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Friday, May 4, 2012

May the 4th Be With You

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Sergeant Major Herbert E. Farnsworth (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 11, 1864, at Trevilian Station, Virginia. His citation reads:

Voluntarily carried a message which stopped the firing of a Union battery into his regiment, in which service he crossed a ridge in plain view and swept by the fire of both armies.

Sergeant Major John M. Farquhar (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on December 31, 1862, at Stone River, Tennessee. His citation reads:

When a break occurred on the extreme right wing of the Army of the Cumberland, this soldier rallied fugitives from other commands, and deployed his own regiment, thereby checking the Confederate advance until a new line was established.

Quartermaster Edward Farrell (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 24, 1862, on board the USS Owasco. His citation reads:

Served on board the U.S.S. Owasco during the attack upon Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 24 April 1862. Stationed at the masthead during these operations, Farrell observed and reported the effect of the fire of our guns in such a manner as to make his intelligence, coolness and capacity conspicuous.


Danny, yes that Danny, did not reply to my email requesting his Top 5 favorite movies. But that’s ok. Luckily for Danny, I feel I’ve gotten to know him pretty well over these past six years. So I think I was able to put together a pretty realistic top 5 list for him (with help from The Wife).

Danny, yes that Danny’s Top 5 Movies

5. Sixteen Candles

4. Titanic

3. Spice World

2. Glitter

1. But I’m a Cheerleader


The I’m just sayin… Top 2,613 Movies of All-Time Countdown

2163 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Robert Aldrich
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
1962

2162 The Informers
Gregor Jordan
Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols, Lou Taylor Pucci, Mel Raido, Brad Renfro
2009

2161 The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Norman Jewison
Alan Arkin, Eva Marie Saint, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner, Theodore Bikel, John Phillip Law, Brian Keith, Paul Ford
1966

2160 The Pawnbroker
Sidney Lumet
Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters
1964

2159 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Bill Condon
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Julia Jones, Booboo Stewart, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke, MyAnna Buring, Maggie Grace, Casey LaBow, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Christopher Heyerdahl, Chaske Spencer, Christian Camargo, Mía Maestro
2011

2158 Red Sky at Morning
James Goldstone
Desi Arnaz Jr., Catherine Burns, Richard Crenna
1971

2157 Sayonara
Joshua Logan
Marlon Brando, Red Buttons, Miyoshi Umeki, Miiko Taka
1957

2156 Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones
1960

2155 Lost In Space
Stephen Hopkins
William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Lacey Chabert
1998

2154 The Dukes of Hazzard
Jay Chandrasekhar
Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
2005
Uncle Jesse: "What do you get when you cross a donkey with an onion?"
Luke Duke: "What?"
Uncle Jesse: "A piece of ass that brings a tear to your eye".

2153 The V.I.P.s
Anthony Asquith
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Louis Jourdan, Margaret Rutherford, Orson Welles
1963

2152 The Comancheros
Michael Curtiz
John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin
1961

2151 Reindeer Games
John Frankenheimer
Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron
2000

2150 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Chris Columbus
Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean
2010

2149 The Spoilers
Ray Enright
John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott
1942

2148 Two of a Kind
John Herzfeld
John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning
1983

2147 Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
1996

2146 Bicentennial Man
Chris Columbus
Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Hallie Kate Eisenberg
1999

2145 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Garry Marshall
Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, Raven-Symone, Chris Pine, Heather Matarazzo
2004

2144 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
William Dieterle
Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger
1940

2143 Hudson Hawk
Michael Lehmann
Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant
1991

2142 The Princess and the Frog
Ron Clements, John Musker
Anika Noni Rose, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, John Goodman
2009
Prince Naveen: "You know, waitress, I finally figured out what is wrong with you".
Tiana: "Have you, now?"
Prince Naveen: "You do not know how to have FUN. There. Somebody had to say it".
Tiana: "Thank you, 'cause I figured out what your problem is too".
Prince Naveen: "I am... too wonderful?"

