'He can be a multi-dimensional, chess piece-type player,' said Memphis general manager Chris Wallace. His 18.9 points and 5.5 rebounds a game were slightly off his 2007-'08 statistics. Yet coming off his third season as a pro, more consistency and versatility would be good things. eventually, I want my name to be in that mix.' 'LeBron and Melo and all the guys that I go against. I'm not going to guard Shaq, and I don't want to be Dwight,' he added. 'I just felt like I needed to fill out my body some more to bang a little bit more. 'It's a business, and although I love Memphis and it has been home for going on three years, whether I'm here or not, I'm going to go on being me,' Gay said Wednesday by phone. 31, Gay will be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2010. Unless he wins a contract extension from the Grizzlies by Oct. So Gay is going big, or bigger, muscling up to 241 pounds this summer (he started last season about 222) so that he can start to wrestle with the NBA's big guys for his slice. But Gay doesn't want a mere standard slice. Like many of his peers, Rudy Gay wants his piece of the pie.
