As such, Rudy faces a tough choice this summer with regards to his future.  For the first time in his professional life, he'll be able to get to choose his destiny, assuming he decides to test the Free Agent waters.  At 28 years old, wherever Rudy decides to sign is a place where he would likely spend the prime of his career.

In a recent interview with NBA.com's Scott Howard-Cooper, Rudy touched on this issue, and his thoughts about staying with the Kings:

As a Kings fan who would love to see Rudy stay, that's great to hear, even if he's very non-committal in his other answers regarding his future.

There really are quite a lot of good reasons for Gay to stay in Sacramento as well, despite the team missing the playoffs for the 8th straight season.  Sacramento is the only team that can give him a five year deal.  Sacramento is the only team that can pay him $19.3 million next season (should he decide to opt in to his final year and become a free agent in 2015 instead).  In DeMarcus Cousins, the Kings have a potential star partner for Gay where he doesn't have to be the main guy (which was a big problem in Toronto).  Finally, in just two years, the Kings will have the newest and possibly most state-of-the-art arena in the NBA to play in.

The Kings future certainly looks a lot brighter than it has in years past, but part of that is because of Rudy.  He says that the Kings have been great to him, but he's been great to the Kings, and I hope that's a relationship that can continue for years to come.