Here comes Rudy Gay...and, oops, there he goes

Rudy Gay never made it to Target Center,.

He's already gone after the Grizzlies stepped and paid up.

Big.

A Wolves source confirms it.

NBA.com, ESPN and Yahoo Sports are calling it a five-year, $80 million-plus deal.

Apparently, the Grizz were worried some team was going to frontload an offer with as much as $20 million a year, so they struck now.

Gay was suppose to arrive sometime this afternoon, but never got that far after the Grizz paid probably $30 million more than if they had agreed to sign him last season.

"We have been notified by Rudy Gay's representatives that he will not be visiting us today. As I have said all along, this year's free agent process will be extremely fluid and we'll continue to explore all options to improve our team."