Kevin Michael Grevey (born May 12, 1953) is a retired American professional

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player. A 6'5" (1.96 m)

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, the left-handed Grevey played for the

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from

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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and the

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from

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

. He is now a color commentator for various college basketball games, including on national radio with

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University of Kentucky

Grevey played

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at the

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, where he was a member of legendary coach

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's last freshman class and played his three collegiate seasons (freshmen were not eligible to play varsity basketball at the time) under Rupp's successor, Joe B. Hall. He was named First-Team All-

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in all three of his college seasons and All-American in his junior and senior years. In his senior year Kentucky lost to

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in the championship game of the NCAA tournament in what would be the final game in the career of UCLA's legendary coach

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; Grevey scored a game-high 34 points and was named to the all-Final Four team. Upon completion of his collegiate career, Grevey scored 1,801 points, which at the time ranked him second in University of Kentucky history behind only

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's 2,138. His

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, 35, is retired by the University of Kentucky.

Professional career

In 1975, Grevey was selected by the Washington Bullets in the first round (18th pick) of the NBA Draft and by the

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in the first round (sixth pick) of the 1975 ABA Draft. Grevey signed with the Bullets and played mostly as a backup small forward and shooting guard his first two seasons. When

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suffered a season-ending back injury early in the 1977–78 season, Grevey became the starting off guard and averaged 15.5 points per game. The Bullets won their only NBA championship that season, led by Grevey, newly acquired

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and the future Hall-of-Fame duo of

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and

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. Grevey enjoyed four more solid seasons in Washington, averaging no less than 13.3 points per game. An injury sidelined him for half of the 1982–83 season and reduced him to a reserve for the remainder of his career. He played his final two seasons with the

. In his ten NBA seasons, Grevey played 672 games and scored 7,364 points, for an average of 11.0 points per game. He thought for more than a decade to be the one to make the first

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in the NBA, having been introduced in the

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" ,

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, 56 , , - , , 9.0 , , .371 , , - , , .897 , , 1.1 , , 0.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 3.8 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

, 76 , , - , , 17.2 , , .423 , , - , , .664 , , 2.3 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 6.9 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" , 1977–78† , align="left" ,

, 81 , , - , , 26.2 , , .448 , , - , , .789 , , 3.6 , , 1.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 15.5 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, 65 , , - , , 28.6 , , .453 , , - , , .772 , , 3.6 , , 2.4 , , 0.7 , , 0.2 , , 15.5 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 65 , , - , , 28.0 , , .412 , , .370 , , .867 , , 2.9 , , 2.7 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 14.0 , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" ,

, 75 , , - , , 34.9 , , .453 , , .331 , , .841 , , 2.9 , , 4.0 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 17.2 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 71 , , 62 , , 30.5 , , .439 , , .341 , , .855 , , 2.7 , , 2.1 , , 0.6 , , 0.3 , , 13.3 , - , align="left" , 1982–83 , align="left" ,

, 41 , , 11 , , 18.4 , , .388 , , .395 , , .783 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 7.2 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

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, 64 , , 3 , , 14.4 , , .451 , , .283 , , .893 , , 1.3 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 7.0 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 78 , , 6 , , 15.2 , , .448 , , .242 , , .822 , , 1.3 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 6.1 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 672 , , 82 , , 22.7 , , .437 , , .334 , , .817 , , 2.4 , , 1.9 , , 0.6 , , 0.2 , , 11.0

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 1975–76 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , - , , 1.5 , , .500 , , - , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , - , align="left" , 1976–77 , align="left" ,

, 9 , , - , , 25.0 , , .409 , , - , , .652 , , 1.8 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 0.6 , , 9.7 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;" , 1977–78† , align="left" ,

, 21 , , - , , 27.8 , , .444 , , - , , .811 , , 2.9 , , 2.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 15.5 , - , align="left" , 1978–79 , align="left" ,

, style="background:#cfecec;", 19* , , - , , 27.7 , , .398 , , - , , .755 , , 2.5 , , 1.6 , , 0.8 , , 0.4 , , 12.8 , - , align="left" , 1979–80 , align="left" ,

, 2 , , - , , 36.0 , , .533 , , style="background:#cfecec;", .500* , , 1.000 , , 3.0 , , 4.0 , , 2.5 , , 1.0 , , 20.5 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" ,

, 7 , , - , , 22.7 , , .411 , , .500 , , .842 , , 1.4 , , 1.6 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 9.4 , - , align="left" , 1983–84 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , - , , 5.4 , , .222 , , .000 , , .667 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.6 , - , align="left" , 1984–85 , align="left" ,

, 5 , , 0 , , 5.6 , , .308 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 2.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 70 , , 0 , , 23.2 , , .420 , , .500 , , .784 , , 2.1 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 11.2

References

External links

Kevin Grevey's University of Kentucky stats''The Enquirer'''s Top 100
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