Ronnie Grandison
Personal information | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California | July 6, 1964
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Bernard (Los Angeles, California) |
College |
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NBA draft | 1987 / Round: 5 / Pick: 100th overall |
Selected by the Denver Nuggets | |
Playing career | 1987–2001 |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 31, 35, 54, 20 |
Career history | |
1987–1988 | Rochester Flyers |
1988–1989 | Boston Celtics |
1991 | Omaha Racers |
1991–1992 | Charlotte Hornets |
1992 | Omaha Racers |
1992–1993 | Rochester Renegade |
1993 | Purefoods Oodles |
1993 | Llíria |
1993–1994 | Rochester Renegade |
1994 | New York Knicks |
1994–1995 | Rapid City Thrillers |
1995 | Sunkist Orange Juicers |
1995–1996 | Miami Heat |
1996 | Atlanta Hawks |
1996 | Omaha Racers |
1996 | New York Knicks |
1996–1997 | Omaha Racers |
1998 | La Crosse Bobcats |
1999–2000 | Cincinnati Stuff |
2000–2001 | Rockford Lightning |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Ron Calvin Grandison (born July 6, 1964) is a former basketball player, who attended the University of California, Irvine and the University of New Orleans. He was selected in the fifth round of the 1987 NBA draft, 100th pick overall, by the Denver Nuggets.[1]
Grandison played in the NBA intermittently in all together 4 seasons (1988–1996), for five teams: Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, New York Knicks (two stints), Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks, averaging 2.4 points per game. He was known primarily as a hard working player and a defensive specialist. Grandison made 4 career three point shots, all as a member of the Miami Heat during the 1995-96 season.[2]
Grandison and his business partner/wife, Barb Grandison, have scheduled a Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting on Sunday, January 5, 2020, for the new, expanded and freshly-rebranded Ronnie Grandison Sports Academy, the training center he opened in 1996 on East Kemper Road in Cincinnati.
References[]
Cincinnati Business Courier story published on Friday, January 3, 2020 https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2020/01/03/greater-cincinnati-sports-center-debuts-6-million.html?iana=hpmvp_cinci_news_headline
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- Denver Nuggets draft picks
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- Miami Heat players
- New Orleans Privateers men's basketball players
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- Power forwards (basketball)
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- Rockford Lightning players
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- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs