Kadre Gray (ex Slask) joins Jiangsu Dragons

Jiangsu Dragons Nanjing (CBA) agreed terms with 28-year old Canadian-Jamaican ex-international guard Kadre Gray (186cm-86kg-1997, college: Laurentian) for new 2026-27 season. He was the top scorer at Slask in Polish OBL league last season where in 30 games he had very impressive stats: 15.5ppg, 3.0rpg and 5.9apg. He helped them to make it to the Polish Cup Semifinals. Good season as he was named League Player of the Week and named to Eurobasket.com All-Polish League Second Team. Gray also played 17 games in Eurocup where he recorded also remarkable stats: 15.6ppg, 2.3rpg and 4.6apg.
The previous (2024-25) season he played at CS Valcea 1924 Rm Valcea (Liga Nationala) in Romanian league.
He was also a member of the Canadian international program for some years. Gray played for Canadian Senior National Team between 2018 and 2024 and previously for the University National Team back in 2019.
He also represented Canada at the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers three years ago. During this event he scored an average of 4 points per game and had 2 rebounds per game.
Gray is quite experienced player. He has played also professionally in Canada (Bandits, Blackjacks and Shooting Stars), Germany (Leverkusen), Romania and Spain (Coruna).
Among many awards his team made it to the League Semifinals in 2025. Gray was voted to Eurobasket.com Romanian League All-Defensive Team in 2025.
He graduated from Laurentian University in 2020 and it will be his seventh season as a professional player.