Chris McCray

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Chris McCray

| image =

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 192

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|5|27}}

| birth_place = Capitol Heights, Maryland

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| death_place =

| nationality = American

| high_school = Fairmont Heights
(Landover, Maryland)

| college = Maryland (2002–2006)

| draft_year = 2006

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| career_end =

| career_number = 12, 14

| career_position = Shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|2006|full=y}}

| team1 = Milwaukee Bucks

| years2 = 2007

| team2 = Dakota Wizards

| years3 = 2009–2011

| team3 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

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| bbr = mccrach01

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Chris McCray (born May 27, 1984, in Capitol Heights, Maryland) is an American professional basketball player. He formerly played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA.

A 6'5", 205 lb shooting guard, he attended and played basketball collegiately at the University of Maryland but dismissed from the team after he was found academically ineligible.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103107.html Ex-Terp McCray Catches On With Bucks] He was not selected in the 2006 NBA draft, but signed a free agent contract with the Milwaukee Bucks in September 2006, making the team's 15-player roster.[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/09/21/bc.bkn.bucksadditions.ap/ sportsillustrated.cnn.com]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In August 2005, McCray was involved in a street fight on campus at the University of Maryland, College Park, and he was jailed for a night for refusing to leave the scene and resisting arrest.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2146150 McCray facing three charges after fight - Men's College Basketball - ESPN][https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/29/AR2005082900659.html Terps' McCray Arrested After Street Fight], Eric Prisbell, The Washington Post, 30 August 2005 retrieved 8 January 2007 Charges of disturbing public peace, resisting arrest, and escaping from custody were later dropped.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801491.html Charges Against McCray Dropped], Eric Prisbell, The Washington Post, 19 October 2005 retrieved 8 January 2007