After spending his first three professional seasons in the NBA and G League, free agent power forward RaiQuan Gray will continue his career overseas. He has signed with AEK Athens for the 2024/25 season, the Greek team announced in a press release.
Selected by Brooklyn with the 59th overall pick in the 2021 draft, Gray was stashed in the G League for his rookie year, then spent nearly his entire second season with the Long Island Nets too before being promoted to a two-way deal at the very end of the 2022/23 campaign.
In ’23/24, Gray played for the Austin Spurs in the NBAGL until early March, when he signed a two-year, two-way contract with San Antonio. In 43 total Showcase Cup and regular season G League games for Austin last season, the former Florida State standout averaged 15.4 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 2.0 steals in 27.7 minutes per contest, with a shooting line of .564/.316/.761.
Gray, 25, played in just three games for San Antonio this past spring after making his NBA debut with Brooklyn in April 2023, so he has four total NBA appearances under his belt.
Although Gray’s two-way deal with the Spurs covered the 2024/25 season too, he found himself back on the free agent market after being included in the three-team DeMar DeRozan trade — he was sent from San Antonio to the Bulls, who subsequently waived him.
Gray is joining an AEK club that posted an underwhelming 9-13 record in Greek League action last season and will be looking to bounce back in 2024/25.
If Gray ends up eventually returning stateside and signing another G League contract, the Pistons’ affiliate – the Motor City Cruise – will control his returning rights, having acquired them this summer in a trade with Austin.
This poor guy deserves at least one more chance