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Why Harvey Grant is one of the “proudest dads in the world” on Father’s Day

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Longtime NBA veteran Harvey Grant remembers his light-switch moment.

Nuggets forward Jerami Grant, one of his five kids and four sons, was at DeMatha High School in Maryland. The elder Grant was about a decade removed from his bruising NBA playing days. The two were squared up one-on-one and, well, it’s better if he tells it.

“I’m never going to take any pity on them, not no slack or nothing,” Harvey said. “I’m going hard. Next thing I know, I’m playing Jerami, he just went by me like I was standing there. I’m like, ‘Oh shucks, like, OK.