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Gary Grant
Personal information
Born	April 21, 1965 (age 59); Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Canton McKinley (Canton, Ohio)
College	Michigan (1984–1988)
NBA draft	1988: 1st round, 15th overall pick
	Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1988–2002
Position	Point guard
Number	23, 1, 14
Career history
1988–1995	Los Angeles Clippers
1995–1996	New York Knicks
1996–1997	Miami Heat
1997	Yakima Sun Kings
1998	Portland Trail Blazers
1998–1999	Aris
1999–2001	Portland Trail Blazers
2001–2002	Peristeri
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus first-team All-American (1988); Second-team All-American – USBWA (1987); Big Ten Player of the Year (1988); Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1986); First-team Parade All-American (1984);
Career NBA statistics
Points	4,368 (7.9 ppg)
Assists	3,013 (5.5 apg)
Rebounds	1,283 (2.3 rpg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Gary Grant (born April 21, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player at the point guard position in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played four professional seasons in Greece.

College career

Gary "The General" Grant played for Canton McKinley High School and collegiately at the University of Michigan. Gary received his BA in kinesiology.

Grant holds several Michigan records including career starts (128), career assists (731), career steals (total and per game), career minutes, career turnovers, single-season assists per game, single-season steals (total and per game, 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for both), single-season turnovers, and single-game steals.^[1]

During the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season while playing for the 2010–11 Michigan Wolverines team, Darius Morris surpassed Grant's school record single-season assist total set for the 1987–88 team.^[2] The following season Trey Burke broke Grant's freshman season assist total record.^[3] In the regular season finale for the 2016–17 team, Derrick Walton broke his single-game assists record.^[4]

Professional career

He was selected in the 1988 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but his rights were traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night with a future first-round pick for Michael Cage.^[5] On April 4, 1989, during a win over the Trail Blazers, Grant scored 17 points and recorded 20 assists, the latter of which was the highest single game total of any player in the NBA all season.^[6]^[7] The following season, Grant averaged career-highs of 13.1 points, 10 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game each.^[8] Ultimately, he remained a Clipper for seven years before moving on to the New York Knicks, the Miami Heat, and the Portland Trail Blazers.