Horace Grant
Horace Grant was born in Augusta, Georgia, United States on July 4th, 1965 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 58, Horace 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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Horace Junior Grant (born July 4, 1965) is an American retired basketball player.
He attended and played basketball at Clemson University before playing professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he became a four-time champion with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.
Horace is the twin brother of former NBA player Harvey Grant.
Early life and college
Grant was born in Augusta, Georgia. Harvey and his twin brother, Mitchell, grew up in Mitchell, Georgia, and attended Sparta, Georgia.
He graduated from high school and attended Clemson University, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. With the Clemson Tigers, he became the first ACC player to lead the league in scoring (21.0 percent), rebounding (9.6), and field goal shooting (70.8 percent). Grant aided Clemson in the NCAA Tournament in 1987 and was named ACC Player of the Year, the first Clemson player to be honoured.
Personal life
Harvey Grant, Grant's identical twin brother, played 11 NBA seasons for the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Portland Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers.
Grant was one of his closest friends with former Bulls teammate Scottie Pippen for many years. He said they fell apart after he left Chicago for Orlando, but that they are now friends and keep in touch.
Despite the fact that it has never been revealed, Grant is believed to be the leading source for Sam Smith's controversial book The Jordan Rules, along with former Bulls assistant coach Johnny Bach.
All of Grant's nephews are also basketball players. Jerai Grant played basketball for Clemson University and now plays in international basketball; Jerian Grant played for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team and now plays for Olimpia Milano; and Jerami Grant played for the Syracuse University Orange men's basketball team and currently plays for the Portland Trail Blazers.
Horace has three sons (Deon, Horace Jr., and Elijah) and five children (Coriel, Gianna, Maia, and Eva).
NBA career
Grant was selected by the Chicago Bulls as the 10th overall pick of the 1987 NBA draft. The 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) tall power forward / center joined the Bulls' forward tandem of the future with fellow draft-day acquisition Scottie Pippen, but he first backed up incumbent Charles Oakley, one of the league's best rebounders and post defenders.
Grant was moved into the starting lineup in 1988 when Oakley was traded to the New York Knicks for center Bill Cartwright. After Michael Jordan and Pippen, the Bulls' best scoring option, he emerged as the Bulls' third scoring option, and established himself as one of the league's best trios. Grant was praised for his defensive play; he was selected four times for the NBA All-Defensive Team. With a last-second block on Kevin Johnson, Chicago won three straight NBA championships (1991, 1992, and 1993), securing third position.
Starting with the 1990-1991 season, Grant, who was diagnosed with myopia and eyeglasses, began wearing goggles fitted with prescription lenses on the court. Grant's goggles were soon to become a hit. Though he eventually underwent laser surgery to correct his vision, he continued wearing the goggles on the court after hearing from parents that he had become a hero to children who wore eyeglasses.
Grant became the Bulls' number-two star behind Pippen after Jordan's retirement after the 1992-1993 season and helped the Bulls advance to seven games in the second round playoff series before being suspended. Grant appeared in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, delivering four points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes. He had career-best averages in scoring (15.1), rebounding (11.0), and assists (3.4).
Grant left the Bulls as a free agent and joined the Orlando Magic, led by Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway. In Orlando's series-clinching victory over the Boston Celtics on May 5, 1995, Grant made the last basket in Boston Garden history. Grant helped the Magicians reach the 1995 NBA Finals, where they were swept in four games by the Houston Rockets. Grant stayed with the Magic for the next few seasons.
Grant was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics with 2000 and 2001 second round picks for Dale Ellis, Don MacLean, Billy Owens, and rookie Corey Maggette right before the 1999–2000 season began.
Grant was involved in a three-way trade with the Los Angeles Lakers, which included Glen Rice of the Los Angeles Lakers and Patrick Ewing of the Knicks in Seattle, and Grant was sent to Seattle, reuniteing him with Shaquille O'Neal and former Bulls coach Phil Jackson. In the 2000–01 season, he helped them win another championship.
Grant decided to leave Los Angeles and join the Orlando Magic in the offseason. Without Grant, the Los Angeles Lakers will win the 2002 NBA championship. Grant was ultimately cut by the Magic in December 2002 after then-coach Doc Rivers said Grant tried to destabilize the coach and was a "cancer" on the team.
After being cut off by the Magic, Grant decided to retire. However, he returned to the Lakers for another season as a back-up to Karl Malone in 2003. Following the Lakers' loss to the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals, he retired permanently.