Panathinaikos BC announces the signing of Jerian Grant (30, 1.93 meters) for the 2023/2024 season.
Grant is a basketball player, born on October 9, 1992 in Maryland, USA. He is a guard who last played for Turk Telecom.
After a high school career at prep power DeMatha Catholic High School, Grant came to Notre Dame to play for coach Mike Brey. After redshirting his freshman season, Grant was named to the Big East Conference All-Rookie team after averaging 12.3 points and 4.97 assists per game. In his second season with the Irish, Grant was named second-team All-Big East after averaging 13.3 points and 5.5 assists per game
After the 2012–13 season, Notre Dame moved from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Based on his strong sophomore campaign, Grant was voted onto the preseason All-ACC team.
Grant returned to Notre Dame for the 2014–15 season and he helped the Fighting Irish to a 20–3 start and Grant personally had a breakout season as the leader of the team's highly efficient offense. He was named to the midseason watch lists for the John R. Wooden Award and the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
Grant was selected the 19th overall pick by the Washington Wizards in the 2015 NBA draft. His rights were subsequently traded to the Atlanta Hawks before finally being traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for Tim Hardaway Jr. He later joined the Knicks for the 2015 NBA Summer League where he averaged 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists in five games. On January 12, 2016, he had a season-best game with 16 points and 8 assists in a 120–114 win over the Boston Celtics.
On June 22, 2016, Grant was traded, along with José Calderón and Robin Lopez, to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Derrick Rose. The following month, he helped the Bulls win the Las Vegas Summer League championship game and earned MVP honors for his 24 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists.
On November 26, 2017, Grant scored a career-high 24 points in a 100–93 loss to the Miami Heat.
In July, 2018, Grant was traded to the Orlando Magic in a three-team deal.
On July 1, 2020, Grant was signed by the Washington Wizards and on December 1, 2020, Grant was signed by the Houston Rockets.
In December, 2020, Greek club Promitheas Patras announced that they had signed Grant and in 27 games in the Greek Basket League, Grant averaged 14.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.7 assists.
On July 1, 2021, Grant officially signed with Olimpia Milano of the Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague, under coach Ettore Messina. On July 2, 2022, he parted ways with the Italian club, having won both domestic titles during his stint.
On July 14, 2022, he has signed with Türk Telekom of the Basketbol Süper Ligi. Named 2022-23 EuroCup MVP, averaged averaged 14.9 points and 6.0 assists. In Turkey, Grant had 16.3 points and 5.7 assists as Turk Telekom made the Finals against Anadolu Efes.
