Henry Creed

Alabama WBB Graduate Assistant

[Henry Creed @HenryCreed11]

@CoachChrisMack Email sent from [email protected]

[Henry Creed @HenryCreed11]

@jakeeekerr @TateHuff

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

The most skilled offensive player to EVER play the game

Truly hard to debate watching these clips

[UCO Men's Basketball @UCOMBB]

✍🏻 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃

Welcome (back) to Edmond, @JvSeat

It’s time to ROLL.

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

AGTG!! 100% COMMITTED 🦅🦅🦅

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

Blessed and humbled to receive a scholarship offer from Oral Roberts University!! Huge thank you to @RussellSpringm1 and the entire @ORUMBB staff for believing in me!!! @ocssaintshoops @TeamGriffinEYBL @kellenmccoy33 @CoachBWeaver @VerbalCommits @247Sports

[Brandon Weaver @CoachBWeaver]

I’ve thought long and hard about what to say about Luke Gray when his time playing in the OCS basketball program is over. Here’s my best shot. Luke is at the very least a program changer. OCS has a very rich tradition, but he has carried the torch from Chianti Roberts, Taylor Griffin, and Blake Griffin as a pillar of great Saints teams. He is a 2000+ scorer and a 1000+ rebounder. Anyone that sees him play the game would agree that he is an absolute BEAST. BUT he is much more than that.
He is humble.
He is caring.
He is intelligent.
He is thoughtful.
He is a leader.
He is thankful.
He is funny.
He is approachable.
He is serious about his faith in Christ.
He is growing in his spiritual maturity.
He is an unbelievable role model to every young person who chooses to look up to him.
He is loyal.

I can never thank him enough for the trust that he shows me. There are way too many people, including coaches, who have tried to tell him that it is in his best interest to change schools. Many of them are coaches and people that have said such nice things about and to me and our program in the hours following the championship.
Luke is my brother in Christ. A bond that cannot be broken.

He has allowed me to coach him and hold him accountable, even when I was wrong. He didn’t have to. He could have rebelled. His family could have complained and demanded, but that is not his way or their way. They are partners with us according to the mission of our school.

He got beat up every game and never complained. Heck, he caused me to get my only three technicals at OCS (2 in the summer) because I was so upset at how he was being fouled. Haha!

Our success is because of the young men in our program. I stay out of the way of their celebrations. They earned the spotlight. They put in the work. After each of the final two games (our closest of the year), he ran to me and gave me a big bear hug. That will mean more to me than he will ever know. He didn’t have to do that. His teammates followed him after the championship to hug me. He didn’t have to do that. They didn’t have to do that. It was a special moment.

Luke is a child of God. HE has done amazing things in Luke’s life, and HE will continue to do so. They will be much bigger than championships and success in basketball. I will forever be indebted that God allowed me to be at OCS when Luke attended the school. Whatever college is lucky enough to have Luke as a part of their program, watch out. He just may change your program as well…if not much, much more. #MARCHON

[Jake Kerr @jakeeekerr]

he's the hottest name in Oklahoma high school basketball and Luke Gray continues to surpass all the hype. here's some stuff from his dominant performance against #5 Millwood:

35 p / 20 r
50% fg / 50% 3p / 71% ft

@LUKEGRAY20244 @ocssaintshoops

[Jake Kerr @jakeeekerr]

some buckets from ⭐️⭐️⭐️ unsigned senior Luke Gray's 50 point outing against Harding Charter.

50 points
20/23 fg
4/4 3p

@LUKEGRAY20244 @ocssaintshoops

[Garret Wilson @Garret_Wilson15]

#AGTG Extremely blessed to announce my commitment to Oklahoma State University! Thank you to everyone who got me to where I am today. Go Pokes!🤠🤠 @CoachTimRattay @Eddie__Simpkins @troof10 @slburger_

[Henry Creed @HenryCreed11]

@jakeeekerr Lebron fall off year🙏🏼🙏🏼 #kdmvp

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

I am blessed to say that I have received a scholarship offer from University Of North Carolina Greensboro! Huge thank you to @UNCG_MikeJones and the rest of @UNCGBasketball staff for believing in me! @ocssaintshoops @TeamGriffinEYBL @VerbalCommits @247Sports @CoachBWeaver

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

Thank you @CoachCochranTTU and @TexasTechFB for inviting me and my family out for a game day visit!! Huge thank you to all of the staff for a great experience!!!🔴⚫️ @RecruitOCS @OCSSaintsFB @troof10 @Coach_GSully @Coach_Enloe

[Carson Jones @Carson_Jones18]

Committed‼️
#marchon
#rollyotes

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

Beyond blessed and humbled to say that I have received a scholarship offer to play football at Tulsa University!🌀🌀 Huge thank you to @Coach_G_Frey and staff for believing me!!! @TulsaFootball @OCSSaintsFB @RecruitOCS @troof10 @Coach_GSully @Coach_Enloe

[Ross Lovelace @Rosslovelace]

Well, this is the coolest story I’ll ever write.

