Grant Gondrezick Sr. (January 19, 1963 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional

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player who took the court as a shooting guard.

Basketball career

After attending high school in his hometown, 6'5" Gondrezick played

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in the mid-1980s. He led the team in scoring during the 1983–84 season with a 13.7 points per game average, and was

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in the following year. In 1986, Gondrezick was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the 77th pick of the NBA draft. He spent two seasons in the

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, one apiece with the Suns and

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, averaging five points, two rebounds and one

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per game.

Personal life

Gondrezick was married to Lisa Harvey and had three children, WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, Kalabrya Gondrezick, and Grant Gondrezick Jr. Gondrezick's older brother, Glen, was also a professional basketball player, and a shooting guard. He played six years in the NBA,An older and wiser Gondrezick gets his shot with Sixers, but basketball is no longer everything to him;

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, October 16, 1994. C02 dying in 2009 at the age of 53 due to

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failure. On January 8, 2021, it was announced that Gondrezick had died suddenly the night before at the age of 57.

References

External links

Stats at Basketball-Reference
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