Rebound
Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson's, and Finding What Really Matters
Published on 12. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-62937-980-7 (ISBN)
Description
""Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson's taught me how to live it." Brian Grant played 12 seasons in the NBA for five different teams. He was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's disease in 2008 and made his condition public in 2009. Since then, he has partnered with fellow PD sufferers to support Parkinson's research. He is the father of eight children and lives near Portland, Oregon"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62937-980-7 (9781629379807)
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Brian Grant played 12 seasons in the NBA for five different teams, most notably making the all-NBA rookie team with the Sacramento Kings and helping the Portland Trail Blazers reach the Western Conference Finals two years in a row (1999, 2000). His charitable work through the Brian Grant Foundation earned him the league's J. Walter Kennedy Award in 1999. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's in 2008 and made his condition public in 2009. Since then he has partnered with fellow PD sufferers Michael J. Fox and the late Muhammad Ali to support PD research. He is the father of eight children and lives near Portland, Oregon. Ric Bucher is a senior writer with Bleacher Report, an NBA TV analyst for Fox Sports, and hosts a daily podcast, Bucher & Friends. He has covered the NBA since 1993, including 14 years for ESPN (1998-2012) on all its platforms. He is the co-author with former NBA center Yao Ming of the New York Times' best-selling biography, YAO: A LIFE IN TWO WORLDS (Miramax, 2004). He lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.