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Gary Grant

Gary Grant (The General)

Position: Guard ▪ Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: April 21, 1965 in Canton, Ohio
High School: McKinley in Canton, Ohio
College: University of Michigan
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 1st round (15th pick, 15th overall), 1988 NBA Draft
NBA Debut: November 4, 1988

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 6:50AM
All-Time Rank: #529. Lester Conner… #530. Mike Gale… #531. GARY GRANT… #532. Charles Jones… #533. Randy Breuer… 

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
1988-89 23 LAC NBA 71 48 1924 361 830 .435 5 22 .227 119 162 .735 80 158 238 506 144 9 258 170 846
1989-90 24 LAC NBA 44 44 1529 241 517 .466 5 21 .238 88 113 .779 59 136 195 442 108 5 206 120 575
1990-91 25 LAC NBA 68 65 2105 265 587 .451 9 39 .231 51 74 .689 69 140 209 587 103 12 210 192 590
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 78 53 2049 275 595 .462 15 51 .294 44 54 .815 34 150 184 538 138 14 187 181 609
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 74 8 1624 210 476 .441 11 42 .262 55 74 .743 27 112 139 353 106 9 129 168 486
1993-94 28 LAC NBA 78 8 1533 253 563 .449 17 62 .274 65 76 .855 42 100 142 291 119 12 136 139 588
1994-95 29 LAC NBA 33 2 470 78 166 .470 4 16 .250 45 55 .818 8 27 35 93 29 3 44 66 205
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 47 1 596 88 181 .486 8 24 .333 48 58 .828 12 40 52 69 39 3 45 91 232
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 28 0 365 39 110 .355 14 46 .304 18 22 .818 8 30 38 45 16 0 27 39 110
1997-98 32 POR NBA 22 2 359 43 93 .462 7 19 .368 12 14 .857 8 40 48 84 17 2 24 30 105
1998-99 33 POR NBA 2 0 7 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
1999-00 34 POR NBA 3 0 24 6 14 .429 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 3 12
2000-01 35 POR NBA 4 0 17 5 7 .714 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
Career NBA 552 231 12602 1864 4140 .450 95 342 .278 545 702 .776 347 936 1283 3013 821 69 1268 1200 4368

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
1988-89 23 LAC NBA 71 48 27.1 5.1 11.7 .435 0.1 0.3 .227 1.7 2.3 .735 1.1 2.2 3.4 7.1 2.0 0.1 3.6 2.4 11.9
1989-90 24 LAC NBA 44 44 34.8 5.5 11.8 .466 0.1 0.5 .238 2.0 2.6 .779 1.3 3.1 4.4 10.0 2.5 0.1 4.7 2.7 13.1
1990-91 25 LAC NBA 68 65 31.0 3.9 8.6 .451 0.1 0.6 .231 0.8 1.1 .689 1.0 2.1 3.1 8.6 1.5 0.2 3.1 2.8 8.7
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 78 53 26.3 3.5 7.6 .462 0.2 0.7 .294 0.6 0.7 .815 0.4 1.9 2.4 6.9 1.8 0.2 2.4 2.3 7.8
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 74 8 21.9 2.8 6.4 .441 0.1 0.6 .262 0.7 1.0 .743 0.4 1.5 1.9 4.8 1.4 0.1 1.7 2.3 6.6
1993-94 28 LAC NBA 78 8 19.7 3.2 7.2 .449 0.2 0.8 .274 0.8 1.0 .855 0.5 1.3 1.8 3.7 1.5 0.2 1.7 1.8 7.5
1994-95 29 LAC NBA 33 2 14.2 2.4 5.0 .470 0.1 0.5 .250 1.4 1.7 .818 0.2 0.8 1.1 2.8 0.9 0.1 1.3 2.0 6.2
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 47 1 12.7 1.9 3.9 .486 0.2 0.5 .333 1.0 1.2 .828 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.9 4.9
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 28 0 13.0 1.4 3.9 .355 0.5 1.6 .304 0.6 0.8 .818 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.0 1.0 1.4 3.9
1997-98 32 POR NBA 22 2 16.3 2.0 4.2 .462 0.3 0.9 .368 0.5 0.6 .857 0.4 1.8 2.2 3.8 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.4 4.8
1998-99 33 POR NBA 2 0 3.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999-00 34 POR NBA 3 0 8.0 2.0 4.7 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 1.0 4.0
2000-01 35 POR NBA 4 0 4.3 1.3 1.8 .714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.5
Career NBA 552 231 22.8 3.4 7.5 .450 0.2 0.6 .278 1.0 1.3 .776 0.6 1.7 2.3 5.5 1.5 0.1 2.3 2.2 7.9

