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Grant Hill
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American basketball player and executive
OverviewAI-generated
Grant Hill is an American former professional basketball player and art collector. Born in Dallas in 1972, he played the small forward position for the Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and Orlando Magic. His career spanned from 1994 to 2013, during which he represented the United States in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1991 Pan American Games.
Hill was drafted by the Detroit Pistons and educated at Duke University. He received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA All-Rookie Team selection, NABC Defensive Player of the Year, and Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year honors. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and resides in Dallas and Fairfax County. His father is Calvin Hill, and his spouse is Tamia.
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Key facts
- Title
- Vice Chair of the Board
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1972-10-05 ) October 5, 1972 (age 53) , Dallas , Texas, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- High school
- South Lakes , ( Reston, Virginia )
- College
- Duke (1990–1994)
- Nba draft
- 1994 : 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- Playing career
- 1994–2013
- Position
- Small forward
- 1994 2000
- Detroit Pistons
- 2000 2007
- Orlando Magic
- 2007 2012
- Phoenix Suns
- 2012 2013
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Points
- 17,137 (16.7 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 6,169 (6.0 rpg)
- Assists
- 4,252 (4.1 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Spouse
- Tamia
- Father
- Calvin Hill
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Position held
- managing director
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1991 Pan American Games
- Instrument
- piano
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 102
- Official website
- www.granthill.com
- Image
- Grant Hill 2007-12-08.jpg
- Height
- 203
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- Work location
- Detroit
- Residence
- Fairfax County
- Commons category
- Grant Hill
- date of birth
- 1972-10-05
- drafted by
- Detroit Pistons
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 378805
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Encyclopedic overview
Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is a co-owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a part-owner of Orlando City SC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). He is also part of an ownership group that purchased the Baltimore Orioles in 2024. Hill also works as a basketball analyst for CBS, NBC and Turner Sports.
A four-year player at Duke University, Hill was touted as one of the greatest college basketball players ever. In the NBA, he played for the Detroit Pistons, the Orlando Magic, the Phoenix Suns, and the Los Angeles Clippers, mostly at the small forward position. Hill is a seven-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA selection, and a three-time winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grant Hill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.