Travis Grant

Travis Grant (born January 1, 1950) is an American former basketball small forward who played in the National Basketball Association for the Los Angeles Lakers and in the American Basketball Association for the San Diego Conquistadors, Kentucky Colonels, and Indiana Pacers. He played college basketball for the Kentucky State Thorobreds.

Grant grew up in rural Alabama under Jim Crow laws, practicing his shot with a tennis ball and a cutout five-gallon bucket used as a makeshift rim. He attended Barbour County High School in Clayton, Alabama, where, as a senior, he was offered the opportunity to transfer to a white school but chose to remain.

He accepted a basketball scholarship from NAIA Kentucky State University, drawn by his relationship with head coach Lucias Mitchell and turning down other offers. As a freshman, he began the season opener against Campbell College on the bench, entered in the second half, and hit ten straight shots, earning the nickname "Machine." He finished that season averaging 26.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game while shooting 61.9% from the field.