2141 Cabaret
Bob Fosse
Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York
1972

2140 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Gore Verbinski
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
2006

2139 The Swan
Charles Vidor
Grace Kelly, Louis Jourdan, Alec Guinness
1956

2138 The Brave Engineer
Jack Kinney
The King's Men
1950

2137 Flightplan
Robert Schwentke
Jodie Foster
2005

2136 The Last Detail
Hal Ashby
Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
1973

2135 Big Momma's House
Raja Gosnell
Martin Lawrence, Paul Giamatti
2000

2134 Swept Away
Guy Ritchie
Madonna, Adriano Giannini, Bruce Greenwood, Jeanne Tripplehorn
2002

2133 The Great Santini
Lewis Carlino
Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe
1979

2132 Management
Stephen Belber
Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Fred Ward
2009

2131 The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah
William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oates, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson, Jaime Sanchez, Emilio Fernández
1969

2130 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Sam Peckinpah
James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Jack Elam, Chill Wills, John Beck, Jason Robards
1973

2129 In This Our Life
John Huston
Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
1942

2128 A Patch of Blue
Guy Green
Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters
1965

2127 Come Fill the Cup
Gordon Douglas
James Cagney, Gig Young
1951

2126 The Incredible Hulk
Louis Leterrier
Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
2008

2125 The Frisco Kid
Robert Aldrich
Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford
1979

2124 Murder by Numbers
Barbet Schroeder
Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt
2002

2123 The Long, Hot Summer
Martin Ritt
Paul Newman, Orson Welles, Joanne Woodward, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Richard Anderson
1958

2122 Spartan
David Mamet
Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
2004

2121 Suspicion
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce
1941

2120 Three the Hard Way
Gordon Parks, Jr.
Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly, Jim Brown
1974

2119 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Charles Lamont
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
1951

2118 Swing Shift
Jonathan Demme
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Christine Lahti, Ed Harris
1984

2117 Iron Man
Jon Favreau
Robert Downey, Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges
2008

2116 License to Wed
Ken Kwapis
Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski
2007

2115 Tin Toy
John Lasseter
0
1988

2114 All Through the Night
Vincent Sherman
Humphrey Bogart, Kaaren Verne, Conrad Veidt
1941

2113 Slap Shot
George Roy Hill
Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse
1977

2112 Which Way Is Up?
Michael Schultz
Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee
1977

2111 All About the Benjamins
Kevin Bray
Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes
2002
Bucum: "Shoot out the back tire!"
Reggie: "Who do you think I am, Mel Gibson?"

2110 The Country Girl
George Seaton
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden
1954

2109 Mrs. Miniver
William Wyler
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
1942

2108 A-Lad-In His Lamp
Robert McKimson
Bugs Bunny
1948

2107 Red Line 7000
Howard Hawks
James Caan
1965

2106 Sleepers
Barry Levinson
Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric, Minnie Driver, Kevin Bacon, Terry Kinney, Billy Crudup, Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman
1996

2105 Look Who's Talking Too
Amy Heckerling
John Travolta, Kirstie Alley
1990
James Ubriacco: "Mike, this is a potty okay? Now when you wanna take a piss …"
Mollie Ubriacco: "Don't say piss".
James Ubriacco: "Okay, when you wanna take a whiz…"
Mollie Ubriacco: "Ugh!"
James Ubriacco: "What? 'See a man about a horse?' 'Drain the snake?' What do you want me to say?"
Mollie Ubriacco: "Pee-pee".
James Ubriacco: "Pee-pee is such a wimp word".

2104 Moonrunners
Gy Waldron
James Mitchum, Waylon Jennings
1975

2103 Kiss of Death
Barbet Schroeder
David Caruso, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Helen Hunt, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Rapaport, Ving Rhames, Stanley Tucci
1995

2102 The Book of Eli
Albert and Allen Hughes
Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gambon
2010

2101 The Shootist
Don Siegel
John Wayne, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard
1976

2100 RoboCop
Paul Verhoeven
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox
1987

2099 Quicker'n a Wink
George Sidney
Clarence Curtis, Harold E. Edgerton, Tex Harris
1940

2098 Trainspotting
Danny Boyle
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Johnny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald
1996

2097 The Group
Sidney Lumet
Candice Bergen, Joanna Pettet, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Jessica Walter
1966

