Prospect Update: Reid Grant (2021)
Johnston was one of the state’s youngest teams this season, and it was sophomore guard Reid Grant that led the charge for the Dragons.
A known shooter and high-level scorer, Grant used his sophomore season to continue and diversify his offensive skill-set.
“With me, it was always a 3, or a drive to the hoop, so I’ve been working a lot on my pull-up jump-shot. And I’m always improving my finishing, my shooting, trying to get my jump-shot quicker, all that stuff,” said Grant who is striving to become more explosive.
“I definitely want to get myself to be a freak athlete, I probably don’t have the genes, but I just want to get my body bulked up and be as fast and quick as possible.”
The Dragons were young, but still very good this season. They finished the season 15-7, Grant averaged 9.9 points, 3.1 assists and 4.4 rebounds.
“I thought my role was to be the leader of that team. I just needed to bring guys together, get them going and kind of be our hype man,” said Grant.
Now, his spring grassroots season is set to begin. Grant will be a key player for Kingdom Hoops 16U.
“We have a great squad, we added some more height to the team, which we definitely needed,” said Grant, who says the team is a brotherhood.
“I think guys get too caught up with trying to get offers, when they see coaches in the stands they try and go all out to help themselves, but I think we have a team that’s down for each other and will play together no matter what.”
Although 16U is a time when recruitment can really ramp-up for guys, Grant embraces a patient approach to the process.
“During the high school season I got three or four letters for D2 and D3 schools and that’s a great start,” he said. “Hopefully I can get more interest, I’m not necessarily expecting an offer. But coming into my 17U season (next year) is when I really think that could take off.”