Brian Grant
Brian Grant was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States on March 5th, 1972 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 52, Brian Grant biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brian Wade Grant (born March 5, 1972) is a retired American basketball player.
During 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association, he served as a power forward and center for five teams.
He was known for his tenacious rebounding and blue-collar defense.
He spent his time with the Sacramento Kings (where he made First Team All-Rookie in the 1994-1995 season), the Miami Heat, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Phoenix Suns.
Early life
Grant grew up in Georgetown, Ohio, near the Ohio River about 40 miles southeast of Cincinnati. He spent the majority of his summers on local farms, cutting, housing, and stripping cigarettes, growing potatoes, and baling hay. He played basketball at Georgetown High School, mainly in anonymity until Xavier University's basketball office started getting anonymous calls advising that they should take a look at Grant. Dino Gaudio, the Xavier assistant coach, was eventually scouted for Grant, followed by visits from XU head coach Pete Gillen. The gymnasium at Georgetown High has since been renamed Brian Grant Gymnasium.
Personal life
Grant was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease after consulting with a neurologist at OHSU in November 2005. Michael J. aided in his recovery by discussions and support from well-known Parkinson's sufferers. In 2009, Fox and Muhammad Ali Grant announced his illness.
College career
Grant played basketball at Xavier University, but the anonymity wore off quickly. Grant was second on the all-time leading scorers' list with 1,719 points after four seasons at Xavier. He was twice named Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year twice. He led the Musketeers in recovery and ranked third on the all-time top rebounding list with 1,080. After finishing second in the country in field goal percentage at 65.4 percent in his junior year, he was selected to the Associated Press honorable mention All-American team in his junior year.
Grant was inducted into the Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999 and was one of only four basketball players to have his jersey retired in a 2011 tribute.
Professional career
In the 1994 NBA draft, Grant was selected in the first round, eighth overall. He started in 59 out of 80 games, averaging 13.2 points a game with 7.5 rebounds. He started in 75 out of 78 games, raising his scoring average to 14.4 points a game as the Kings made the playoffs. In the first round, the Kings lost in four games to the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics, with Grant averaged 9.8 points per game for the series. He signed a five-year, $29 million deal, but he appeared in just 24 games in the 1996–1997 season, and the Kings did not make the playoffs.
Following the 1997 season, Grant decided to sign a six-year, $56 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers. In his first year with the Trail Blazers, he appeared in 49 of 61 games, but lost in the first round to the Los Angeles Lakers 3 games to 1. In a game for the series, Grant averaged 13.2 points and 10.7 rebounds. Grant played 46 of 48 games with a scoring average of 11.5 points per game and a team high 9.8 rebounds per game, and the 1998-99 season was reduced to 50 games due to a league lockout. The Trail Blazers won the Pacific Division, stunned the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs, and defeated the Utah Jazz, the previous Western Conference champion, in six games in the second round. The Trail Blazers were swept by the San Antonio Spurs, who were in the Western Conference Finals. Grant appeared in all 13 playoff games and averaged 13.2 points with 9.2 rebounds.
Portland acquired veteran all-star Scottie Pippen and coach Mike Dunleavy before the 1999-2000 season, with rising all-star Rasheed Wallace expected to have a career year in the Western Conference. Portland opened the playoffs with a 3–1 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Grant and Wallace playing as defensive options against Kevin Garnett. In the second round, Grant was used in a similar manner against Karl Malone and the Utah Jazz, with Portland advancing in five games. The Trail Blazers met the Los Angeles Lakers, led by Pippen's former Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson, as well as Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in the Western Conference Finals. The teams split the first two games before the Lakers took the lead in games 3 and 4, but Portland won game 5 and a home victory in game 6, setting up their seventh game with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line. Despite taking a double-digit lead into the fourth quarter, the Lakers regained control and won the game, beating Portland. Throughout the 2000 playoff campaign, Grant had 5.4 points and 5.8 rebounds.
Grant decided against becoming a free agent after two years as the Blazers' top man on the bench for one year and a year as the Blazers' top man on the bench, aiming for a starting job somewhere else.
Despite being off-season averages of 7.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg, Grant signed a 7-year $86 million contract with the Miami Heat in the summer of 2000. The offer raised eyebrows, but Heat President and GM Pat Riley maintained that Grant was the missing piece of the Heat's championship puzzle, as well as other recently acquired players Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason. Despite typically playing at center stage, Alonzo Mourning, Miami's all-star center, was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, causing Riley to play Grant at center this season. Grant responded by posting a career high of 15.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg, and a career high of 79.7% at the foul line. Miami won 50 games and Mourning returned to the team in late March, but the Charlotte Hornets defeated them in the first round. Grant's average was 10 points and 8 rebounds for the series.
Grant returned to his original power forward position in the 2001-2002 season, with the anticipation of Mourning's return to the lineup. Grant played in 72 games for Miami, averaging 9.3 points and 8 rebounds, but the Heath has yet to qualify for the playoffs. Grant's tenure as a player began with just 25 games, his highest 10.3 rebounds per game, and his fourth-place finish in rebounds per game. He also finished fourth in total rebounds, 5th in defensive rebounds, and 10th in the league in field goal percentage at.509 percent, all personal records. The Heat found themselves in the lottery once more, selecting Dwyane Wade in the draft to replace sophomore Caron Butler before acquiring free agent Lamar Odom in the offseason. Alonzo Mourning, who did not play in the 2003 season, joined the New Jersey Nets and signed Grant as the team's best option at the center position. Pat Riley stepped down as coach right before the 2003-2004 season as the franchise's new facet. Stan Van Gundy, a long-serving assistant, will replace him.
The 2003–2004 season was a huge success for the rebuilding franchise, as the Heat overcame an 0–7 start to advance to the playoffs as the 4th seed in the East with the play of Odom, Jones and Wade. Grant played in 76 games at center and received 8.7 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. The Heat beat the New Orleans Hornets, who had moved from Charlotte, in a dramatic 7 game series in which the home team won every game. The Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers, who played the first two games in Indiana before the Heat won two straight games at a tie, with Grant's 16 rebounds leading to the tie at two games apiece. However, the Pacers will win the next two games to advance, though losing to the young Heat team, who was considered to have a lot of hope going into the future. During the season, Grant scored 7.1 points and 8.6 rebounds.
Grant (along with Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, and a potential first-round draft pick) was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for superstar Shaquille O'Neal during the summer of 2004. Grant will play a year for the rebuilding Lakers, appearing in 69 games and 8 in eight different seasons, with career lows of 3.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
Grant was cut by the Lakers and signed with the Phoenix Suns in the 2005 offseason. He will continue to play in 21 games for the Suns, including 5 games against the Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers, before falling to the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Finals. Following the season, Grant was traded from the Boston Celtics with the right to Rajon Rondo in exchange for a future first-round draft pick. Grant officially announced his retirement after being waived by the Celtics on October 27, 2006. He had been out of action for several seasons due to lingering injuries.
Brian worked with Greg Oden in Columbus, Ohio, during the 2009 off-season for the purpose of providing more toughness, basketball skills, and miscellaneous tips.