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Grant Hill
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American basketball player and executive
OverviewAI-generated
Grant Hill is an American male basketball player and art collector. Born in Dallas on October 5, 1972, he played as a small forward for the Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and Orlando Magic. He was drafted by the Detroit Pistons and educated at Duke University. Hill participated in the 1991 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics. His awards include 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. He is the son of Calvin Hill and has resided in Dallas and Fairfax County.
Hill is also an author with eight works, including *Cold Steele*, *Heart of Worship*, *Leading with the Heart*, *Game*, and *Something All Our Own*. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Cold Steele
- Heart of Worship
- Leading with the Heart
- Game
- Something All Our Own
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1940-07-27
Discography
- Eine Reise um die Welt1970
- Unsere Heimat ist der Ozean1971
- So schön ist Kanada1973
- Weit, weit weit ist es bis nach Lüdenscheid1975
- Auf großer Fahrt1976
- Seemann, wann kommst du wieder - Sailor, When Will You Return1976
- Über alle sieben Meere1976
- Weihnachten mit dir1976
- Die bekanntesten 24 Country Hits in deutsch1979
- Soweit die Füße tragen1979
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28
- Total plays
- 47
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Grant+Hill">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,901x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,704x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II
· 1993 · cited 10,584x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
~28 min read
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.
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