RUDY SHINES

His team may have lost to the lowly Knicks to begin the season, but Rudy Gay had to have the Memphis Grizzlies brass pleased after the former UConn star debued with 21 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in Wednesday's triple-overtime contest.
ESPN.com's Insider (see link: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/news/story?page=nbalocal/061102) focused its Memphis coverage on Gay, the No. 8 pick in this past NBA Draft. If you're not a member of Insider, just go to commercialappeal.com, the Memphis newspaper ESPN linked to.