- Gary Grant
Gary Grant (born
April 21 1965 inCanton, Ohio ) is a retired American professionalbasketball point guard in the NBA.Gary "The General" Grant played for
Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at theUniversity of Michigan . Grant is Michigan's all-time leader in assists, with 731, and steals, with 300.He was selected in the
1988 NBA Draft by theSeattle SuperSonics , but was traded to theLos Angeles Clippers before the 1988-89 season started. There he remained for seven years before moving on to theNew York Knicks , theMiami Heat , and thePortland Trail Blazers . Grant also spent time playing inEurope after his NBA career had wound up, performing extremely well, especially inAris BC ,Thessaloniki , in the Greek League.In high school, he was a three-year starter for Canton McKinley and helped lead the school to its first-ever state championship in 1984. He left the storied McKinley program as its second leading scorer in team history with 1,431 points behind onlyNick Weatherspoon .Fact|date=June 2007External links
* [http://aol.nba.com/playerfile/gary_grant/index.html "NBA.com" Grant player profile]
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