Gay, the Sacramento Kings forward, appeared in all nine games for the Americans in the 2010 world championship, averaging 7.0 points off the bench. He has a lot of equity in the USA Basketball national team.' 'Rudy has been an integral member of USA Basketball since 2005 and was a tremendous contributor to our 2010 world championship team. 'We both felt he would be a valuable addition because of his outstanding skills and the fact that he is so familiar with USA Basketball and our national team program,' Colangelo said Friday in a statement. USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo received a call Thursday night, shortly after Kevin Durant pulled out, and was told that Gay was available if he and coach Mike Krzyzewski were interested. Rudy Gay has been added to the Team USA's roster following Kevin Durant's withdrawl. national basketball team has added Rudy Gay, who helped them win a gold medal four years ago and asked to rejoin the team following a series of player withdrawals.