• The Ray of Hope Foundation raises money for in-need and at-risk inner-city children.
• Ray decided between UConn and Kentucky after sneaking into the Hillcrest High School gym for a late-night jump-shooting session. He felt he would rather help start a basketball tradition than join one.
• At the 1994 Olympic Festival, Ray broke the scoring record held by Shaquille O'Neal.
• Ray finished his career at UConn third on the Huskies' career scoring list with 1,922 points. He also set a school single-season record by connecting on 115 three-pointers in 1995-96.
• During Milwaukee's 2001 playoff series with the Hornets, Ray painted his toenails green and purple for good luck.
• Ray scored his 15,000th point in a March 2006 game. A few weeks later, he moved into second place behind Reggie Miller on the career 3-pointer list.
• In 2005–06, Ray broke Dennis Scott’s NBA mark for 3-pointers in a season. He finished the year with 269.
• Ray’s 54 points for the Sonics on January 12, 2007 was just four shy of the team mark held by Downtown Freddie Brown.
• Ray’s number was retired by UConn in 2007.
• Ray majored in communications and carried an A- average at UConn.
• Ray is a 10 handicap golfer. He also bowls and averages over 150 a game.
• In the key scene of "He Got Game," Ray's character takes on his father (played by Denzel Washington) in a one-on-one game to determine whether the elder Shuttlesworth will have to go back to prison. The game was scripted by Spike Lee, but Ray found to his amusement that his co-star was playing for keeps. Washington caught Ray by surprise and beat him on a layup, and then started talking trash. The actor scored five buckets during filming—each one legit.
• Ray owns an impressive art collection that includes works by Joan Miro, Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall.
• Ray had such a close relationship with Bucks owner Herb Kohl that he didn't use an agent when negotiating a $70 million dollar deal in his third NBA season.

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