Rudy Gay dropped 15 pounds that he gained before last season.

“I had to lose a lot of weight,” Gay said. “I put on a lot of unnecessary weight. I feel good now. I feel lighter, I feel quicker.”

Gay said the extra weight was due to his workout regimen.

“Heavy weight lifting,” Gay said. “That’s somthing that I shouldn’t have done.”

Gay said his “excessive” gains were to prepare to play against bigger players last season with the Toronto Raptors.

“One of the emphasises coming into camp last year with Toronto was me playing the stretch four and putting on the weight was one of those things,” Gay said. “It didn’t turn out very well so I had to drop it. Now I feel like a guard again.”