‘Honestly, I had two bad years of shooting the ball and this last year was really bad, so I just had to go back to the basics,’ Gay said of his offseason workouts. He said his blurred vision wasn’t why he shot just 41.6 percent overall and 32.3 percent from beyond the arc last season, the second consecutive season in which his shooting percentages plunged. So, a computer can say what it wants, but as long as I get respect from my peers, that’s all that matters.’ Gay had laser surgery to correct a vision problem he said he never realized how bad it really was. ‘Obviously, according to analytics, some of my opponents wouldn’t value me as much as they do. According to analytics, you either to shoot a 3 or get to the foul line, and it’s not good for people like me that live in that mid-range area.’ ‘It’s tough,’ Gay said. ‘When it comes down to it, it’s all about winning, and however you get the win. ‘Honestly, how I view it, a computer can’t tell talent, it just can’t,’ Gay said. Combine it all with his low shooting percentages last season and the advanced stats - Effective Shooting Percentage (eFG%), True Shooting Percentage (TS%) and Offensive Rating (offRtg) – offer a less flattering assessment than his conventional 18.2 ppg, 6.1 rpg and 2.7 apg. When he’s not slashing to the rim, the majority of his scoring chances come from analytical no-man’s land - the mid-range. He doesn’t get to the free-throw line frequently enough. Gay doesn’t shoot enough 3-pointers or shoot them particularly well, and worse, he takes alarmingly too few from the high-percentage corners. It doesn’t value his game and it makes no apologies. The 6-foot-8 slashing small forward is the enemy of the computer. Per NBA.com: “No player is caught in the cross hairs of the NBA’s analytics revolution quite like Rudy Gay. As long as his peers in the League continue to respect him - the Raptors finally starting to win would certainly help - Gay says that he’ll be fine. He knows this, but says he’s not too worried about the critics. Toronto Raptors forward Rudy Gay isn’t very popular with the advanced stats crowd.