I won’t go as far to say that Gay is a steal for the Kings, it’s not like you are signing someone of Chandler Parsons age who can and probably will improve into his $15 million per year salary, but just the fact that he is reasonably priced into his role as #2 scorer and locker room leader is much more than can be said when the Kings traded for him almost a year ago. However, if you can get a proven wing player in the NBA, someone with a little more ability than just a “3 and D” guy, you have a reasonably priced player with whom you might be able to attract another big name with. It was always a worry that the management group, in their effort to create a winner without tanking, would overpay for Gay, clogging up cap space and flexibility that could potentially help them improve in the years to come. It was always going to be an interesting test case to see what King’s management was going to do with Gay, they were hell bent on signing him this summer to usher in their new arena in 2016, and they seemed to have found a solid price to sign him for.
