“I believe when I crossed the stage and received my degree, I kinda felt like, ‘OK, I’m in better hands now. Because I don’t have to depend on ball anymore, which is all I have because of my passion. It’s what I want to do.”
SALT LAKE CITY — They’re long shots to be drafted by the Utah Jazz, let alone make the NBA, but Josh Gray and Brannen Greene have some crazy stories to tell.
Gray, a point guard from LSU, among many other schools, is hoping to earn a living through basketball so he doesn’t have to return to his hometown in Louisiana — where he ran afoul of the law as a teenager and was in the presence of danger he’d rather avoid.