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
1988-89 23 LAC NBA 71 48 1924 6.8 15.5 .435 0.1 0.4 .227 2.2 3.0 .735 1.5 3.0 4.5 9.5 2.7 0.2 4.8 3.2 15.8
1989-90 24 LAC NBA 44 44 1529 5.7 12.2 .466 0.1 0.5 .238 2.1 2.7 .779 1.4 3.2 4.6 10.4 2.5 0.1 4.9 2.8 13.5
1990-91 25 LAC NBA 68 65 2105 4.5 10.0 .451 0.2 0.7 .231 0.9 1.3 .689 1.2 2.4 3.6 10.0 1.8 0.2 3.6 3.3 10.1
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 78 53 2049 4.8 10.5 .462 0.3 0.9 .294 0.8 0.9 .815 0.6 2.6 3.2 9.5 2.4 0.2 3.3 3.2 10.7
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 74 8 1624 4.7 10.6 .441 0.2 0.9 .262 1.2 1.6 .743 0.6 2.5 3.1 7.8 2.3 0.2 2.9 3.7 10.8
1993-94 28 LAC NBA 78 8 1533 5.9 13.2 .449 0.4 1.5 .274 1.5 1.8 .855 1.0 2.3 3.3 6.8 2.8 0.3 3.2 3.3 13.8
1994-95 29 LAC NBA 33 2 470 6.0 12.7 .470 0.3 1.2 .250 3.4 4.2 .818 0.6 2.1 2.7 7.1 2.2 0.2 3.4 5.1 15.7
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 47 1 596 5.3 10.9 .486 0.5 1.4 .333 2.9 3.5 .828 0.7 2.4 3.1 4.2 2.4 0.2 2.7 5.5 14.0
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 28 0 365 3.8 10.8 .355 1.4 4.5 .304 1.8 2.2 .818 0.8 3.0 3.7 4.4 1.6 0.0 2.7 3.8 10.8
1997-98 32 POR NBA 22 2 359 4.3 9.3 .462 0.7 1.9 .368 1.2 1.4 .857 0.8 4.0 4.8 8.4 1.7 0.2 2.4 3.0 10.5
1998-99 33 POR NBA 2 0 7 0.0 5.1 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999-00 34 POR NBA 3 0 24 9.0 21.0 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 18.0
2000-01 35 POR NBA 4 0 17 10.6 14.8 .714 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 21.2
Career NBA 552 231 12602 5.3 11.8 .450 0.3 1.0 .278 1.6 2.0 .776 1.0 2.7 3.7 8.6 2.3 0.2 3.6 3.4 12.5

