PORTLAND, Ore. – The Parkinson’s Disease is advancing. Tremors once isolated to the left hand, a constant jabbing spasm at the wrist, spread six or seven months ago to impose the same cruelty on the end of the right arm. Walking has recently become a task.
Brian Grant now literally needs to remind himself how to take a step.
And the short-term memory. It’s been getting worse the last year and a half.
“Like I can see it but I can’t say it,” Grant said.
The ruthless, unforgiving disease is ominously creeping more into his life by the day. And yet here is the former NBA power forward/center, excited that he will be calling Suns at Trail Blazers in a few hours as a rookie analyst on Portland radio broadcasts alongside veteran play-by-play man Brian Wheeler. Grant’s enthusiasm for the part-time job is practically bouncing off the walls of a conference room inside team headquarters in Moda Center, his passion at having a new purpose in life unmistakable.
"I’ve got to be a part of something. I’ve got to do something. Right now, this is probably the most excited I’ve been about being around the games (since retirement)."
Trail Blazers legend Brian Grant, on his broadcasting career No matter the drawbacks.
