Boston Celtics: 3 big-impact, low-cost free agents Cs should pursue

High-quality, low-cost target for the Boston Celtics No. 3) Rudy Gay

Of all the targets listed here today, we believe Rudy Gay would be both the safest and highest-impact contributor for the Boston Celtics.

Spending the last four-years with the Spurs, the 15th year veteran went on to become one of San Antonio’s best options coming off the pine in terms of offensive production, posting averages of 11.9 and 5.6 boards on 46 percent shooting from the floor and 36 percent shooting from deep throughout his tenure.

With the situation between the C’s brass and Evan Fournier seemingly growing bleaker by the day, newly acquired wing, Josh Richardson, could be thrust into the starting lineup as the Frenchman’s replacement should he jump ship, thus leaving Boston’s bench just as lacking offensively as it has been these past few years.

However, nabbing Gay in free agency could help change this.

A fantastic spark-plug scorer both in catch-and-shoot scenarios (boasted a 57.6 efficient field goal percentage on such attempts) as well as in isolation, the 34-year-old could be a fantastic addition to this Celtics squad as a much-needed multi-positional presence.

Though no longer the 20+ point-per-game scorer he once was, the combo forward (measures in at 6-8 with a 7-3 wingspan) could prove to be a fantastic veteran backup for either Jaylen Brown at the three or Jayson Tatum at the four all while making somewhere in the range of the MLE.