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Rob Gray (basketball)
Robert Dejuan Gray Jr. (born April 3, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He is a point guard and played collegiately at the University of Houston. He transferred from Howard College. Early lifeGray played at East Rutherford High School as a sophomore, averaging 22.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He transferred to Christ School and led the team to a 32–5 record and averaged 11.3 points per game as a junior. Gray finished up his prep school career at West Oaks Academy in Florida.[1] College careerGray began his collegiate career at Howard College, redshirting his first season. He was originally going to transfer to Tennessee but then coach Donnie Tyndall was fired. Gray accepted a scholarship to Houston when leading scorer Jherrod Stiggers turned pro a year early. As a sophomore at Houston, Gray was suspended for a game versus SMU by coach Kelvin Sampson for being too selfish and not playing good defense despite his high scoring. He averaged 20.6 points per game as a junior.[2] Gray was suspended in the first game of his senior season due to playing in a church league after his friend paid the $5 admission fee.[3] Gray became the American Athletic Conference's all-time scoring leader on February 11 in a 73–42 victory over Tulane, breaking the record set by Nic Moore.[4] In the AAC Tournament, he scored 33 points in a 77–74 victory over Wichita State.[5] Gray hit the game-winning layup with 1.1 seconds to go to beat San Diego State 67–65 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. He finished with a career-high 39 points.[6] He scored a conference-leading 19.3 points per game and dished out 4.4 assists per game as a senior.[7] Gray was named to the First Team All-AAC for the second straight year.[8] Gray scored 1,710 points in his career, which was the highest mark in the AAC when he graduated, though this has since been surpassed by Quinton Rose.[9] Gray graduated from the University of Houston in December 2017 with a degree in sociology.[10] Professional careerAfter going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Gray was signed by the Houston Rockets for their summer league team in June 2018.[11] Gray played on their summer league team, but due to injuries his minutes were significantly limited.[12] On August 10, 2018, Gray later joined the Rockets for training camp.[13] On October 8, 2018, Gray was waived by the Rockets.[14] Gray was selected in the second round of the 2018 NBA G League draft by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.[15] He was subsequently added to the training camp roster.[16] On March 29, 2019, Gray signed with Pro A team JL Bourg.[17] On May 28, 2019, Gray signed with another team in Pro A team, Metropolitans 92, for the 2019–2020 season.[18] He averaged 14.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. On June 17, 2020, Gray signed a contract extension.[19] In four games during the 2020–21 season, he averaged 10 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. On October 29, 2020, Gray signed with AS Monaco.[20] He led the team to the Eurocup championship and averaged 17.2 points per game. On July 23, 2021, Gray signed a two-year extension with the team.[21] On June 25, 2022, Gray signed with Tofaş of the Turkish BSL.[22] On November 16, 2023, he signed with BC Prometey of the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.[23] On June 19, 2024, he signed with Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[24] Career statistics
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