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Rebound
Rebound

Rebound

Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson’s, and Finding What Really Matters
By Brian Grant, By Ric Bucher

SPORTS & RECREATION

384 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Cloth, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket

Cloth, $28.00 (CA $38.00) (US $28.00)

ISBN 9781629378114

Rights: WOR

Triumph Books (Apr 2021)

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Overview

“Basketball gave me a life; Parkinson’s taught me how to live it.” 
—Brian Grant 

After 12 years of playing basketball at the highest professional level, Brian Grant could have been forgiven for thinking that the hardest part of his life was behind him, that he’d be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of his considerable labors.

But soon after his retirement from the NBA, Grant was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson’s disease, ushering in a challenge greater than any he’d faced before, as well as an opportunity to embrace what really matters. 

With esteemed basketball writer Ric Bucher, Grant shares his story in raw and candid fashion, as he takes readers to Sacramento, Portland, Miami, and beyond; to the airplane 30,000 feet in the air where he first came to understand the source of the tremors in his hand; and to the summit of Mount St. Helens alongside five others with PD, where he once again put himself to the test and defied expectations. 

In Rebound, Grant shares his remarkable life before, during, and after those NBA years with no shortage of compassion and wit. 

Author Biography

Brian Grant
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Brian Grant played 12 seasons in the NBA for five different teams. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s in 2008 and made his condition public in 2009. Since then he has partnered with fellow PD sufferers to support PD research. He is the father of eight children and lives near Portland, Oregon. 

Ric Bucher is a senior writer with Bleacher Report, an NBA TV analyst for Fox Sports, and hosts a daily podcast, Bucher & Friends. He is the co-author with former NBA center Yao Ming of the New York Times’ best-selling biography, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds (Miramax, 2004). He lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.

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Rebound

Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson’s, and Finding What Really Matters

By Brian Grant and Ric Bucher

 

Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312-676-4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com

 

There aren’t many careers in which Brian Grant’s 6’ 9”, 254-pound frame is considered undersized. For 12 years, Grant held his ground against bigger, stronger competition as an NBA center, outworking his opponents no matter the toll on his body. With five teams and 14 surgeries on his resume, Grant called it a career and looked forward to giving his body the rest it deserved, but would never experience. Soon after his retirement, a diagnosis of Young-Onset Parkinson’s Disease would put Grant’s mental and physical resolve to the test.

 

In Rebound: Soaring in the NBA, Battling Parkinson’s, and Finding What Really Matters (Triumph Books, April 6, 2021), Grant shares his remarkable story of perseverance and transformation. Along with esteemed sportswriter Ric Bucher, Grant explores the challenges and joys of his NBA career, coming to terms with the life-altering diagnosis of an incurable disease and how his worldview has evolved as he embraces the truly meaningful aspects of life. Highlights include:

 

  • Insights and anecdotes from a generation of NBA basketball, including working out for Jerry West, playing under Pat Riley and what it’s like to defend Shaquille O’Neal
  • Coping with the shock of Parkinson’s, overcoming depression, searching for naturopathic solutions in Dominica and enduring the burden the disease takes on family life
  • Defying expectations: how Grant and five others with PD took on the challenge of hiking to the summit of Mt. Saint Helens
  • Reflections on how Grant sees the world differently, with thoughtful examinations on family, mortality and the value of focusing on what life with PD offers, rather than what it takes away

 

Rebound offers a stark, honest and engaging account of the highs and lows of Grant’s life. Grant and Bucher seamlessly weave humor and pathos, capturing the inner drive that fueled Grant’s journey to the NBA and continues to push him in his mission to live life to the fullest.  

 

About the Authors:

Brian Grant played 12 seasons in the NBA for five different teams. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's in 2008 and made his condition public in 2009. Since then he has partnered with fellow PD sufferers to support PD research. He is the father of eight children and lives near Portland, Oregon. 

 

Ric Bucher is an NBA TV analyst for Fox Sports, and hosts a daily podcast, Bucher & Friends. He is the co-author with former NBA center Yao Ming of the New York Times' best-selling biography, Yao: A Life in Two Worlds (Miramax, 2004). He lives in Northern California with his wife and two children.

 

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