Warriors keep getting older, bring in former star forward

Gay is the second big-name player in their late-30s that the Dubs have added this offseason, after the team traded for future Hall-of-Fame point guard Chris Paul in in July. CP3 turned 38 in May, while Gay turned 37 in August.

According to NBC Sports Bay Area's Dalton Johnson, Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said this week that "he could see other names coming to camp and competing for the Warriors' 14th roster (spot)." Since then, Golden State has added 32-year-old shooting guard Rodney McGruder, and now Gay.

The former UConn star was selected eighth overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2006 NBA Draft but was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies two weeks later. Gay spent his first six-plus seasons in Memphis, earning First-Team All-Rookie honors in 2007, before being traded to the Toronto Raptors in January 2013.

After just 51 games between two seasons north of the border, Gay was traded to the Sacramento Kings in December 2013, where he'd play the next three-plus years. Gay then played four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs and suited up with the Utah Jazz for the last two campaigns.

Gay has been traded multiple times this summer, first from the Jazz to the Atlanta Hawks, and then from the Hawks to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was waived by the Thunder in July.

Gay averaged career lows in points (5.2), rebounds (2.9) and minutes per game (14.6) among other categories across 56 contests off the bench last season, while recording career worsts in field goal (.380) and three-point percentage (.254) as well.

He's fifth among active players in games played (1,120) — trailing LeBron James, Thaddeus Young, Paul and longtime Warrior Andre Iguodala — and is ninth in points (17,642), behind Paul and fellow Golden State point guard Stephen Curry among others.

Gay and Paul are now the two oldest players on the Dubs' projected roster (per ESPN.com), but other notables in their 30s include Curry (35), Klay Thompson (33), Draymond Green (33) and Gary Payton II (30). Golden State does have a mix of youngsters and players seemingly entering their prime too, however, including Andrew Wiggins (28), Kevon Looney (27) and Jonathan Kuminga (20).