http://aol.sportingnews.com/nba/sto...cts-goggles-raptors-grizzlies-bryan-colangelo Rudy Gay's vision—and judgment—to blame for bad shooting For some time now, Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay has been a borderline All-Star player. Although his talent cannot be denied, Gay’s worth has proved to be a divisive topic. Most of that discussion centers on Gay’s shooting. Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo provided some explanation for his star players’ streaky shooting in an interview on TSN Radio, mentioning that Gay has vision issues. Though the problem needs correction, Gay refuses to wear contacts and is not comfortable in goggles, Bruce Arthur reported for the National Post. Perhaps this helps to explain the inconsistencies in Gay’s outside shot we've all observed. A dynamic athlete, Gay has the ability to get to the bucket and finish, but he is also one of the NBA tough-shot takers. There are players who can take and make tough shots. Gay mostly takes them. Outside the restricted area, Gay shot only 36.8 percent from the field this past season. Most of those shots came from mid-range, where he hit 148-of-411 attempts, or 36.0 percent. Gay’s struggles extended beyong the 3-point line. Gay was either hot or cold—no in between. There was proof of this in Gay’s first three months with the Raptors. He shot 25.5 percent from three in February, 28.6 in March and 50.0 in April. With the Memphis Grizzlies, before he was traded to Toronto in January, Gay was pointed out as the rare player capable of creating his own shot. But what’s more important are the type of shots he creates. As we can see, Gay's judgement—and vision—needed work in 2012-13. If this is true it is pretty amazing he can make anything at all.
Ridiculous that he can refuse to wear contacts. For the money they are paying him, he should correct himself.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>The # Raptors announced forward Rudy Gay had a procedure performed today in Los Angeles to correct vision in his left eye.</p>— RaptorsMR (@RaptorsMR) <a href="https://twitter.com/RaptorsMR/status/327870231747895297">April 26, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
it might be a disappointment to gay fans, but shooting with bad eyesight actually doesn't affect you much. Expect Rudy to have another mediocre, over-hyped season.
They make it sound like this had been known for a while. Why didn't he have surgery before? If this guy wouldn't wear goggles, contacts and refused surgery initially, then his drive, not his eyes, is the issue here.
Are you serious.... This shouldn't be an excuse at all I play basketball myself at least 3-4 times a week and not even ONCE have they ever fell off
and even if they do, the trainer keeps an extra set for you on the bench. pretty sure sam cassell was in this situation with the rockets during a game i recall.
No reason why he can't have 20 pairs on standby, if he wants to. It's really no excuse. I can't remember my contacts ever coming off either, maybe once. Keep them moist and you'll be fine.
Do you even play basketball? Have you ever played basketball without contacts or glasses? The basket is blurry as hell. He might still suck, but shooting without contacts is hard especially the farther away from it you are.
Better than not playing with them at all. Particularly if your check is riding on it and an NBA franchise is counting on you.
