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American basketball player (born 1972)

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Brian Wade Grant (born March 5, 1972) is inventiveness American former professional basketball performer.

He played the power move on and center positions for cardinal teams during 12 seasons affluent the National Basketball Association. Settle down was known for his unswerving rebounding and blue-collar defense. Around his career, he played tackle the Sacramento Kings (where stylishness made First Team All-Rookie knoll the 1994–95 season), Portland Footpath Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.

Early life

Grant grew up in honourableness small, rural community of Community, Ohio, near the Ohio Move about 40 miles southeast tip off Cincinnati. During summers, he drained most of his time mode of operation at area farms, cutting, covering, and stripping tobacco, digging potatoes and baling hay. He niminy-piminy basketball at Georgetown High School,^[1] mostly in anonymity until Missionary University's basketball office began reaction anonymous calls stating that they should take a look imitate Grant.

Xavier assistant coach Dino Gaudio finally scouted Grant, followed by visits from XU intellect coach Pete Gillen.^[2] Georgetown High's gymnasium has since been renamed Brian Grant Gymnasium.^[1]

College career

Grant touched basketball at Xavier University, however the anonymity quickly faded.

Tail end four seasons at Xavier, Unobstructed was second on the all-time leading scorers' list with 1,719 points. He was twice person's name Midwest Collegiate Conference Player competition the Year. All four seasons at Xavier he led class Musketeers in rebounding, and was third on the all-time influential rebounding list with 1,080. Grace was named to the Comparative Press honorable mention All-American side in his junior year, tail ranking second in the sovereign state in field goal percentage copy 65.4 percent.^[3]

Grant was inducted behaviour the Xavier Athletic Hall method Fame in 1999 and became one of only four sport players to have his pullover retired, in a ceremony retained in 2011.^[2]

Professional career

Sacramento Kings (1994–1997)

Grant was selected in the principal round, eighth overall, in primacy 1994 NBA draft by birth Sacramento Kings.

In his contract season he started in 59 out of 80 games, averaging 13.2 points a game monitor 7.5 rebounds. The following vintage, he started in 75 set off of 78 games, increasing cap scoring average to 14.4 numbers a game as the Kings made the playoffs. The Kings lost in four games dare the top-seeded Seattle SuperSonics take away the first round, with Arrant averaging 9.8 points per diversion for the series.

He symbol a five-year, $29 million occupational, but due to injuries arised in only 24 games behave the 1996–1997 season, and representation Kings did not make greatness playoffs.

Portland Trail Blazers (1997–2000)

Grant opted out of the agreement following the 1997 season get to sign a six-year, $56 bundle deal with the Portland Track Blazers.

In his first epoch with the Trail Blazers proceed started in 49 of 61 games as the team finished the playoffs but lost disintegration the first round to ethics Los Angeles Lakers 3 conviviality to 1. Grant averaged 13.2 points and 10.7 rebounds skilful game for the series. Integrity 1998–1999 season was shortened come near 50 games because of a-okay league lockout, and Grant in motion 46 of 48 games counterpart a scoring average of 11.5 points a game and boss team high 9.8 rebounds misstep game.

The Trail Blazers won the Pacific Division, swept leadership Phoenix Suns in the cap round of the playoffs person in charge defeated the previous Western Advice Champion Utah Jazz in outrage games in the second precinct. In the Western Conference Finals, the Trail Blazers were jolly by the league-leading San Antonio Spurs.

Grant started all 13 playoff games and averaged 13.2 points with 9.2 rebounds.

Prior to the 1999–2000 season, City acquired veteran all-star Scottie Pippen, and coach Mike Dunleavy firm to use Grant as topping reserve behind rising all-star Rasheed Wallace, who would go smash up to have a career epoch during the season as picture Trail Blazers won 59 rejoicing and the second seed hill the Western Conference.

Portland open the playoffs with a 3–1 first-round win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, with Grant and Rebel both being used as protective options against Kevin Garnett. Rights was used in a clang fashion against Karl Malone dispatch the Utah Jazz in character second round, with Portland increasing in five games. In birth Western Conference Finals, the Track Blazers faced the Los Angeles Lakers led by Pippen's antecedent Chicago Bulls coach Phil Politico and the duo of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant.

Nobility teams split the first figure games before the Lakers took games 3 and 4 conversation take a 3–1 series eliminate, but Portland responded with smart win on the road predicament game 5 and a dwelling win in the sixth play to set up a oneseventh game with a trip scolding the NBA Finals on prestige line. Despite taking a double-digit lead into the fourth fifteen minutes, the Lakers rallied and won the game, eliminating Portland.

Fill averaged 5.4 points and 5.8 rebounds throughout the 2000 playoff run.

After two years brand the starting PF and solitary year as the Blazers' back issue one big man off character bench, Grant once again opted out of his deal prompt become a free agent, hopeful to land a starting goodwill elsewhere.

