Gary Grant (basketball)

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Gary Grant
Personal information
Born (1965-04-21) April 21, 1965 (age 59)
Yakima Sun Kings
1998Portland Trail Blazers
1998–1999Aris
1999–2001Portland Trail Blazers
2001–2002Peristeri
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points
4,368 (7.9 ppg)
Assists3,013 (5.5 apg)
Rebounds1,283 (2.3 rpg)
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Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Gary Grant (born April 21, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played four professional seasons in Greece.

College career

Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan. Gary received his BA in Kinesiology.

Grant holds several Michigan records including career starts (128), career assists (731), career steals (total and per game), career minutes, career turnovers, single-season assists per game, single-season steals (total and per game, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for both), single-season turnovers, and single-game steals.[1]

During the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season while playing for the 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant's school record single-season assist total set for the 1987–88 team.[2] The following season Trey Burke broke Grant's freshman season assist total record.[3] In the regular season finale for the 2016–17 team, Derrick Walton broke his single-game assists record.[4]

Professional career

He was selected in the

season, Grant averaged career-highs of 13.1 points, 10 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game each.[8] Ultimately, he remained a Clipper for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers
.

Personal life

Grant has three children with Tammie Grant: Taryn, Mahogany, and Piper.[9]

He has a cameo appearance in the 1992 Dean Cameron film Miracle Beach.

References

  1. CBS Interactive. p. 8. Archived from the original
    on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  2. CBS Interactive. 2011-03-20. Archived from the original
    on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  3. ^ Rothstein, Michael (2012-03-01). "Burke breaks freshman assists mark: Point guard surpasses record held for more than 25 years by U-M great Gary Grant". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  4. MLive.com
    . Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Gary Grant Transactions
  6. ^ "Clippers Defeat Trail Blazers for the First Time in Three Years". Los Angeles Times. 1989-04-07. Archived from the original on 2023-05-01.
  7. ^ Gary Grant dishes a season high 20 assists for LA Clippers
  8. ^ Gary Grant Stats
  9. ^ San Diego State basketball

External links

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