2096 Carbon Copy
Michael Schultz
George Segal, Susan Saint James, Denzel Washington
1981

2095 Cactus Flower
Gene Saks
Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn, Ingrid Bergman
1969

2094 Nobel Son
Randall Miller
Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito
2007

2093 Three Little Words
Richard Thorpe
Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen
1950

2092 Lovesick
Marshall Brickman
Dudley Moore, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern
1983

2091 Super Fly
Gordon Parks Junior
Ron O'Neal, Julius Harris
1972

2090 Road to Utopia
Hal Walker
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour
1946

2089 The Heartbreak Kid
Elaine May
Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin
1972

2088 Jesse James Rides Again
F. Brannon, Thomas Carr
Clayton Moore
1947

2087 Faces
John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands, John Marley, Seymour Cassel
1968

2086 Cruel Intentions
Roger Kumble
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz
1999

2085 Octopussy
John Glen
Roger Moore
1983
James Bond: "Bond, James Bond".

2084 The Doors
Oliver Stone
Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathleen Quinlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Josh Evans, Billy Idol
1991
Jim Morrison: "Actually I don't remember being born, It must have happened during one of my black outs".

2083 The Mouse Comes to Dinner
Hanna Barbera
Tom and Jerry
1945

2082 An American Werewolf in London
John Landis
David Naughton, Griffin Dunne
1981

2081 Lullaby of Broadway
David Butler
Doris Day
1951

2080 Bustin' Loose
Oz Scott
Richard Pryor, Cicely Tyson
1981

2079 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
John Ford
James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien, Woody Strode, Andy Devine
1962

2078 Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol
1982

2077 Windows
Gordon Willis
Joseph Cortese, Talia Shire
1980

2076 Convoy
Sam Peckinpah
Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw
1978

2075 The Mirror Crack'd
Guy Hamilton
Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak
1980

2074 New Year's Eve
Garry Marshall
Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Abigail Breslin, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Héctor Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Hilary Swank, Sofía Vergara
2011

2073 3 Godfathers
John Ford
John Wayne
1948

2072 Tender Mercies
Bruce Beresford
Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Ellen Barkin
1983

2071 True Grit
Henry Hathaway
John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall
1969

2070 The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Cazale
1978

2069 The Chase
Adam Rifkin
Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson
1994

2068 Can't Stop the Music
Nancy Walker
Valerie Perrine, Bruce Jenner, Village People
1980

2067 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Gordon Douglas
James Cagney, Barbara Payton
1950

2066 Manhattan
Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep
1979

2065 The Magnificent Seven Ride
George McGowan
Lee Van Cleef, George Kennedy, Stefanie Powers
1972

2064 Rent-A-Cop
Jerry London
Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli
1988

2063 This Is the Army
Michael Curtiz
George Murphy, Ronald Reagan
1943

2062 The Four Seasons
Alan Alda
Alan Alda, Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno
1981

2061 National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Walt Becker
Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn
2002

2060 Rebecca
Alfred Hitchcock
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
1940

2059 The Mummy
Stephen Sommers
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo
1999

2058 Save the Tiger
John G. Avildsen
Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford
1973

2057 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Neil Jordan
Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Christian Slater, Stephen Rea, Antonio Banderas, Thandie Newton
1994

2056 Badlands
Terrence Malick
Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
1973

2055 Year of the Dragon
Michael Cimino
Mickey Rourke, Ariane, John Lone
1985

2054 Round Midnight
Bertrand Tavernier
Dexter Gordon
1986

2053 Mutiny on the Bunny
Friz Freleng
Looney Tunes
1950

2052 One Day
Lone Scherfig
Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, Patricia Clarkson, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Sives, Georgia King
2011

2051 Freebie and the Bean
Richard Rush
Alan Arkin, James Caan
1974

2050 David and Bathsheba
Henry King
Gregory Peck. Susan Hayward
1951

2049 Show Boat
George Sidney
Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner
1951

2048 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
McG
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore
2003

2047 U Turn
Oliver Stone
Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Bob Thornton
1997

2046 Inherit the Wind
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan
1960

2045 Motor Mania
Jack Kinney
Goofy
1950

2044 Toys
Barry Levinson
Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, LL Cool J, Robin Wright, Michael Gambon
1992

