Career
A 6"5" (196 m) swingman, the left-handed Grevey played for the Washington Bullets from 1975–1983 and the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire from 1983–1985. He is now a color commentator for various college basketball games, including on national radio with Westwood One. He was named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference in all three of his college seasons and All-American in his junior and senior years.
In his senior year Kentucky lost to University of California, Los Angeles in the championship game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in what would be the final game in the career of University of California, Los Angeles’s legendary coach John Wooden.
Grevey scored a game-high 34 points and was named to the all-Final Four team Upon completion of his collegiate career, Grevey scored 1,801 points, which at the time ranked him second in history behind only Dan Issel"s 2,138.
His jersey number, 35, is retired by the
In 1975 Grevey was selected by the Washington Bullets in the first round (18th pick) of the National Basketball Association Draft and by the San Diego Sails in the first round (sixth pick) of the 1975 American Bar Association Draft. Grevey signed with the Bullets and played mostly as a backup small forward and shooting guard his first two seasons.
When Philosophy Chenier suffered a season-ending back injury early in the 1977-1978 season, Grevey became the starting off guard and averaged 15.5 points per game.
Grevey enjoyed four more solid seasons in Washington, averaging no less than 13.3 points per game. An injury sidelined him for half of the 1982-1983 season and reduced him to a reserve for the remainder of his career. He played his final two seasons with the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire.
In his 10 National Basketball Association seasons Grevey played 672 games and scored 7,364 points, for an average of 11.0 points per game.
