Kevin Grevey

infobox NBA Player


name = Kevin Grevey
nickname =
position = Shooting guard / Small forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5
weight_lbs = 210
team =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1953|5|12
birth_place = Hamilton, Ohio
college = University of Kentucky
draft = 18th overall 1^{st round}
draft_year = 1975
draft_team = Washington Bullets
career_start = 1975
career_end = 1985
former_teams = Washington Bullets (1975–1983)
Milwaukee Bucks (1983–1985)
awards = NBA Champions: Washington Bullets (1978)

Kevin Michael Grevey (born May 12 1953 in Hamilton, Ohio) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" swingman, he played for the Washington Bullets from 1975-1983 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 1983-1985.

University of Kentucky

Grevey played college basketball at the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of legendary coach Adolph Rupp's last freshman class. However, freshmen weren’t eligible to play varsity basketball at the time, so Grevey played his three collegiate seasons under Rupp’s successor, Joe B. Hall. He was named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference in all three of his college seasons and All-American in his junior and senior years. In his senior year Kentucky lost to UCLA in the championship game of the NCAA Tournament in what would be the final game in the career of UCLA’s legendary coach John Wooden; Grevey scored a game-high 34 points and was named to the all-Final Four team.

Upon completion of his collegiate career, Grevey scored 1,801 points, which at the time ranked him second in University of Kentucky history behind only Dan Issel's 2,138. His jersey number, 35, is retired by the University of Kentucky.

Pro career

In 1975 Grevey was selected by the Washington Bullets in the first round of the NBA Draft. After playing as a backup behind Dave Bing and Phil Chenier during his first two seasons, he became a starter during the 1977-78 NBA season. He averaged 15.5 points per game and played on the franchise's only NBA championship team to date, alongside the future Hall-of-Fame duo of Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld.

Grevey enjoyed four more solid seasons in Washington, averaging no less than 13.3 points per game. An injury sidelined him for half of the 1982-83 season and reduced him to a reserve for the remainder of his career.

In his 10 NBA seasons Grevey played 672 games and scored 7,364 points, for an average of 11.0 points per game.

Trivia

Grevey's nephew, Ryan Hogan, was a member of Kentucky's 1998 National Championship team.

Kevin Grevey opened a restaurant in Falls Church, VA called Grevey's Restaurant and Sports Bar. It is widely known as a Buffalo Bills bar as tons of fans all show up on Sundays to watch their beloved team. This started when the first Manager of the restaurant was from Buffalo and brought in these fans. Though Kevin Grevey is from Kentucky and as a kid was a Cincinnati Bengals fan he has openly admitted that "the love and dedication of the fans I see in here has forced me to convert. Go Bills!"

External links

* [http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Players/Grevey_Kevin.html Kevin Grevey's University of Kentucky stats]
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GREVEKE01 Kevin Grevey's pro stats]
* [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2006/11/23/preps100.106.swf "The Enquirer"'s Top 100] – ranks Grevey #6