Veteran forward Rudy Gay is retiring after 17 seasons in the NBA, he announced Tuesday in The Players' Tribune.
The Houston Rockets selected Gay with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft and subsequently traded him to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Gay spent his first seven seasons with the Grizzlies, averaging 17.9 points, 5.8 boards, two assists, and 1.3 steals across 479 appearances. The UConn product made the NBA All-Rookie first team and finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. His 8,562 points in a Grizzlies uniform rank fifth on the franchise's all-time leaderboard.