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
1988-89 23 LAC NBA 71 1924 14.1 .469 .438 4.5 8.8 6.6 37.6 3.4 0.3 22.3 23.8 93 109 -2.0 1.6 -0.4 -0.009
1989-90 24 LAC NBA 44 1529 15.3 .507 .471 4.5 10.0 7.3 42.5 3.4 0.2 26.7 21.1 97 107 -0.6 1.9 1.3 .039
1990-91 25 LAC NBA 68 2105 12.1 .476 .459 3.5 7.3 5.3 38.2 2.4 0.3 25.3 16.0 98 108 -0.4 2.1 1.7 .038
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 78 2049 13.4 .492 .475 1.8 8.2 5.0 37.0 3.3 0.4 23.2 16.7 100 105 0.0 2.9 3.0 .069
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 74 1624 11.7 .478 .453 1.8 7.7 4.7 28.4 3.2 0.4 20.2 16.2 99 108 -0.1 1.8 1.6 .049
1993-94 28 LAC NBA 78 1533 13.8 .493 .464 2.9 6.9 4.9 27.9 3.7 0.5 18.6 19.7 98 108 0.0 1.3 1.3 .041
1994-95 29 LAC NBA 33 470 15.1 .539 .482 1.9 7.2 4.4 32.8 3.1 0.5 18.8 21.7 104 111 0.3 0.3 0.6 .065
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 47 596 13.5 .562 .508 2.5 7.7 5.2 19.0 3.5 0.4 17.9 19.7 104 103 0.4 1.0 1.4 .110
1996-97 31 MIA NBA 28 365 9.1 .460 .418 2.6 9.6 6.2 20.4 2.4 0.0 18.4 18.9 94 102 -0.2 0.6 0.4 .052
1997-98 32 POR NBA 22 359 16.1 .529 .500 2.7 12.5 7.8 38.5 2.5 0.4 19.5 15.5 112 102 0.6 0.5 1.1 .147
1998-99 33 POR NBA 2 7 18.1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.7 7.7 0.0 0.0 6.5 107 92 0.0 0.0 0.0 .149
1999-00 34 POR NBA 3 24 8.0 .429 .429 0.0 14.0 7.4 8.1 2.2 0.0 12.5 30.8 79 101 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.070
2000-01 35 POR NBA 4 17 22.8 .714 .714 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.1 142 112 0.1 0.0 0.1 .209
Career NBA 552 12602 13.4 .491 .462 3.0 8.2 5.6 34.2 3.2 0.3 22.2 18.9 98 107 -1.9 14.0 12.0 .046

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
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 5 77 10 21 0 2 2 2 0 4 18 3 2 8 10 22 .476 .000 1.000 15.4 4.4 0.8 3.6
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 5 101 10 31 0 0 1 2 1 2 23 3 0 7 13 21 .323 .500 20.2 4.2 0.4 4.6
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 1 8 2 5 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 .400 .667 8.0 6.0 3.0 0.0
1997-98 32 POR NBA 4 27 2 7 1 4 0 0 2 5 7 1 1 2 2 5 .286 .250 6.8 1.3 1.3 1.8
1999-00 34 POR NBA 2 8 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .500 4.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
Career NBA 17 221 24 66 3 9 4 6 5 14 49 8 3 18 25 55 .364 .333 .667 13.0 3.2 0.8 2.9

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
1991-92 26 LAC NBA 5 77 10.3 .503 .476 0.0 6.3 3.0 34.2 2.1 1.8 26.8 17.6 94 113 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.006
1992-93 27 LAC NBA 5 101 4.6 .329 .323 1.0 1.2 1.1 33.5 1.5 0.0 18.0 16.5 80 109 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.056
1995-96 30 NYK NBA 1 8 33.6 .600 .600 33.8 14.1 23.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 16.7 37.0 103 91 0.0 0.0 0.0 .186
1997-98 32 POR NBA 4 27 13.0 .357 .357 8.5 14.2 11.2 38.4 1.9 3.1 22.2 14.8 98 113 0.0 0.0 0.0 .010
1999-00 34 POR NBA 2 8 -2.1 .174 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.6 58 112 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.184
Career NBA 17 221 8.4 .401 .386 2.7 5.0 3.8 32.6 1.9 1.0 20.8 17.4 88 110 -0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.026

