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- Full name: Brian Wade Grant
- Born: March 5, 1972
- Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
- Height: 6'9"
- Weight: 254 lbs
- Position: Power forward/center
- High school: Georgetown High School (Ohio)
- College: Xavier University
- Draft year: 1994, eighth overall by the Sacramento Kings
- Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in early 2009
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Brian Grant is a former National Basketball Association player who spent 12 seasons in the league between the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics. He retired from the NBA in 2006.
In early 2009, Grant was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's Disease.
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Career Highlights
Following being named the Midwest Collegiate Conference Player of the Year two years in a row in college, Brant was drafted eighth overall by the Sacramento Kings in 1994. He was selected for the NBA All-Rookie team in the 1994-1995 season and went on to earn the "J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award" as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers in 1999. Shortly before he retired in 2006, he was involved in a very notable trade that sent Caron Butler, Lamar Odom and Grant from the Miami Heat to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal. -
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Mahalo Answers for Brian Grant
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How is Brian Graden qualified to be a judge on Miss USA? 1 AnswerThe fact that he is gay may make him a more objective observer of the female form, the total package presented by the contestant, and the talent unhindered by a... read more -
What do you think of Brian Boitano's new show What Would Brian Boitano Make? on the Food Network? 1 AnswerI found him very entertaining and FUNNY. The little appetizers he was making for that party looked delicious. He seemed very knowledgeable about food. He defini... read more -
What do you think of Brian Boitano's new show What Would Brian Boitano Make? on the Food Network? 1 Answerhttp://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/090528/Summer-TV/brian-boitano_l.jpg I think it's a fabulous idea. Brian is energetic, smiles a lot, tells great silly j... read more -
Does anyone have any Grant Writing tips to share with us? 1 AnswerI do not consider myself a great writer, but nor do I consider myself among the worst, and the only advice I can give here, is to read books, because by reading... read more
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