height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round height_in article_title
5 american 29 august 1966 1989 1989 1993 1993 -- 1994 1994 1994 -- 1995 1995 1995 -- 1995 1995 1995 -- 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 -- 1990 1997 1997 1997 -- 1998 1990 -- 1991 1991 1991 -- 1989 phoenix rapid city thrillers -lrb- cba -rrb- pittsburgh piranhas -lrb- cba suns -rrb- mexico city aztecas -lrb- cba -rrb- denver nuggets capitanes new de arecibo -lrb- puerto rico -rrb- san diego wildcards -lrb- york cba -rrb- philadelphia 76ers shreveport storm -lrb- cba -rrb- washington knicks bullets denver nuggets atlantic city seagulls -lrb- usbl -rrb- c. charlotte montana forlì -lrb- italy -rrb- sioux falls skyforce -lrb- cba hornets -rrb- connecticut pride -lrb- cba -rrb- philadelphia 76ers 52 morris of new jersey -lrb- 1986 -- 1989 -rrb- brown -lrb- 1985 -- 1986 -rrb- the college greg grant trenton central -lrb- trenton , new jersey -rrb- 140 trenton , new jersey phoenix suns 1998 point guard 2 7 greg grant

greg grant

gregory alan `` greg '' grant -lrb- born august 29 , 1966 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
growing up in a broken home , grant worked in a fish market after high school .
after being discovered at the local playground , the 5 ' 7 '' -lrb- 1.70 m -rrb- point guard enrolled at trenton state college in 1986 , and led division iii in scoring in 1989 .
that same year he was selected with the 52nd pick by the phoenix suns in the nba draft .
grant now runs a sports academy in trenton .
grant also offers one-on-one instructions and clinics .
with the help of writer -lrb- and fellow trenton native -rrb- martin sumners , grant detailed his unlikely journey from the playgrounds to college and all the way to the nba in his autobiography , `` 94 feet and rising : the journey of greg grant to the nba and beyond '' , released on july 17 , 2009 .
