Brian Grant's autobiography "Rebound" coming out in April 2021

[ChicagoX]

Full disclosure: I work for the publisher of this book, so if the mods deem this plug to be too shameless, please feel free to delete.

Brian Grant's book Rebound: Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson’s, and Finding What Really Matters is set to be released on April 6, 2021, co-authored by Ric Bucher. The book is now available for presale on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rebound-Soaring-Incurable-Disease-Finding/dp/1629378119/

After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him, that he’d be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his considerable labors. But soon after his retirement from the NBA, Grant was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s Disease, ushering in a challenge greater than any he'd faced before as well as an opportunity to embrace what really matters in life. In Rebound, Grant shares his remarkable life before, during, and after those NBA years with no shortage of compassion and wit. In conversational, candid prose, he takes readers to Sacramento, Portland, Miami, and beyond; to the airplane 30,000 feet in the air where he first came to understand the source of the tremors in his hand; and to the summit of Mount St. Helens alongside five others with PD where he once again put himself to the test and defied expectations.

[xu82]

I, for one, appreciate the heads up!

[X-band '01]

Post away as far as I'm concerned.

[XUGRAD80]

Possibly my favorite player ever in an X uniform...after BL, of course.....I look forward to reading it.

[murray87]

Definitely in my top 5 all-time Muskies. He played during such a great era of college hoops when most stayed all 4 years but that didn't hurt their chances to play at the next level if they had the talent (and B Grant surely did)

[Muskie]

Can't wait to read it! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[xeus]

This is very cool. Brian has a great story to tell. Can't wait to read it.

[American X]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[ChicagoX]

Brian Grant's book Rebound will be released one week from today on April 6, co-authored by Ric Bucher.

The following is a brief excerpt from Rebound: Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson’s, and Finding What Really Matters:

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Chapter 2 – I Don’t Belong Here

Despite not being an All-State selection, I was invited to play in
a postseason all-star game called the Ohio North-South Game.
It’s actually two games, the first being a showcase of players from
the top two high school divisions and the second being for the
lower two. One guess as to which game the skinny kid from
Georgetown High was invited. Going to Xavier on a full ride
earned me an invitation, but it wasn’t enough to get me out of
the “B” game.

Chadwell did his best to convince the organizers I belonged
on one of the “A” squads but they thought he was crazy for even
suggesting it. A Division IV kid who wasn’t All-State—wasn’t
even All-State special mention—in the “A” game? One of my
best friends, Tyrice Walker, Ohio’s Mr. Basketball and headed to
Xavier with me, made a case that I should be in the “A” game
with him as well. They didn’t believe him either. Granted, they
were asking for something extraordinary—it would be like
suggesting someone performing community theater deserved a
Tony. But did their flat-out refusal give me a little extra fuel? You
bet it did.

The “B” game was played first and after getting over some
nervousness in the first few minutes, I did what I had been
doing all year—grab the rebound on defense, pass it to a guard,
beat everybody to the other end, and wait for a lob pass back
to smash on someone’s head. Everyone seemed stunned that
someone that tall—I was 6'7" by then—could be the fastest guy
on the court. The “A” game players rolled in during the second
half and started pumping me up. “Hey, man, you’re real,” they
said. “You’re just throwing that shit down on people.”

Gaudio was there, too. “Boy, I don’t think Pete knows what
he’s getting with you,” he said. “You are the shit. I can’t believe
we got you.”

Chadwell sidled up to the organizers before the “A” game
started with a satisfied smile. “Told you all,” he said.

I was pretty quiet back then. Being recognized and praised
was something still relatively new and I wasn’t sure how to
take it. The skeptical, cynical, suspicious part of me thought
they were all just blowing smoke, saying what they thought I
wanted to hear, so I didn’t believe Gaudio reeeeeeally thought
all that much of me. Besides, for all my success, some people in
Georgetown still considered it a fluke that I’d made it to college
and were certain I wouldn’t actually play.

All the freshman players were enrolled in a three-week
summer session to get acclimated to college life and take some
preliminary classes. They were offering us a head start—or in
my case, a chance to catch up. At the start of the three weeks
we took a test in each class to find out exactly how prepared we
already were. I walked into my math class, I sat down, opened
the test booklet, took one look, closed it, and walked out of the
class. It was Algebra and although I had earned a C- my senior
year at Georgetown in pre-Algebra, I didn’t know anything
about Algebra.

I was called in by Sister Rose Ann Fleming, who oversees all
the academic counseling for the school’s athletes.

“So, I hear you walked out of your math class without taking
the test,” she asked. “How come?”

I was embarrassed but I told her the truth. “I don’t know
anything about algebra,” I said. Another lucky twist of fate.
Entrance qualifications for colleges and universities in Ohio
were raised a year later. I would not have been eligible to go to
Xavier knowing nothing about algebra, which Sister Fleming
pointed out to me.

My eyes started to well up with tears. “Maybe I shouldn’t be
here,” I said.

She tilted her head toward me. “Do you want to be here?”
she asked softly.

“Yes, absolutely.”

“I’ll make this promise to you, then,” she said. “If you do the
work, I’ll get you every tool you need—tutors, counselors, study
guides—to make sure you stay eligible.”

“I’ll do the work,” I said. “That’s my promise to you.”

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Anyone wishing to purchase this book and support independent bookstores can purchase a copy on Bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/books/rebound-soaring-in-the-nba-battling-parkinson-s-and-finding-what-really-matters/9781629378114). The book is also available at Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Rebound-Soaring-Battling-Parkinsons-Finding/dp/1629378119), Barnes & Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rebound-brian-grant/1138535555?ean=9781629378114), Joseph-Beth Booksellers (https://www.josephbeth.com/book/9781629378114), or TriumphBooks.com/Rebound.

[noteggs]

If the mods don’t mind, you can post the rest of the book. I kid of course, but definitely grabbed my attention. Look forward to reading!

[murray87]

God bless Sister Rose! Someday they need a statue of her outside the Cintas.

[muskiefan82]

God bless Sister Rose! Someday they need a statue of her outside the Cintas.

I second this motion.

[xeus]

Ordered my copy of Brian’s book. #’94

[Muskie]

Ordered my copy of Brian’s book. #’94

I did as well. Looking forward to it.

[ChicagoX]

We have a limited supply of autographed copies of Brian's book available for sale on our web site: https://www.triumphbooks.com/rebound--autographed-edition--products-9781629379692.php?page_id=21

Both Brian and co-author Ric Bucher have signed these copies. The X Store at the Cintas Center will have a limited quantity of signed books available for sale, too.

[JAPER]

Brother in law lent me his copy. Early 2022 reading….looking forward to it…