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 13 Years Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Gary Grant 3.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Randy Brown 76.4 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.8
Robert Pack 76.3 3.1 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.6
Anthony Bowie 75.2 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.5
David Wingate 73.9 2.4 2.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.5
Kevin Ollie 73.3 3.8 2.4 2.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1
John Crotty 72.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Wes Matthews 72.4 3.0 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1
Ledell Eackles 72.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Jerry Reynolds 72.3 3.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.0
Mike Evans 71.9 2.9 1.9 1.6 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Career Win Shares (Best to Worst)
Player Sim 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Gary Grant 3.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.4
Randy Brown 76.4 2.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.8
Robert Pack 76.3 3.1 2.7 2.2 1.7 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.6
Anthony Bowie 75.2 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.5
Kevin Ollie 73.3 3.8 2.4 2.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1
John Crotty 72.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.1
Wes Matthews 72.4 3.0 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.1
Jerry Reynolds 72.3 3.7 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.0
Ledell Eackles 72.3 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Mike Evans 71.9 2.9 1.9 1.6 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Mike Bratz 71.0 2.7 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.1 -0.1

College

Light text indicates college freshman or JV participant
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
1984-85 19 MICHIGAN 30 950 169 307 49 60 76 140 50 4 82 84 387 .550 .817 31.7 12.9 2.5 4.7
1985-86 20 MICHIGAN 33 1010 172 348 58 78 104 185 84 9 95 85 402 .494 .744 30.6 12.2 3.2 5.6
1986-87 21 MICHIGAN 32 1088 286 533 33 68 111 142 159 172 86 11 103 93 716 .537 .485 .782 34.0 22.4 5.0 5.4
1987-88 22 MICHIGAN 34 1190 269 508 44 99 135 167 116 234 80 5 150 105 717 .530 .444 .808 35.0 21.1 3.4 6.9
Career 129 4238 896 1696 77 167 353 447 455 731 300 29 430 367 2222 .528 .461 .790 32.9 17.2 3.5 5.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Honors
1984 McDonald's All American
1987-88 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
Assists Per Game
1989-90 NBA 10.0 (5)
1990-91 NBA 8.6 (8)
Career NBA 5.5 (76)
Career 5.5 (77)
Assist Pct
1988-89 NBA 37.6 (5)
1989-90 NBA 42.5 (5)
1990-91 NBA 38.2 (9)
1991-92 NBA 37.0 (5)
Career NBA 34.2 (28)
Career 34.2 (28)
Steal Pct
1988-89 NBA 3.4 (5)
1991-92 NBA 3.3 (5)
Hall of Fame Probability
Career 0.000 (648)
NBA Elo Player Rating
531st (overall) as of Feb 11, 2012, 6:50AM
   

Transactions

June 28, 1988: Drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft.

June 28, 1988: Traded by the Seattle SuperSonics with a 1989 1st round draft pick (Kenny Payne) to the Los Angeles Clippers for Michael Cage.

September 29, 1995: Released by the Los Angeles Clippers.

November 8, 1995: Signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks.

July 14, 1996: Released by the New York Knicks.

August 13, 1996: Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.

August 12, 1997: Traded by the Miami Heat with Matt Fish and a 1999 2nd round draft pick to the Sacramento Kings for Duane Causwell.

September 5, 1997: Waived by the Sacramento Kings.

March 5, 1998: Signed the first of two 10-day contracts with the Portland Trail Blazers.

March 25, 1998: Signed a contract for the rest of the season with the Portland Trail Blazers

August 30, 2000: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Portland Trail Blazers to the Cleveland Cavaliers; 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 Brian Grant to the Miami Heat.

March 5, 2001: Waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Salaries

Season Team Lg Salary
1988-89 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $250,000
1990-91 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $530,000
1991-92 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $928,000
1992-93 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,128,000
1993-94 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,128,000
1994-95 Los Angeles Clippers NBA $1,100,000
1995-96 New York Knicks NBA $500,000
1996-97 Miami Heat NBA $500,000
1997-98 Sacramento Kings NBA $600,000
1998-99 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,000,000
1999-00 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,200,000
2000-01 Portland Trail Blazers NBA $1,000,000
2000-01 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA $316,969
Career (may be incomplete) $10,180,969

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