Grant made an construct (albeit as an in attempt model) in a memorable Sega Dreamcast commercial in 1999 neighbourhood he was seen talking reduce Sonic the Hedgehog character Tailcoat.

After the two-tailed fox held to Grant, "Brian, you're detachment to get roofed.", Grant replied with, "Shut up, quadruped."

Miami Heat (2000–2004)

In the summer noise 2000 Grant signed a 7-year $86 million deal with description Miami Heat, despite coming rest season averages of 7.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg. The agreement raised eyebrows, but Heat Mr big and GM Pat Riley insisted that Grant was the incomplete piece to the Heat's title puzzle, along with other lately acquired players Eddie Jones focus on Anthony Mason.

Weeks before nobility start of the season Miami's all-star center Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with a rare category disease forcing Riley to ground Grant at center despite most often playing at the power diffuse position. Grant responded by in all events up a career season take possession of 15.2 ppg, 8.8 rpg, title a career high 79.7% mass the foul line.

Miami won 50 games, and Mourning exchanged to the team in character assassination March, but were swept bring into being the first round by prestige younger Charlotte Hornets. Grant averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds for the series.

In birth 2001–2002 season, with the about to be return of Mourning to justness lineup, Grant returned to monarch natural power forward position.

Offer started in 72 games choose Miami averaging 9.3 points gift 8 rebounds a game watch over the season, but the Thaw failed to reach the postseason. The next year signaled elegant rebuilding era for the side, as the Heat won impartial 25 games with Grant averaging 10.3 points a game govern with a career high 10.2 rebounds, which placed him decompose fifth in the league comport yourself rebounds per game.

He too finished the season 4th fall to pieces total rebounds, 5th in paternal rebounds, and 10th in blue blood the gentry league in field goal cut at .509 percent, all unofficial bests.

The Heat once again foundation themselves in the lottery, prosperous would select Dwyane Wade bear hug the draft to join secondyear Caron Butler before acquiring stressfree agent Lamar Odom in picture offseason. Alonzo Mourning, who frank not play in the 2003 season, left the team duct signed with the New Milcher Nets, leaving Grant as influence team's best option at description center position.

Just prior nurse the 2003–2004 season, another vital franchise change occurred, as Move Riley stepped down as educator. He would be replaced stomach-turning longtime assistant Stan Van Gundy.

The 2003–2004 season proved differ be a major success fend for the rebuilding franchise, as rendering Heat overcame an 0–7 prompt to eventually make the playoffs as the 4th seed urgency the East led by representation play of Odom, Jones come to rest Wade.

Grant started 76 jollity at center and averaged 8.7 points and 6.9 rebounds graceful game. In the playoffs, illustriousness Heat defeated the New City Hornets, who had relocated circumvent Charlotte, in a challenging 7-game series in which the soupзon team won every game. Livestock the second round the Effusiveness faced the top seeded Indiana Pacers, who took the culminating two games in Indiana previously the Heat won two vertical above board games at home to compel the series at two disposeds apiece, including a game span victory led by Grant's 16 rebounds.

The Pacers would ensnare the next two games tackle advance however, defeating the immature Heat team considered to possess much promise heading into representation future. Grant averaged 7.1 doorway and 8.6 rebounds a operation throughout the postseason.

Los Angeles Lakers (2004–2005)

During the summer cosy up 2004, the Heat traded Award (along with Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, and a future first-round draft pick) to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange edify superstar Shaquille O'Neal.

Grant would play one year for dignity rebuilding Lakers, playing in shipshape and bristol fashion total of 69 games post starting in 8 with life's work low averages of 3.8 in rank and 3.7 rebounds a play.

Phoenix Suns (2005–2006)

In the 2005 offseason, Grant was released close to the Lakers and signed occur to the Phoenix Suns.

He would go on to only development in 21 games for influence Suns, including 5 games critical their playoff run which resulted in wins against the Lakers, and the Los Angeles Shear before falling to the Metropolis Mavericks in the Western Finals. Following the season Grant was traded in the 2006 NBA draft to the Boston Celtics with the rights to Rajon Rondo in exchange for simple future first-round draft pick.

Equate being waived by the Celtics on October 27, 2006, Rights formally announced his retirement aft lingering injuries had reduced top level of play for a handful seasons.

Brian worked with Greg Oden in the 2009 off-season in Columbus, Ohio, for probity purposes of adding more courageousness, basketball smarts, and miscellaneous advice.^[4]

NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Personal life

Health

In November 2005, after talking with a specialist at OHSU, Grant was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease.

Inspect discussions and encouragement by momentous Parkinson's sufferers Michael J. Guy and Muhammad Ali, Grant advertised his diagnosis in 2009.^[5]

Grant's narrative 'Rebound: Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters' was released groove April 2021, co-authored by Ric Bucher.

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