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Brian Grant

Brian Wade Grant (B.G., The General)

Position: Forward ▪ Height: 6-9 ▪ Weight: 254 lbs.
Born: March 5, 1972 in Columbus, Ohio
High School: Georgetown in Georgetown, Ohio
College: Xavier University
Draft: Sacramento Kings, 1st round (8th pick, 8th overall), 1994 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1994

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:50AM
All-Time Rank: #331. Dick McGuire… #331. Troy Murphy… #333. BRIAN GRANT… #333. Johnny Green… #335. Darrell Griffith… #335. Donyell Marshall… 

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 22 SAC NBA 80 59 2289 413 809 .511 1 4 .250 231 363 .636 207 391 598 99 49 116 163 276 1058
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 78 75 2398 427 842 .507 4 17 .235 262 358 .732 175 370 545 127 40 103 185 269 1120
1996-97 24 SAC NBA 24 15 607 91 207 .440 0 0 70 90 .778 49 93 142 28 19 25 44 75 252
1997-98 25 POR NBA 61 49 1921 283 557 .508 0 1 .000 171 228 .750 197 358 555 86 44 45 110 184 737
1998-99 26 POR NBA 48 46 1525 183 382 .479 0 0 184 226 .814 173 297 470 67 21 34 96 136 550
1999-00 27 POR NBA 63 14 1322 173 352 .491 1 2 .500 112 166 .675 121 223 344 64 32 28 84 166 459
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 82 79 2771 484 1010 .479 0 1 .000 282 354 .797 217 501 718 101 60 71 170 293 1250
2001-02 29 MIA NBA 72 72 2256 286 610 .469 0 2 .000 101 119 .849 168 407 575 137 48 31 122 236 673
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 82 82 2641 344 676 .509 0 0 158 205 .771 241 596 837 104 63 47 129 300 846
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 76 76 2303 289 613 .471 0 1 .000 86 110 .782 174 350 524 69 51 35 82 254 664
2004-05 32 LAL NBA 69 8 1136 103 209 .493 0 0 57 79 .722 101 156 257 34 23 23 43 175 263
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 21 2 248 27 65 .415 0 0 7 8 .875 11 46 57 7 5 3 7 45 61
Career NBA 756 577 21417 3103 6332 .490 6 28 .214 1721 2306 .746 1834 3788 5622 923 455 561 1235 2409 7933

