Granite Orwell Napear (born June 18, 1959) is an American sports radio host for The Grant Napear Show at KHTK Sports 1140 in Sacramento, California and the play-by-play announcer for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He also sometimes fills in for Jim Rome on The Jim Rome show.
A section of his radio show is the self-titled "Grant's Rant," in which he furiously exclaims into the microphone about everyday things that irritate him.
For example, he once meticulously broke down all that is wrong with stop lights at freeway on-ramps.
His trademark phrase "If you don't like that, you don't like NBA basketball” has become a household reference among Kings fans, and NBA fans in general.
Born in Syosset, New York, Napear graduated from Syosset High School in 1977 and earned his academic degree in broadcast journalism from Bowling Green University, where he also played lacrosse