RayJ Dennis | |
Position: | Point guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 170 |
League: | NBA G League |
Team: | San Diego Clippers |
Number: | 10 |
Birth Date: | 30 March 2001 |
Birth Place: | Plainfield, Illinois, U.S. |
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Draft Year: | 2024 |
Career Start: | 2024 |
Years1: | 2024–present |
Team1: | San Diego Clippers |
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Raymond "RayJ" Patterson Dennis (born March 30, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball player for the Boise State Broncos, the Toledo Rockets and the Baylor Bears.
Dennis attended Montini Catholic High School for two seasons. For his junior year, he transferred to Oswego East High School and averaged 17.2 points and 4.9 assists per game.[1] As a senior, he averaged 23.2 points, 5.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game.[2] Dennis committed to play college basketball at Boise State, choosing the Broncos over 26 Division 1 offers.[1]
As a freshman, Dennis averaged 4.1 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He posted 8.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, and a team-best 2.9 assists per game as a sophomore. Dennis opted to transfer to Toledo after the season.[3] Dennis averaged 12.7 points, 4.0 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game as a junior. On March 3, 2023, he scored a career-high 32 points to go with seven assists in a 87–81 win over Ball State.[4] As a senior, Dennis averaged 19.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game, leading Toledo to a 27–8 record and Mid-American Conference regular-season championship. He was named MAC Player of the Year. Following the season he transferred to Baylor, choosing the Bears over Illinois, Michigan and Utah.[5]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft, Dennis joined the Los Angeles Clippers for the 2024 NBA Summer League[6] and on September 6, 2024, he signed with the team.[7] However, on October 9, he was waived.[8] On October 19, he signed a two-way contract with the Washington Wizards,[9] but was waived two days later.[10] On October 28, he joined the San Diego Clippers.[11]
|-| style="text-align:left;"|2019–20| style="text-align:left;"|Boise State| 32 || 15 || 17.4 || .359 || .260 || .800 || 1.8 || 1.8 || .4 || .1 || 4.1|-| style="text-align:left;"|2020–21| style="text-align:left;"|Boise State| 28 || 25 || 27.2 || .442 || .291 || .688 || 3.0 || 2.9 || 1.2 || .2 || 8.6|-| style="text-align:left;"|2021–22| style="text-align:left;"|Toledo| 34 || 34 || 33.7 || .503 || .321 || .716 || 5.6 || 4.0 || .8 || .1 || 12.7|-| style="text-align:left;"|2022–23| style="text-align:left;"|Toledo| 35 || 35 || 33.9 || .484 || .366 || .769 || 4.3 || 5.8 || 1.5 || .2 || 19.5|-| style="text-align:left;"|2023–24| style="text-align:left;"|Baylor| 35 || 35 || 34.3 || .479 || .328 || .731 || 3.9 || 6.7 || 1.4 || .1 || 13.6|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career| 164 || 144 || 29.6 || .472 || .321 || .741 || 3.8 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .1 || 12.0