'I'm always like anytime that happens to anybody in the league, they hit me up and I tell them exactly how I did it. 'When it first happened, I talked to him,' Gay said. In fact, Gay spoke to Wall months ago about the road ahead. Gay is one of the testimonials that should give the Wizards hope for John Wall, who is currently nine months into his own Achilles rehab. In those two-plus seasons, he has played 140 games with solid numbers of 12.6 points, 6.1 rebounds per game and a. Now in his third season since the injury, Gay is a key member of the San Antonio Spurs' rotation at the age of 33. He was 30 years old and a player whose game was predicated on athleticism. He suffered a full tear of his left Achilles tendon. In January of 2017, when he was with the Kings, Gay collapsed in agony while playing the Indiana Pacers.
Rudy Gay is to a certain extent similar in the NBA for torn Achilles tendons. Nowadays, when an NFL running back tears his ACL, Adrian Peterson's name is often invoked. WASHINGTON - While some professional athletes have become synonymous with injuries because of how their careers have been derailed, there is a flip-side where others have become famous success stories.
