Jerami Grant Trade to Trail Blazers from Pistons Baffles NBA Twitter

By Adam D Anglo On Jun 23, 2022

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The Detroit Pistons have traded forward Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 2025 first-round draft choice, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn

The 2025 first-round pick via Milwaukee is protected Nos. 1-4, sources said. Detroit sends Grant into a $21M trade exception, and Pistons now have $43 million in salary cap space for free agency.

The 28-year-old has been a featured player on the Pistons since inking a three-year, $60 million contract in a sign-and-trade involving the Denver Nuggets in Nov. 2020. He posted a career-high 22.3 points per game in 2020-21.

Injuries held Grant to 47 games (e.g., UCL sprain in the thumb, calf strain) last year. He averaged 19.2 points on 42.6 percent shooting and 4.1 rebounds.

Grant is a solid player who could be the Blazers’ second scoring option behind Damian Lillard next season.

And with that, some of NBA Twitter is surprised and/or confused about the Pistons’ return. Of note, the 2025 first-round pick is via Milwaukee, which should be contending for NBA championships with superstar Giannis Antetokoumpo leading the way. Therefore, the pick likely won’t be particularly high.

Harrison Faigen @hmfaigen

THAT is all it took to get Jerami Grant????????

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS

The lesson from the Jerami Grant is that rebuilding teams really shouldn’t get cute when it comes to trading vets. Detroit could’ve gotten more at the deadline or in 2021.

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat

Jerami Grant from Detroit to Portland for cap space and nominal draft picks . . . crazy how some of these deals close for far less than anticipated. Have to wonder what Heat might be thinking.

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar

OKC got a better return for the last pick in the draft than Detroit got for Jerami Grant.

Evan Sidery @esidery

In total, here’s what the Pistons received for Jerami Grant in a stunningly low return: - 2022 2nd-round pick swap with Trail Blazers - 2025 1st-round pick via Bucks - 2026 2nd-round pick via Pelicans or Portland

Porter Larsen @Larsen_ESPN

Wow. I know I’m higher on Jerami Grant than most, but that’s not a lot to give up for him… Protected pick but still not until 2025 <a href=”https://t.co/bGFfvMUqpt”>https://t.co/bGFfvMUqpt</a>

There were some counterpoints defending the Pistons. Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News and Sean Corp of Detroit Bad Boys explained them.

Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed

Pistons didn’t trade anyone to get Jerami Grant. They signed him with cap space. So they turned that cap space into a 2025 first-rounder + moving up from 46 to 36 in this year’s loaded draft for a player who was gonna leave them at the end of next season anyway.

Harrison Faigen @hmfaigen

Could they have gotten more for him at the deadline? Seems likely, but this may ultimately work out.

As it stands, one of the biggest veteran names on the trading block is now off the board as the NBA draft nears. That will go down Thursday, beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

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