Born: August 26, 1966. Trenton, New JerseyHigh School: Trenton High School
College: Morris Brown, Trenton State (Kevin Bannon)
I have written a summary of short NBA players before. Now's my chance to write more.
Grant's story to the NBA is a long and interesting one. Greg was a standout player at Trenton High School from 1980 to 1984, even though he had averaged 24 points per game in his last year he did not recieve any scholarship from any major basketball program.
He then decided to attend Morris Brown College which as a Division II school in Atlanta, Georga. But he had felt homesick and wanted to return home in December. After this he took a job for four months at a Shipping Department before being laid off.
Greg then decided to take a job at the Crab Trap where he had spent long hours selling, weighing, cleaning and wrapping fish. He had needed the long hours to take his mind off away from the dream he had been in his mind. The dream of playing professional basketball.
''I kept reading about guys in the papers that I played in high school with and against, guys who were going to college and still playing ball,'' he said. ''They were all still in school, and I wasn't. After a while, I just got tired of working. I missed school, and I missed basketball.''
After becoming sick of the job at the Crab Trap he had decided to enroll back in school on financial aid. But this time attending a school close to home. Trenton State which was a Divison III, where no NBA players came out of.
Dispite this, he would take over the league. Averaging 30 points per game and shooting over 50% from the field. The problem was that this was Division III, scouts would think of the competition he had faced and if he could stand up against real competition.
''But I believed,'' Mr. Grant said. ''I really believed that I was good enough to make it.''
As a result he was drafted in the second round of the NBA draft with the 52nd pick and went on to the NBA playing for 7 seasons primarily as a backup point guard.
He now owns a company called 94 FT where he has his own clothing line and runs leagues/clinics in his city of Trenton.
Highlights:
-Career High 14 Assists in the NBA
-Co-MVP with David Robinson in Los Angles Pro-Summer League (1989) with 51 points and 16 assists.
-Division III Player of the Year (1989)
-National Leading Scorer, 32.6 scoring average , (1988-1989)
-Trenton State College All-Time Leading Scorer, 2,611 points
-Trenton State College, All-Time Leader in steals
-Led Trenton State College to first conference championship (1988-1989 season)
-Voted MVP in the NCAA Final Four Tournament ( 1989)
-Three time New Jersey College Player of the Year (1986-1989)
http://www.ggrant94ftinc.com
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