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2000-2001: Was one of three Miami players to appear in all 82 games ... Started the first 79 games before coming off the bench the final three ... Set career highs in games played, minutes, field goals made and attempted, free throws made, rebounds, steals and points ... Became just the fourth player in HEAT history to grab at least 700 rebounds in a season joining Rony Seikaly, Alonzo Mourning and Anthony Mason ... Hit 79.7 percent of his free throw attempts after entering the season a 72 percent career shooter from the foul line ... Averaged 15.2 points, which was the third best average on the team ... Also averaged 8.8 rebounds (second on team and 20th in the NBA), 1.2 assists and 0.87 blocks in 33.8 minutes per game ... Placed 25th in the NBA in field goal percentage (.479) ... Became only the fourth player in HEAT history to record a 30-point, 20-rebound game and the first to do so since Ike Austin accomplished the feat with 33 points and 22 rebounds vs. Toronto on Nov. 22, 1997 ... Grant's 30-point, 21-rebound effort vs. Seattle on Nov. 8 marked the 20th time in franchise history a HEAT player scored at least 30 points in a game and pulled down at least 15 rebounds ... Scored in double-figures in a team-high 71 games ... Had two games of at least 30 points and 15 games where he scored 20 or more points ... Recorded 31 double-doubles, which is the ninth highest single-season total in HEAT franchise history ... Had a stretch this season from Jan. 8-16 where he hit 20 consecutive free throws, tied for the fifth longest streak of the season for Miami ... Tied with A.C. Green for the HEAT's second longest consecutive games played streak at 82 games ... Had 33 games with double-figure rebounding totals, surpassing his previous high of 25 times set during the 1997-98 season ... Had a team-high 70 dunks. 1999-2000: Netted 20 points in a 98-85 win over Vancouver on 4/8 ... Registered 21 points and 11 rebounds in a 96-91 win over Phoenix on 1/8 ... Tallied 8 points and a game-high 10 rebounds in a 90-86 win over MInnesota on 12/9 ... Posted 12 points (5-7 FG) and 7 rebounds in a 100-96 OT victory in Charlotte on 11/20 ... Activated before the 11/16 game against Miami, after spending the beginning of the season on the injured list 1998-1999: Named the winner of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for the 1998-99 season in recognition of his outstanding community service and charitable work ... Led the Blazers in rebounds (9.8 rpg, 12th in the NBA), leading the team in rebounding in 30 games, and double-doubles (17) ... Registered team-highs of 24 points (7-13 FG, 10-11 FT) and 11 rebounds in a 100-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on 4/25 ... Posted game-highs of 22 points (7-12 FG, 8-11 FT) and 14 rebounds in a 97-84 victory over the Phoenix Suns on 3/25 ... Hit 6-of-6 free-throws in overtime, totaling a game-high 25 points (6-12 FG, 13-13 FT) and 14 rebounds, in a 106-96 overtime win over the L.A. Clippers on 3/13 ... Recorded 19 points and a team-high 11 rebounds in a 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings on 3/9 ... Scored 8 points in overtime, registering game-highs of 20 points and 18 rebounds, in a 97-93 overtime win over the Sacramento Kings on 3/3 ... Posted a team-high 19 points (7-12 FG), a game-high 18 rebounds and 3 assists in an 82-81 victory over the Washington Wizards on 2/27 ... Totaled 18 points and a career-high 24 rebounds, including 9 offensive boards, in a 90-84 victory over the Golden State Warriors on 2/20 ... Recorded a team-high 21 points, a game-high 18 rebounds and 4 assists in a 106-86 victory over the Boston Celtics on 2/19 1997-1998: Registered 14 points (6-8 FG), a game-high 17 rebounds and 3 assists against the Seattle SuperSonics on 4/19 ... Posted a team-high 18 points and a game-high 15 rebounds against the Denver Nuggets on 4/17 ... Totaled 25 points and 13 rebounds in a 99-95 victory over the L.A. Clippers on 4/9 ... Recorded 18 points and 12 rebounds in a 108-102 victory over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 3/26 ... Registered game-highs of 21 points and 16 rebounds against the Atlanta Hawks on 3/20 ... Posted 21 points (8-9 FG), 10 rebounds and 3 assists in an 82-77 victory over the New York Knicks on 3/19 ... Totaled 21 points and 7 rebounds against the Boston Celtics on 3/1 ... On the injured list from 1/7 to 2/13, missing 18 games, due to a stress reaction in his left femur ... Hit the game-winning jumper with eight seconds left, recording 16 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, in a 97-95 win over the Houston Rockets on 1/3 ... Registered team-highs of 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 96-86 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on 12/30 ... Posted 19 points, a game-high 14 rebounds and 4 steals in a 96-91 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies on 12/19 ... Totaled a career-high 34 points, a game-high 17 rebounds and 5 assists against the Phoenix Suns on 11/14 ... Grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds, including 9 offensive boards, and scored 10 points in an 86-85 win over the Houston Rockets on 11/7 ... Recorded 19 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in an 82-74 victory over the L.A. Clippers on 11/1 ... Registered 19 points and 11 rebounds, in his Trail Blazers debut, against the Seattle SuperSonics on 10/31 1996-1997: Grant sat out much of training camp, including five preseason games, because of an incomplete tear of the rotator cuff in his right shoulder ... He played in the first five games of the regular season before surgery was deemed necessary ... After undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair the tear on Nov. 14, he sat out 54 games, undergoing an extensive rehabilitation process before rejoining the dlub in practice on Feb. 21 and behind activated on March 5 ... He averaged 12.