2043 Man on Wire
James Marsh
Philippe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers
2008

2042 Tremors
Ron Underwood
Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward
1990

2041 Rollerball
Norman Jewison
James Caan, John Beck, John Houseman
1975

2040 Arise, My Love
Mitchell Leisen
Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe
1940

2039 The Believer
Henry Bean
Ryan Gosling, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell
2001

2038 Charlie Chan in Rio
Harry Lachman
Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker
1941

2037 Kindergarten Cop
Ivan Reitman
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller
1990

2036 The Grifters
Stephen Frears
John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening
1990

2035 The Big Easy
Jim McBride
Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty
1987

2034 Dr. Cyclops
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan
1940

2033 Virginia City
Michael Curtiz
Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott
1940

2032 The Ambushers
Henry Levin
Dean Martin, Janice Rule
1967

2031 Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach
1989

2030 Mickey Blue Eyes
Kelly Makin
Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn
1999
Frank Vitale: "Here, try this, 'Hey, fuggeddabout it!'"
Michael Felgate: "Hey, forget about it!"
Frank Vitale: "No, like this, 'Hey, fuggeddabout it!' Change you T's to D's".
Michael Felgate: "Hey, fuggeddaboud id!"
Frank Vitale: "Id?"
Michael Felgate: "You said change Ts to Ds!"
Frank Vitale: "Not the last one! OK, forget that one, try this one, 'Get the hell outta here.' No Rs".
Michael Felgate: "Get the hail outta hee".
Frank Vitale: "Not hee! Heah!"
Michael Felgate: "Hee!"
Frank Vitale: "Here". [Hands Michael a pistol]
Frank Vitale: "Stick it in your pants, maybe you'll look the part".

2029 Out of Africa
Sydney Pollack
Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer
1985

2028 The Cell
Tarsem Singh
Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio
2000

2027 The Lords of Discipline
Franc Roddam
David Keith, G. D. Spradlin
1983

2026 The Italian Job
F. Gary Gray
Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Franky G
2003

2025 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Richard Thorpe
Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley
1939

2024 Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson
Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Jason Robards, Jeremy Blackman, Melora Walters, Melinda Dillon, April Grace, Henry Gibson
1999

2023 Boys on the Side
Herbert Ross
Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore
1995

2022 The Laughing Policeman
Stuart Rosenberg
Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett, Jr.
1973

2021 Frank & Jesse
Robert Boris
Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton
1994

2020 The Saint
Phillip Noyce
Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue
1997

2019 Hollow Man 2
Claudio Fäh
Christian Slater, Peter Facinelli, Laura Regan
2006

2018 Gerald McBoing-Boing
Robert Cannon
Marvin Miller
1951

2017 Crash
Paul Haggis
Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Philippe
2004

2016 Victor Victoria
Blake Edwards
Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies
1982

2015 Chariots of Fire
Hugh Hudson
Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Ian Holm
1981

2014 Jason's Lyric
Doug McHenry
Jada Pinkett Smith, Allen Payne
1994


The I’m just sayin… Know Your South Carolina Athlete

Thanks to Clemson and Wikipedia for the info…

Today we are going to take a look at former Clemson basketball great (you don’t hear that too often) Horace Grant. Originally from Augusta, Georgia, Grant played basketball at Clemson from 1983-87. As a junior, he averaged 16.4 points per game and 10.5 rebounds. His senior year was his best, however, as he won the ACC "Triple Crown," leading the conference in points, field goal percentage, and rebounding. This won him the ACC Player-of-the-Year Award, the first Clemson basketball player to do so. He led Clemson to its finest season yet, finishing with a 25-6 record.

Grant was the 10th overall pick in the 1987 NBA Draft to the Chicago Bulls where he immediately teamed with fellow draft-day acquisition Scottie Pippen to form the Bulls' forward tandem of the future, although he initially backed up incumbent Charles Oakley, one of the league's premier rebounders and post defenders (and my favorite player of all time). In 1989, Grant moved into the starting lineup when Oakley was traded to the New York Knicks for center Bill Cartwright (greatest move EVER for the Knicks). He immediately became the Bulls' main rebounder, and established himself as the Bulls' third scoring option after Michael Jordan and Pippen, forming one of the league's best trios. He helped the Bulls franchise to three NBA titles in a row and became the first Clemson player to win an NBA Championship. Grant now has a total of four rings, the most of any former Clemson player. He was an NBA All-Defensive team selection four years and also an NBA All-Star in 1993. He was inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1999 and named to the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2003.

Other than the Bulls, Grant also played for the Orlando Magic, Seattle Supersonics and the Los Angeles Lakers. He ended his career with 12,996 points, 9,443 rebounds and 2,575 assists.

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