SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rudy Gay didn't get his contract extension from the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, but to hear him tell it, he's fine with that. The Grizzlies and Gay had until midnight on Monday to hammer out an extension but didn't do so.As it is, Gay will become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
"We just didn't agree upon it," Gay said after the Grizzlies' 126-117 overtime loss to the Kings. "That's all it was. It's a business."
Gay told Fanhouse on Sunday that he thought he should be paid in the vicinity of $10 million per year for five years.
Obviously, Memphis never made such an offer. Still, Gay said not getting the extension doesn't change his long-term thinking about playing for the Grizzlies.
"No, because there's still a possibility I'm going to be here," Gay said. "My mind is open. I'm thinking the same way I've been thinking. I'm a man. I'm a grown man. That doesn't distract me. If that little something distracts me, think about how many other things can distract me then in my life."
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I hope they keep him. They finally have a team that should be able to have a winning season...