Ron Calvin Grandison (born July 6, 1964) is a former

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player, who attended the

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and the

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. He was selected in the fifth round of the

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, 100th pick overall, by the

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. Grandison played in the

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intermittently in all together 4 seasons (1988–1996), for five teams:

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(two stints),

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and

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, 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. 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

External links

Statistics at basketballreference.com
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