Rob Gray (basketball)

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Rob Gray
Rob Gray.jpg
Gray playing for the Houston Cougars
Scafati Basket
Position Point guard / shooting guard
League LBA
Personal information
Born (1994-04-03) April 3, 1994 (age 30)
Forest City, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school
College
NBA draft 2018: undrafted
Playing career2018–present
Career history
2018–2019 Fort Wayne Mad Ants
2019 JL Bourg
2019–2020 Metropolitans 92
2020–2022 Monaco
2022–2023 Tofaş
2023–2024 BC Prometey
2024 CB Breogán
2024–present Scafati Basket
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

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.

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Early life

Gray 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 career

Gray 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 career

After 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

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2015–16 Houston 26926.5.435.343.7042.21.51.2.216.0
2016–17 Houston 312932.3.473.382.8133.72.91.2.220.6
2017–18 Houston 343431.9.447.359.8023.74.41.1.119.3
Career917230.5.453.362.7833.33.01.2.218.8

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