CHICAGO – With an uncle who played in the NBA for 17 seasons and a father who stuck around for 11 years himself, Jerian Grant has been around professional basketball since childhood and one of the many things that he learned was to always keep working.
Keep working if you’re in the rotation, as Grant has been much of this season as a backup point guard for the Orlando Magic. And keep working if you’re out of the regular rotation, as was the case for Grant last week for two games.
Rather than reacting angrily or pouting upon getting demoted, Grant leaned on his wealth of basketball experience and put in even more work on trying to better his game.