot was taken by Utah Jazz veteran Mike Conley Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.poundingtherock.com/2021/2/23/22298242/demar-derozan-gets-snubbed-from-all-star-reserves-and-some-snub-lists">Marilyn Dubinski of Pounding The Rock</a> has called DeRozan not making the All-Star squad a “snub,” adding that while he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/demar-derozan/b5360a01/stats">may not be posting the highest numbers</a> of his career, his contributions to the Spurs were strong enough to put him in contention. Gay is somewhere out there, nodding.</p><blockquote>“Not only is he the Spurs’ leading scorer and distributer on a young, rebuilding team that is headed towards a possible playoff appearance that seamed improbable before the season began, but he has found a near perfect balance between when to defer and when to take over.”</blockquote><p>Rudy Gay has always been known as a vocal leader and he sure made his feelings known about the disrespect to his teammate. DeMar DeRozan also was mentioned by other pundits in the conversation about players who got snubbed for All-Star spots this year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rudy Gay points out glaring thing missing from All-Star Game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/spurs.jpg"></figure><h1>Rudy Gay, Patty Mills react to LaMarcus Aldridge’s Spurs exit</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-03-10T22:51:15-08:00">March 10th, 10:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-03-10T22:51:15-08:00">March 10th, 10:51pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>LaMarcus Aldridge’s time with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/san-antonio-spurs" rel="noopener">San Antonio Spurs</a> may not have been as successful as he would’ve wanted, but there’s no doubt he made a huge impact on the city, the team and his teammates.</p><p>Following the news of his impending exit from the Spurs, his teammates Rudy Gay and Patty Mills made sure to remind everyone how great and influential he is to the organization. While it may be a sad ending, Gay noted that the veteran big man should still be celebrated.</p><blockquote>“He’s done some really, really good things as a Spur, and I think it’s time to celebrate what he’s done. You can’t forget what LaMarcus has done here,” Gay said of his Spurs teammate, whom he also called his good “friend,” per Tom Orsborn of <a href="https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1369882748677160963" rel="noopener">The San Antonio Express-News</a>.</blockquote><p>Mills, for his part, wished nothing but the best for Aldridge, expressing his hope that his next team after the Spurs will give the sweet-shooting forward a chance to compete for the title.</p><blockquote>“He’s well respected with this group particularly and every team he’s played for. As a teammate, you wish the best for him and hope the next chapter in his journey works out for him. He’s a hell of a player, hell of a pro…” Mills added.</blockquote><p>It’s still unknown where LaMarcus Aldridge will end up with, but it sure looks like fans won’t have to wait for long to know. After all, given that it was Gregg Popovich  himself who broke the news, odds are they are already engaged in significant trade discussions for the forward.</p><p>For what it’s worth, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Spurs are confident that they will be able to find a suitable partner and trade returns within the next week for the 35-year-old.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rudy Gay, Patty Mills react to LaMarcus Aldridge’s Spurs exit

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In the third quarter, two-time MVP Stephen Curry was up to his usual tricks of making defenders look foolish and helpless simultaneously.</p><p>In <a href="https://twitter.com/warriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1359339531850244102%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1002430action%3Dedit">this instance</a>, it’s Rudy Gay:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Unreal.<a href="https://twitter.com/StephenCurry30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@StephenCurry30</a> || <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#NBAAllStar</a> <a href="https://t.co/cmxtv6fI81" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/cmxtv6fI81</a></p><p>— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) <a href="https://twitter.com/warriors/status/1359339531850244102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">February 10, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>As you can see, Curry gets set up with an extremely high screen from Draymond Green and curls around it with blistering speed. Gay expected Curry to continue scurrying towards the rim, but instead, the 32-year-old marksman took a few steps backwards towards the three-point line – leaving Gay caught in no man’s land nowhere near Curry.</p><p>Of course, the career 43.5 percent three-point shooter drained it with no issue as Curry open on the three-point line usually leads to an automatic three points for the Warriors.</p><p>One day after performing the “<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-takes-on-junebug-challenge-james-wiseman-hilariously-watches/">junebug challenge</a>” pregame, Curry put up a 32-point, 7-rebound, 6-assist game against the Spurs, which ended in a loss. One game before that, however, Curry delivered his second 50-point game of the season with a 57-point masterclass against the Mavericks.</p><p>After an injury-riddled campaign in 2019-20, Curry is back to his eminent level in the NBA as one of the game’s biggest stars and most talented players – someone who can lift his entire team up and drag them to the playoffs if necessary.</p><p>This season, with Draymond Green not the dominant force he once was, Klay Thompson out for the year with an injury and Kelly Oubre Jr. struggling, the Warriors will likely need an MVP-level performance from Steph.</p><p>So far, they’ve gotten it. And Rudy Gay took the brunt of it on Tuesday night.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VIDEO: Stephen Curry sends Rudy Gay to a different dimension with crazy step-back 3-pointer

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Rockets’ DeMarcus Cousins’ creative dap with Rudy Gay screams new normal

Serge Ibaka

Andre Drummond

JaVale McGee

Kemba Walker

Rudy Gay

Danny Green

Kelly Oubre Jr.

CJ McCollum

Victor Oladipo

Bradley Beal

2006-07 All-Rookie

Memphis Grizzlies

Toronto Raptors

Sacramento Kings

San Antonio Spurs

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Thank you all for joining the January #ADVANCEChat! It was fun making coaching connections from the court to the classroom and learning from you all 

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A lot of helpful advice! - Our last question is up! See Q5 - #ADVANCEChat 

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I'm reading a lot of creative ideas I had never considered! Q4 - #ADVANCEChat 

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Thank you for sharing these valuable resources. Q3 is now up - #ADVANCEChat 

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I'm reading some excellent answers, a lot of seen firsthand. See Q2 - #ADVANCEChat 

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Welcome to our January #ADVANCEChat and thank you for joining us this evening. I'm excited to be hosting! Remember to include #ADVANCEChat in your tweets. Tonight I will be leading the chat on Coaching From the basketball court to the school house. 

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Join us in 5 minutes for the monthly #ADVANCEChat! We will be discussing Coaching From the basketball court to the school house. #EdChat #TXEd #GoSpursGo 

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#ADVANCEChat is BACK and Im hosting today at 8pm cst. 😁 Join me to talk hoops, coaching, and education w/ @InsightADVANCE! 🏀 

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.1	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.8

2020-21 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
11.1	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.8