Harvey Jerai Grant (born January 10, 1989) is an American professional

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player for

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of the

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and the Champions League. He played

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for

Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enr ...

College career

In his four-year career at Clemson, Grant played 127 games (63 starts) while averaging 6.7 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 17.9 minutes per game. As a senior in 2010–11, he was named to the ACC All-Defensive team and earned honorable mention All-ACC honors.

Professional career

Sydney Kings

On August 9, 2011, Grant signed with the Sydney Kings for the 2011–12 NBL season. He earned player of the week honors for rounds 14 and 24. In 28 games for the Kings, he averaged 11.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

Enel Brindisi

On July 7, 2012, Grant joined the Houston Rockets for the 2012 NBA Summer League. On July 23, he signed with Enel Brindisi of Italy for the 2012–13 season. In 30 games for Brindisi, he averaged 4.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

Hapoel Holon and Ventspils

In July 2013, Grant signed with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli ...

of Israel for the 2013–14 season. In November 2013, he left Hapoel and signed with HKK Široki of Bosnia for the rest of the season. He later left Široki before appearing in a game for them. On December 13, 2013, he signed with BK Ventspils of Latvia for the rest of the season. In 22

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games for Ventspils, he averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, helping the team win the 2013–14 league championship. On July 28, 2014, Grant re-signed with BK Ventspils for the 2014–15 season. In 28 league games for Ventspils, he averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game.

Neptūnas Klaipėda

On July 25, 2015, Grant signed with Lithuanian team Neptūnas Klaipėda. He helped Neptūnas reach the LKL finals for the second time in club history, and helped the team have a very solid Eurocup Basketball campaign, reaching the Top16 phase. He averaged 9.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game in the LKL, and 8.9 points and 6.2 rebounds in the EuroCup. On July 10, 2016, Grant re-signed with Neptūnas Klaipėda. He averaged 8.8 points and 5.6 rebounds in the LKL.

Orasi Ravenna Basket and Trotamundos de Carabobo

On August 21, 2017, Grant signed with Orasi Ravenna Basket of Italian Serie A2 Basket. On May 13, 2018, he signed with

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of Venezuelan

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Return to Neptūnas Klaipėda

On July 19, 2018, Grant returned to Neptūnas Klaipėda.

SIG Strasbourg

On June 1, 2019, Grant signed with

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of the French LNB Pro A.

AEK Athens

On December 27, 2019, Grant officially signed with Greek club

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for the rest of the 2019–20 season.

Maccabi Haifa

On May 24, 2020, Grant signed with

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of the Israeli league.

Manama

On August 12, 2020, Grant signed with

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in Bahrain.

Promitheas Patras

On December 23, 2020, Grant signed with Promitheas Patras of the

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and the EuroCup. He averaged 11.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per game. On July 26, 2021, Grant renewed his contract with the Greek club. In 33 league games, he averaged 10.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 0.6 blocks, playing around 20 minutes per contest.

BC Budivelnyk

On August 7, 2022, he has signed with

of the

Personal life

Grant is the son of

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and Beverly Grant, and has three brothers: Jerami, Jerian and Jaelin. Harvey played college basketball at Clemson and Oklahoma, and was the 12th overall pick in the

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, going on to play for 11 years in the NBA with Washington (Bullets and Wizards), Portland and Philadelphia. Grant's uncle, Horace (twin brother of Harvey), played college basketball at Clemson and was a four-time NBA champion with Chicago and Los Angeles. Grant and his partner, Jessica, have a daughter named Halle. Grant proposed to his girlfriend during one of Neptūnas home games in 2016.

References

External links

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