Harvey Grant
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 4, 1965 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Hancock Central (Sparta, Georgia) |
| College |
|
Washington Bullets | |
| 1993–1996 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1996–1998 | Washington Bullets / Wizards |
| 1999 | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,781 (9.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 3,436 (4.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,219 (1.6 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Harvey Grant (born July 4, 1965) is an American former professional National Basketball Association basketball player. He is the identical twin brother of Horace Grant, also a former NBA player.[1]
College
Grant transferred to Oklahoma after a year at Independence Community College and a year at Clemson with his brother Horace.[2] He was a member of the 1988 Sooner team that went to the National Championship and lost to Kansas.
Career
Washington Bullets (1988–1993)
Selected twelfth overall by the
Portland Trail Blazers (1993–1996)
In 1993, Grant was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for center Kevin Duckworth, where he was instead utilized in a secondary role off the bench, and in three seasons with Portland, averaged 9.6 points per game.
Return to Washington (1996–1998)
On July 15, 1996, Grant returned to the Washington Bullets via a trade, along with Blazers
Philadelphia 76ers (1999)
Grant rounded out his professional career with the Philadelphia 76ers in the lockout-shortened 1999 NBA season, averaging 3.1 points and 2.3 rebounds in 47 of 50 possible games.
Grant was traded just before the 1999–00 season along with Anthony Parker to the Orlando Magic for Billy Owens, who had previously been sent to the Magic in a trade that sent brother Horace to the Seattle SuperSonics. He subsequently was waived by the team and retired from the league afterwards.
Never proficient as a rebounder in comparison with his brother, he holds career averages of 4.4 rebounds and 9.9 points per game.
Personal life
Grant's son
Grant is also a grandfather to Jerai's daughter, Halle.[7]
References
- ^ Duke Basketball Report – The unofficial home of Duke basketball fans and the Cameron Crazies
- ^ "Harvey Grant". The Draft Review. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "Senior forward Jerai Grant emerging as pleasant inside surprise", www.orangeandwhite.com, January 11, 2011.
- ^ National Basketball League | Sydney Kings: Sydney Kings' Jerai Grant arrives in town Archived 2012-09-04 at archive.today
- ^ Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
- ^ "For hoops-playing Grant family, 'it was always good, always pushing each other' - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
- ^ Sydney Kings import Jerai Grant keen to extend stay in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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