The #Sooners have added Reid Lovelace to the basketball roster as a walk-on.

The PG averaged 16.1 points, 4.2 assists, 2.7 steals and 2.4 rebounds at Crossings and won a State Championship: https://t.co/NxTy5vXBGR

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

Beyond blessed and humbled to say that I have received a scholarship offer from Cal Poly🟢🟡 Huge thank you to @CoachOmarLowery and staff for believing in me!!! @calpolymbb @TeamGriffinEYBL @ocssaintshoops @kellenmccoy33 @VerbalCommits @247Sports @PaulBiancardi @BJenkins247

[OKHoopsTV @OKHoopsReport]

2024 6 foot 7 Stretch Forward @LUKEGRAY20244 had an outstanding Atlanta EYBL session with @TeamGriffinEYBL, the big man is a great shooter from outside.
Pick and Pop Threes.
Finished with power at the rim.
Defensive versatility.
#okpreps

[@FaithWorks @FaithworksX]

Allen Iverson wrote this heartfelt letter to his brother in arms, Kobe Bryant, in the Player's Tribune. Enjoy and try not to cry:

Dear Kobe,

This is going to be tough. But I need to get this off my chest. Everybody clear out for me and Kobe.

Clear the paint for Chuck and Kobe, one last time.

Kobe Bean Bryant….

My guy.

The first time I saw you going up against Black Jesus, when you were 18 years old, I knew you were a killer. That’s when I realized you were going to be a legend in this game. You were going hard at Mike that night. No fear whatsoever. I mean, I knew from passing you in traffic over the years that you were a dog. But when I saw you going at Black Jesus like that?

That’s when I knew you were a kindred spirit.

We might have grown up in different circumstances, but when I saw you on the court, and how hard you were going, I knew we were raised with the same mentality. I wasn’t tall — but in my mind, I was going to be a giant out there every single night. You were 6′ 6″, and could’ve scored in your sleep. But that wasn’t enough. You were trying to be the best that ever did it.

Everybody says they want to be that. But not everybody is willing to sacrifice what it really takes to do it.

Remember when I came out to L.A. for the first time our rookie year? You picked me up at the hotel and we went out for some food, and you asked me what I was getting up to later.

I said I was going to the club. I mean, we in L.A.! I’m going to the club, Kobe. Come on, man.

And what did you say?

“I’m going back to the gym.”

You’re probably the only dude in the history of the game where the mystique wasn’t exaggerated. The Mamba was no myth, man. It didn’t even do you justice. One, two, three in the morning, we knew where you were.

Me and you, every single time we stepped on that floor, we were going to war. But it wasn’t an animosity thing. There was never any beef. It was like heavyweight fighters beating the hell out of one another. And then at the bell, it’s nothing but love and respect. Greatness needs company, and we needed each other. Mike needed Prince like Prince needed Mike. Tyson needed Holyfield like Holyfield needed Tyson.

Everybody needs that person to say, Oh, you’re the sh*t, huh? Well I’m the sh*t, too.

Greatness needs company, and we needed each other. Mike needed Prince like Prince needed Mike.

And boy, you were the sh*t. You were the toughest man that I’ve ever seen in this game. The most cold-blooded serial killer I’ve ever seen. The fiercest competitor I’ve ever seen. I remember hearing the story that you were on the road, and you were watching the highlights of me dropping 35 on the Knicks at the Garden our rookie year, and you got so mad that you smashed up the hotel room and you started researching me like you were in the CIA. “GET ME THE FILE ON A.I.” — I bet it was like that. Studying how great white sharks hunt down seals in the Pacific Ocean and whatnot.

What I love about that story is, it’s the truth. That was just our relationship. Two dudes pushing each other to greatness. The next time you came through Philly, you were ALL up in my sh*t. There was no half-stepping you. Every first step, I had to go 100. You’re 6′ 6″, and it was like you wanted to guard me. You wanted the challenge. You wanted to show me that you were the baddest motherf***er to ever play the game.

And I didn’t want ANY part of Kobe Bryant on the other end!!!!!

Man, hell no!!!!!!

I’m not stopping you. Nobody is stopping you. You were KOBE, and you were gonna do whatever you wanted to do out there — because you were a sniper, an assassin, a cold-blooded killer … and now I’m talking about you in the past tense, and I still get emotional about it...

[Luke Gray @LUKEGRAY20244]

It was a great 1st semester!! Looking forward to another semester of great basketball with my teammates‼️
Thank you @cjonesokc for putting this video together!!
@ocssaintshoops