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.60 blocks in 31.4 minutes in the first five games of the season ... He posted season-highs of 20 poins and 15 rebounds in the second game of the season, a 107-94 victory at Dallas on Nov. 2 ... He played in 19 games following his surgery for a total of 24 for the season and finished with averages of 10.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and a team-high 1.04 blocks in 25.3 minutes per game ... He became a veteran free agent following the season, and despite his injury he was one of the most avidly sought players in the summer of 1997 ... The Kings tried to re-sign him, but instead Grant signed as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on Ausust 23. 1995-1996: Any questions about Grant being for real were answered in his second season with the Kings, which was even better than his first ... He led the team in blocked shots with 1.32 per game, ranking 24th in the NBA ... He scored a career-high 14.4 ppg to rank third on the team, placed second in rebounding at 7.0 rpg and was third in field goal percentage at .507 ... He logged 30.7 minutes per game, third-most on the team, and played in 78 games, all but three of them as a starter ... He missed three games due to a sprained right ankle and one due to the birth of his son ... He scored in double figures 57 times, getting 20 or more points 18 times including a career-high 32 points against Cleveland on March 31 ... He rebounded in double figures 17 times, tying his career-high with 16 against Dallas on Jan. 23 ... He had 14 double-doubles ... He blocked at least two shots in 29 games, twice rejecting a career-high five shots: against Miami on Dec. 10 and against Detroit on Feb. 26 ... In Sacramento's four-game playoff series against Seattle, Grant started each game and averaged 9.8 points, 5.0 rebound and 1.75 blocks per game. 1994-1995: Grant was one of the real surprises in 1994-95, both for the Sacramento Kings and for the rest of the NBA ... The Kings opened the preseason with Duane Causwell, Olden Polynice, Frank Brickowski, Grant, and fellow rookie Michael Smith all vying for the No. 4 and 5 positions-and without Wayman Tisdale for the first time in more than five years ... A few weeks into the season Grant established himself as the team's starting power forward and one of the most promising big men in the league. Meanwhile, Brickowski missed the entire season with a shoulder injury, and Polynice replaced Causwell as the Kings' starting center ...Grant worked the hardwood on both ends of the floor. In 80 appearances (59 as a starter) he averaged 13.2 points and 7.5 rebounds ... His rebounding average ranked 31st in the NBA and was tops among rookies. (Washington's Juwan Howard, who averaged 8.4 rebounds per contest, didn't play enough games to qualify for the leaderboard.) ... Grant shot .511 from the field, 26th in the league and better than such well-respected power forwards as the Phoenix Suns' A. C. Green and the Cleveland Cavaliers' Tyrone Hill. Grant's average of 1.45 blocks per game led Sacramento, ranked 20th in the league, and topped all NBA rookies ... He played in the NBA Rookie Game at All-Star Weekend and received consideration for the league's Rookie of the Year Award at season's end ... Grant was named NBA Rookie of the Month for January after averaging 15.8 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 2.13 blocks during the month ... Grant's interior toughness was part of Sacramento's defensive improvement ... The previous season the Kings had finished 25th in the league in points allowed (106.9 ppg) and 23rd in field-goal percentage allowed (.479) ... In 1994-95 they tied for eighth in points allowed (99.2 ppg), tied for second in field-goal percentage allowed (.453), and won 11 more games than the previous season-but finished one victory short of the playoffs ... Grant, an aggressive, in-your-face player, had a hand in that improvement and has positioned himself as a player to watch. COLLEGE: Grant, who hails from the same hometown as General Ulysses S. Grant (and thereby is nicknamed "the General"), was an outstanding college player at Xavier, where he twice earned Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year honors ... He led the Musketeers in scoring in each of his four seasons, recorded career averages of 14.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, and shot .594 from the floor in four years ... Grant was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American as a junior after finishing second in the nation in field goal percentage (.654) ... But even after a superb senior season he didn't have the same name recognition as such top NBA prospects as Glenn Robinson, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill or Juwan Howard. In a predraft tournament, however, he led all NBA prospects in rebounding, prompting the Kings to take him with the eighth overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft. |
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