My Take
Horace Grant is one of those guys who never quite gets his flowers, and honestly that drives me a little crazy. He was the unsung engine of those early-90s Chicago Bulls championship teams — a relentless rebounder and defender who did the dirty work so Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen could shine, and they won three straight titles because of it. Then he went and won a fourth ring with the Lakers during the Shaq-and-Kobe era, which is just absurd in the best way. The goggles became iconic, the effort was never in question, and his defensive instincts were genuinely elite. Four championships across two dynasties is a resume most players can only dream about, and it's about time people stopped treating him like a footnote.
Overview
Horace Junior Grant Sr. (born July 4, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who is a special advisor to Michael Reinsdorf, the president and chief operating officer of the Chicago Bulls. He played college basketball for the Clemson Tigers before playing professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he became a four-time champion, winning three championships with the Chicago B…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Horace Grant
- Name (Japanese)
- ホーレス・グラント
- Reading
- ほーれす・ぐらんと
- Born
- July 4, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Augusta, Georgia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 208 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Clemson University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.