CB Breogán | |
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Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | Forest City, North Carolina, U.S. | April 3, 1994
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | |
College |
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NBA draft | 2018: undrafted |
Playing career | 2018–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-present | CB Breogán |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Robert Dejuan Gray Jr. (born April 3, 1994) is an American professional basketball player who plays for CB Breogán of Liga ACB. He is a point guard and played collegiately at the University of Houston. He transferred from Howard College.
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]
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]
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]
GP | Games 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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2015–16 | Houston | 26 | 9 | 26.5 | .435 | .343 | .704 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | .2 | 16.0 |
2016–17 | Houston | 31 | 29 | 32.3 | .473 | .382 | .813 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .2 | 20.6 |
2017–18 | Houston | 34 | 34 | 31.9 | .447 | .359 | .802 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.1 | .1 | 19.3 |
Career | 91 | 72 | 30.5 | .453 | .362 | .783 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | .2 | 18.8 |