It was just the beginning of his professional basketball career, while today, he has come a long way in this field with a great career stats. Rudy Gay started his college basketball career playing for the University of Connecticut and was later listed as the eighth player by the Houston Rockets in the 2006 NBA draft. For the year, 2017-18, he is going to have a base salary of $8,406,000. Rudy Gay has now, signed an agreement of two years for a huge deal worth $17,232,300 with an annual salary of $8,616,150.