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 22 SAC NBA 80 59 28.6 5.2 10.1 .511 0.0 0.1 .250 2.9 4.5 .636 2.6 4.9 7.5 1.2 0.6 1.5 2.0 3.5 13.2
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 78 75 30.7 5.5 10.8 .507 0.1 0.2 .235 3.4 4.6 .732 2.2 4.7 7.0 1.6 0.5 1.3 2.4 3.4 14.4
1996-97 24 SAC NBA 24 15 25.3 3.8 8.6 .440 0.0 0.0 2.9 3.8 .778 2.0 3.9 5.9 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.8 3.1 10.5
1997-98 25 POR NBA 61 49 31.5 4.6 9.1 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 2.8 3.7 .750 3.2 5.9 9.1 1.4 0.7 0.7 1.8 3.0 12.1
1998-99 26 POR NBA 48 46 31.8 3.8 8.0 .479 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.7 .814 3.6 6.2 9.8 1.4 0.4 0.7 2.0 2.8 11.5
1999-00 27 POR NBA 63 14 21.0 2.7 5.6 .491 0.0 0.0 .500 1.8 2.6 .675 1.9 3.5 5.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.6 7.3
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 82 79 33.8 5.9 12.3 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 3.4 4.3 .797 2.6 6.1 8.8 1.2 0.7 0.9 2.1 3.6 15.2
2001-02 29 MIA NBA 72 72 31.3 4.0 8.5 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 1.7 .849 2.3 5.7 8.0 1.9 0.7 0.4 1.7 3.3 9.3
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 82 82 32.2 4.2 8.2 .509 0.0 0.0 1.9 2.5 .771 2.9 7.3 10.2 1.3 0.8 0.6 1.6 3.7 10.3
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 76 76 30.3 3.8 8.1 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.4 .782 2.3 4.6 6.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.1 3.3 8.7
2004-05 32 LAL NBA 69 8 16.5 1.5 3.0 .493 0.0 0.0 0.8 1.1 .722 1.5 2.3 3.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 2.5 3.8
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 21 2 11.8 1.3 3.1 .415 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .875 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.1 2.9
Career NBA 756 577 28.3 4.1 8.4 .490 0.0 0.0 .214 2.3 3.1 .746 2.4 5.0 7.4 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.6 3.2 10.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1994-95 22 SAC NBA 80 59 2289 6.5 12.7 .511 0.0 0.1 .250 3.6 5.7 .636 3.3 6.1 9.4 1.6 0.8 1.8 2.6 4.3 16.6
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 78 75 2398 6.4 12.6 .507 0.1 0.3 .235 3.9 5.4 .732 2.6 5.6 8.2 1.9 0.6 1.5 2.8 4.0 16.8
1996-97 24 SAC NBA 24 15 607 5.4 12.3 .440 0.0 0.0 4.2 5.3 .778 2.9 5.5 8.4 1.7 1.1 1.5 2.6 4.4 14.9
1997-98 25 POR NBA 61 49 1921 5.3 10.4 .508 0.0 0.0 .000 3.2 4.3 .750 3.7 6.7 10.4 1.6 0.8 0.8 2.1 3.4 13.8
1998-99 26 POR NBA 48 46 1525 4.3 9.0 .479 0.0 0.0 4.3 5.3 .814 4.1 7.0 11.1 1.6 0.5 0.8 2.3 3.2 13.0
1999-00 27 POR NBA 63 14 1322 4.7 9.6 .491 0.0 0.1 .500 3.0 4.5 .675 3.3 6.1 9.4 1.7 0.9 0.8 2.3 4.5 12.5
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 82 79 2771 6.3 13.1 .479 0.0 0.0 .000 3.7 4.6 .797 2.8 6.5 9.3 1.3 0.8 0.9 2.2 3.8 16.2
2001-02 29 MIA NBA 72 72 2256 4.6 9.7 .469 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 1.9 .849 2.7 6.5 9.2 2.2 0.8 0.5 1.9 3.8 10.7
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 82 82 2641 4.7 9.2 .509 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.8 .771 3.3 8.1 11.4 1.4 0.9 0.6 1.8 4.1 11.5
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 76 76 2303 4.5 9.6 .471 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.7 .782 2.7 5.5 8.2 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.3 4.0 10.4
2004-05 32 LAL NBA 69 8 1136 3.3 6.6 .493 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.5 .722 3.2 4.9 8.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.4 5.5 8.3
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 21 2 248 3.9 9.4 .415 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.2 .875 1.6 6.7 8.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 6.5 8.9
Career NBA 756 577 21417 5.2 10.6 .490 0.0 0.0 .214 2.9 3.9 .746 3.1 6.4 9.5 1.6 0.8 0.9 2.1 4.0 13.3

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1994-95 22 SAC NBA 80 2289 16.5 .546 .511 10.7 19.5 15.2 7.4 1.1 3.8 14.4 22.0 106 104 1.9 3.4 5.3 .112
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 78 2398 15.8 .560 .510 8.4 17.9 13.2 9.2 0.9 3.2 15.6 21.7 107 108 2.4 2.3 4.7 .094
1996-97 24 SAC NBA 24 607 14.5 .511 .440 9.3 18.1 13.6 7.6 1.7 3.1 15.1 21.5 102 106 0.3 0.7 1.0 .075
1997-98 25 POR NBA 61 1921 16.7 .561 .508 12.4 20.9 16.8 7.7 1.2 1.7 14.3 18.1 112 101 3.3 3.0 6.3 .157
1998-99 26 POR NBA 48 1525 17.0 .571 .479 13.6 21.7 17.8 7.4 0.7 1.7 16.6 17.3 113 98 3.4 2.5 5.9 .185
1999-00 27 POR NBA 63 1322 14.0 .540 .493 11.4 18.9 15.3 7.7 1.3 1.6 16.5 17.8 106 100 1.5 2.0 3.5 .128
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 82 2771 17.5 .536 .479 9.3 21.5 15.4 7.2 1.2 2.0 12.7 23.4 104 97 3.7 5.0 8.7 .151
2001-02 29 MIA NBA 72 2256 12.7 .508 .469 8.8 20.9 14.9 10.5 1.2 1.1 15.6 16.6 101 100 1.1 3.7 4.8 .103
2002-03 30 MIA NBA 82 2641 15.6 .552 .509 10.2 26.8 18.3 7.2 1.3 1.4 14.4 16.0 108 99 3.5 4.1 7.7 .139
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 76 2303 12.1 .502 .471 8.7 17.9 13.3 5.3 1.2 1.2 11.0 15.2 104 102 2.1 2.8 4.9 .101
2004-05 32 LAL NBA 69 1136 10.0 .539 .493 10.1 15.4 12.8 4.7 1.1 1.5 15.0 11.4 112 111 1.2 0.4 1.6 .068
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 21 248 6.6 .445 .415 5.0 20.1 12.8 3.8 1.0 0.8 9.3 13.6 94 105 -0.1 0.3 0.2 .041
Career NBA 756 21417 14.9 .540 .491 10.1 20.5 15.3 7.5 1.1 2.0 14.4 18.5 106 102 24.3 30.2 54.5 .122

