Grant Gondrezick

Grant Gondrezick (January 19, 1963 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional basketball player who took the court as a shooting guard.

Grant Gondrezick
Personal information
Born(1963-01-19)January 19, 1963
Boulder, Colorado
DiedJanuary 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 57)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolBoulder (Boulder, Colorado)
CollegePepperdine (1981–1986)
NBA draft1986 / Round: 4 / Pick: 77th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career1986–1998
PositionShooting guard
Number3
Career history
1986–1987Phoenix Suns
1987–1988Caen
1988–1989Los Angeles Clippers
1989–1990Rapid City Thrillers
1990–1991Albany Patroons
1991La Crosse Catbirds
1992–1993Miami Tropics
1993–1994Carife Ferrara
1994–1995Okapi Aalstar
1995–1996Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
1996Fórum Filatélico
1996–1997CSP Limoges
1997–1998Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Basketball career

After attending high school in his hometown, 6'5" Gondrezick played college basketball at Pepperdine University in the mid-1980s. He led the team in scoring during the 1983–84 season with a 13.7 points per game average,[1] and was redshirted in the following year.

In 1986, Gondrezick was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with the 77th pick of the NBA Draft. He spent two seasons in the National Basketball Association, one apiece with the Suns and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging five points, two rebounds and one assist per game.

Gondrezick spent the 1987–88 season on the sidelines, after receiving a three-year probation sentence for his involvement in a drug-conspiracy case.[2] His NBA career was cut short by a cocaine addiction, but with the help of John Lucas II, he recovered, and resumed his basketball career in the minor leagues and in Europe.[3]

On August 14, 2009, Gondrezick plead guilty to mortgage fraud in the Houston area.[4]

Personal

Gondrezick's older brother, Glen, was also a professional basketball player, and a shooting guard. He played six years in the NBA,[3] dying in 2009 at the age of 53 due to heart failure.

On January 8, 2021 it was announced that Grant had died suddenly the night before at the age of 57.[5]

References
  1. Pepperdine basketball media guide
  2. Gondrezick Gets Probation; The New York Times, September 3, 1987
  3. An older and wiser Gondrezick gets his shot with Sixers, but basketball is no longer everything to him; The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 16, 1994. C02
  4. Former Suns player guilty of mortgage fraud; The Arizona Republic, August 14, 2009
  5. Tapin, Patrick (January 8, 2021). "Grant Gondrezick, un des plus grands joueurs passés par le Caen BC, est décédé". Retrieved January 9, 2021. (in French)
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