He played 17 professional campaigns, averaging During his time in college, Horace Grant was the big man on campus. Once he joined the Chicago Bulls, however, everything changed. Doing the dirty work allowed him to find a niche in the professional rank. If Grant tried to be a scorer, he might not have spent spend almost two decades in the NBA, picking up four championship rings in the process.
Horace, however, took the opposite stance. That's my question to everybody out there who's listening. The interview concluded with Grant being asked why he repeatedly referred to "The Last Dance" as a "so-called documentary. Director Jason Hehir has pushed back against that criticism, but Grant didn't hesitate to discuss what he believes to be a biased point of view in favor of Jordan.
That's not a documentary, because a whole bunch of things was cut out, edited out. So that's why I call it a so-called documentary. Stacey King, who came off the bench behind Grant at power forward during the Bulls' their first three-peat to , supported Grant's assertions Wednesday about not being a source in the Jordan book, saying, "If you know Horace, you know Horace doesn't lie. He's a brother, he's family, and we believe him. So as long as we believe him, I think that's all that matters.
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That is what Grant did throughout the series. He scored 24 points on for shooting in Game 3, taking advantage of those double teams to cut to the basket for easy baskets or hit that patented mid-range jumper from the just above the free-throw line.
For the series, Grant averaged Take out his six-point performance in Game 6, and it rises to Anfernee Hardaway contributed by taking advantage of the Bulls keeping the smaller B. Armstrong on him. Nick Anderson helped bottle up Michael Jordan to the extent he could. He was going up to celebrate the victory over his former team.
That embarrassment was surely part of why the Bulls came out like gangbusters to win 72 games. Grant was surely part of the reason the Bulls felt it necessary to acquire Dennis Rodman and invest more in 3-point shooting, spreading the floor more with Toni Kukoc , Steve Kerr and Ron Harper the following year. But that moment was all about Grant. That series was all about him and the revenge he got.
It was all about how Grant helped a young team grow up and mature. At the end of the day, if anyone deserved to be carried off in victory after that series, it was Grant. Be sure to check out our previous posts on the landmark Playoff series between the Magic and the Bulls which started 25 years ago today!
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