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 4 124 16 42 0 0 7 14 7 20 4 2 7 13 14 39 .381 .500 31.0 9.8 5.0 1.0
1997-98 25 POR NBA 4 135 19 36 0 0 15 18 18 43 6 4 3 5 20 53 .528 .833 33.8 13.3 10.8 1.5
1998-99 26 POR NBA 13 482 63 119 0 0 45 72 34 119 14 10 16 21 48 171 .529 .625 37.1 13.2 9.2 1.1
1999-00 27 POR NBA 16 320 29 65 0 0 29 39 37 92 8 6 6 17 53 87 .446 .744 20.0 5.4 5.8 0.5
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 3 84 10 24 0 0 10 14 6 24 1 0 5 6 9 30 .417 .714 28.0 10.0 8.0 0.3
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 13 399 42 98 0 1 8 14 45 112 10 7 8 18 52 92 .429 .000 .571 30.7 7.1 8.6 0.8
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 5 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 2 .333 .000 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.0
Career NBA 58 1556 180 387 0 1 114 173 149 412 43 29 45 80 203 474 .465 .000 .659 26.8 8.2 7.1 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1995-96 23 SAC NBA 4 124 5.3 .405 .381 7.0 12.9 10.0 6.0 0.8 5.1 21.3 22.3 74 103 -0.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.078
1997-98 25 POR NBA 4 135 19.5 .603 .528 15.3 23.7 19.3 7.3 1.6 1.8 10.2 16.1 129 112 0.4 0.0 0.5 .169
1998-99 26 POR NBA 13 482 17.4 .567 .529 8.9 21.6 15.4 6.0 1.2 2.7 12.2 17.7 110 101 0.9 0.6 1.5 .145
1999-00 27 POR NBA 16 320 12.3 .529 .446 14.7 21.7 18.2 4.3 1.0 1.5 17.1 15.1 108 101 0.4 0.4 0.8 .126
2000-01 28 MIA NBA 3 84 12.2 .497 .417 8.8 25.9 17.4 2.4 0.0 4.6 16.6 20.8 91 109 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.006
2003-04 31 MIA NBA 13 399 10.9 .442 .429 12.9 19.3 16.1 4.7 1.0 1.7 14.7 14.7 94 97 0.1 0.5 0.6 .078
2005-06 33 PHO NBA 5 12 -6.6 .258 .333 20.2 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.2 84 119 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.093
Career NBA 58 1556 13.4 .512 .465 11.6 20.6 16.1 5.2 1.0 2.4 14.7 16.8 103 102 1.4 1.8 3.2 .098

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 12 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Brian Grant 8.7 7.7 6.3 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 3.5 1.6 1.0 0.2
Steve Mix 93.2 9.4 8.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.9 3.7 1.3 0.4 -0.3
Grant Long 92.6 8.4 7.7 6.6 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.6 2.7 2.6 1.6 1.4
Antonio McDyess 92.2 9.4 7.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 1.8 1.2 0.8
Tyrone Hill 89.8 9.9 6.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.5 2.2 2.1 1.9 0.6
Mike Mitchell 89.2 8.3 7.6 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 2.4 0.4
Scott Wedman 89.2 8.6 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.6 1.2
Derrick Coleman 89.2 9.9 9.5 6.5 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.4 3.3 2.0 1.2 -0.2
Metta World Peace 89.1 8.0 7.2 6.7 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.7 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.3
Derrick McKey 88.5 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.1 1.8 0.4
Donyell Marshall 88.3 10.4 8.5 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.0 1.3 1.3 0.3
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Brian Grant 8.7 7.7 6.3 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.8 4.7 3.5 1.6 1.0 0.2
Steve Mix 93.2 9.4 8.2 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.9 3.7 2.4 1.3 0.4 -0.3
Grant Long 89.9 8.4 7.7 6.6 6.5 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.6 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.4 0.4 0.2
Mike Mitchell 89.2 8.3 7.6 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 2.4 0.4
Metta World Peace 89.1 8.0 7.2 6.7 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.7 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.3
Scott Wedman 89.1 8.6 7.8 7.1 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 1.6 1.2 -0.1
Tyrone Hill 88.5 9.9 6.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.5 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.1
Mickey Johnson 87.3 8.5 8.3 7.3 7.2 5.5 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 0.7
Armen Gilliam 87.2 7.6 6.8 6.7 6.6 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.1 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.2
Hedo Turkoglu 86.9 9.0 7.6 7.3 6.9 6.7 5.2 4.9 3.4 3.4 2.8 2.6
Danny Manning 86.8 9.8 7.9 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.2 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.2

