Fresh off an NBA All-Star appearance with the Chicago Bulls in 1993-94, Horace Grant was a key piece of the Orlando Magic team that made it to the NBA Finals to face Hakeem Olajuwon and the Houston Rockets the following season.
For his career up until that point, the 6-10 power forward was averaging 12.6 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and had started in over 460 games for Chicago over the previous six seasons. His 15.1 points and 11 rebounds per game the season before making the Finals were both career-highs, so he was riding high going into his new environment with Orlando.