Early exposure to Baltimore, Maryland AAU basketball and summer league games in the Tom Jones Youth Summer League in Washington, D.C., showcased his abilities against top competition.Īt the age of 14, Gay began playing for the nationally-known Cecil-Kirk AAU program under Coach Anthony Lewis with other blue-chip players such as Josh Boone (UConn), Paris Carter (New Mexico State), and Chester Frazier (Illinois). Gay was one of five siblings and began playing competitive recreational basketball at 12 years old in the Turner Station community of Baltimore County, Maryland in one of the toughest youth basketball leagues in the area. (born August 17, 1986) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. Consensus second-team All-American (2006).Gay at the 2018 Made In America Festival in