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1990-91 18 XAVIER 32 932 135 236 100 144 273 20 29 25 77 108 370 .572 .694 29.1 11.6 8.5 0.6
1991-92 19 XAVIER 26 729 117 203 74 127 237 23 19 26 66 79 308 .576 .583 28.0 11.8 9.1 0.9
1992-93 20 XAVIER 30 944 223 341 110 159 283 46 23 29 60 66 556 .654 .692 31.5 18.5 9.4 1.5
1993-94 21 XAVIER 28 894 181 324 1 3 122 171 287 47 27 47 67 74 485 .559 .333 .713 31.9 17.3 10.3 1.7
Career 116 3499 656 1104 1 3 406 601 1080 136 98 127 270 327 1719 .594 .333 .676 30.2 14.8 9.3 1.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Monthly Awards
Jan 1995: Rookie of the Month
Honors
1994-95 NBA All-Rookie (1st)
Games
2000-01 NBA 82 (2)
2002-03 NBA 82 (2)
Field Goal Pct
2002-03 NBA .509 (10)
Offensive Rebounds
1998-99 NBA 173 (5)
2002-03 NBA 241 (10)
Defensive Rebounds
2002-03 NBA 596 (5)
Total Rebounds
2002-03 NBA 837 (4)
Personal Fouls
2000-01 NBA 293 (2)
2002-03 NBA 300 (2)
Rebounds Per Game
2002-03 NBA 10.2 (5)
Offensive Rebound Pct
1998-99 NBA 13.6 (7)
Career NBA 10.1 (65)
Career 10.1 (78)
Defensive Rebound Pct
2002-03 NBA 26.8 (4)
Career NBA 20.5 (77)
Career 20.5 (87)
Total Rebound Pct
1998-99 NBA 17.8 (7)
2002-03 NBA 18.3 (4)
Career NBA 15.3 (71)
Career 15.3 (79)
Defensive Rating
Career NBA 101.9 (98)
Defensive Win Shares
2000-01 NBA 5.0 (9)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.001 (560)
NBA Elo Player Rating
333rd (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:50AM

Transactions

June 29, 1994: Drafted by the Sacramento Kings in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1994 NBA Draft.

August 23, 1997: Signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers.

August 30, 2000: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Miami Heat; the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Shawn Kemp to the Portland Trail Blazers; the Miami Heat traded Chris Gatling, Clarence Weatherspoon and a 2001 1st round draft pick (Brendan Haywood) to the Cleveland Cavaliers; and the Portland Trail Blazers traded Gary Grant to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

July 14, 2004: Traded by the Miami Heat with Caron Butler, Lamar Odom, a 2006 1st round draft pick (Jordan Farmar) and a 2007 2nd round draft pick (Renaldas Seibutis) to the Los Angeles Lakers for Shaquille O'Neal.

August 10, 2005: Waived by the Los Angeles Lakers.

August 18, 2005: Signed as a free agent with the Phoenix Suns.

June 28, 2006: Traded by the Phoenix Suns with Rajon Rondo to the Boston Celtics for a 2007 1st round draft pick (Rudy Fernandez).

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1994-95 Sacramento Kings NBA $808,000
1995-96 Sacramento Kings NBA $1,050,000
1996-97 Sacramento Kings NBA $1,293,000
1997-98 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $5,000,000
1998-99 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $6,000,000
1999-00 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $7,680,862
2000-01 Miami Heat NBA $8,900,000
2001-02 Miami Heat NBA $9,925,076
2002-03 Miami Heat NBA $11,027,862
2003-04 Miami Heat NBA $12,130,648
2004-05 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $13,233,434
2005-06 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $14,336,220
2005-06 Phoenix Suns NBA $1,670,000
2006-07 Los Angeles Lakers NBA $14,848,080
2006-07 Boston Celtics NBA $1,938,870
Career (may be incomplete) $109,842,052

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