越野开拓者Need to Get Jerami Grant

这Portland Trail Blazers仍然有杰拉米·格兰特（Jerami Grant）。当我说“静止”时，我当然是指突出开拓者对格兰特雇主的提议的一系列报告底特律活塞，，，，prior to last month’s trade deadline.

本周，据称的痴情被竞技表演夏兰尼亚（Shams Charania）重新成为焦点扇形火焰。

这Portland Trail Blazers are expected to seriously pursue Pistons forwardJerami Grant消息人士说，在休赛期。在鹈鹕队的2022年首轮选秀中，开拓者队将探索选秀权，如果在6月选秀大会上5至14号之间，将探索选秀权。如果选秀权不在该范围内并在休赛期传达到波特兰，那么该组织的包裹将落后于追逐底特律多功能前进的竞争团队。格兰特（Grant）有资格在休赛期获得为期四年，1.12亿美元的合同延长。

Dave Deckard highlighted Grant’s bona fides earlier this week, suggesting why the Blazersmight be open to bringing Damian Lillard’s gold medal-winning teammate去波特兰

如果您问我，那么6'8前锋对这支球队来说比过去七年中尼尔·奥尔希（Neil Olshey）执行的几乎所有工作都更有意义。当然，我会给他Anfernee Simons和Nassir Little，但Jusuf Nurkic不过是一个快乐的事故。

通过交易Grant，您将在可能的Lillard，Simons，Little和Nurkic的核心中添加了一个28岁的双向球员，并得到了一堆运动和敬业的角色扮演者的支持。

的确，格兰特尚未组成一支全明星队，但是您可以说他本赛季在边缘，然后在12月受到正确的拇指受伤的局势。

Bringing Grant to Portland means you’re accommodating Lillard, who reportedly bonded with the veteran forward on last year’s gold medal-winning US Olympic team. Not to mention Nurkic and Josh Hart who looked pretty与前锡拉丘兹杰出的闲逛快乐in Detroit last week.

这re may also be some sentimental appeal for Grant, born in Portland while his father Harvey represented the Blazers during the mid ‘90s.

Grant’s numbers

在八个NBA赛季中，格兰特（Grant）与Philadelphia 76ers，，，，Oklahoma City Thunder，，，，丹佛掘金底特律活塞在35％的三分，3.9板，1.3次助攻和1.1个盖帽中平均得分为11.4分。

His star truly rose in his last year with the Thunder where he became a key member of a rotation that lost to the Blazers in the first round of the 2019NBA playoffs- 不完全相关，我只是喜欢尽可能地提出它。

After two years in Colorado, the second of which supplanting Paul Millsap as a starter, Grant became an in-demand free agent in 2020. With both Detroit and Denver offering three-year, $60 million contracts, Grant chose the Pistons as an opportunity for a more featured role, subsequently hiking his usage by almost 10 percent in 2020-21.

Grant’s impact

只是要清楚，仅格兰特就不会将开拓者拱起西部会议排名。然而，他是这支球队自从拉马库斯·奥尔德里奇（Lamarcus Aldridge）成为刺激措施以来的最佳前锋。对Al-Farouq Aminu，Robert Covington和Carmelo Anthony没有冒犯，但甚至还没有。

以上三个名字做得很好，但在其他领域不足。格兰特（Grant）可以做一些事情，在所有三个级别上得分，以足够的反弹和障碍物来处理和促进。

在防守上，他的平均水平高于平均水平，这是一支球队在后场比赛中能力较低的球队（例如Lillard和Simons）的前提。

To the naysayers

由于某种原因，有些球迷抵制波特兰的格兰特想法，声称他比球队更专注于自己。这可能是由于他决定将掘金留给重建活塞的决定，以确保更具特色的角色。

如果您读了格兰特自己的理由为了离开掘金，这很有意义。他与活塞总经理特洛伊·韦弗（Troy Weaver）的关系也是一个关键因素。

“It was tough,” Grant said. “I was in a situation where I was comfortable. I loved my teammates, I loved the organization. It was a lot of things that made me teeter between my decision, but at the end of the day, I made the best decision for me and my career. My growth as a player is extremely important to me. It was a challenge. The challenge intrigued me. I made my decision, and I’m happy with it.”

任务完成。他一直是主要人物，据报道，许多NBA球队一直受到追捧。如果格兰特现在准备来波特兰，他无疑意识到自己不会成为第一香蕉。随着Anfernee Simons最近的兴起，他甚至可能没有排名第二。但是毫无疑问，他将不再是反对防守的目标，这可能会导致对更好的团队的影响力和高效的贡献。

格兰特的合同

Grant has one year and $20.9 million left on his deal, which means he could be nothing more than a one-year rental. Interesting, though, that Charania mentioned Grant’s eligibility for a four-year, $112 million contract. Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me that in any deal with the Pistons, Grant will have included some sort of an agreement with Portland on an extension, which means he wants to be here.

虽然112美元可能会适合所有的高端t be acceptable, anything up to, and including, four years, $100 million would be fine with the cap projected to rise in the next few years.

如果该团队最终决定与Lillard分道扬and，并在西蒙斯（Simons）建立途中，那么格兰特（Grant）的交易很容易被年轻球员和/或薪酬草案抛弃。

它如何完成？

Believe it or not, trade exceptions can actually be used. There’s no surprise that Grant’s $20.9 million contract almost matches the trade exception yielded from the新奥尔良鹈鹕trade, that dropped CJ McCollum in Louisiana and brought Josh Hart to Oregon.

但是活塞得到了什么？让我们回到Charania。

在鹈鹕队的2022年首轮选秀中，开拓者队将探索选秀权，如果在6月选秀大会上5至14号之间，将探索选秀权。

What seems to be the major and only factor in this deal working is whether the Pelicans’ pick conveys (between selections 5 and 14). If it does, the Pistons get the pick, adding another talented rookie to the young core of Cade Cunningham, Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Stewart and Killian Hayes. Detroit also gets cap relief, allowing them to take on bad money and draft picks as they continue to rebuild.

So, for those yet to join the cheer squad, Blazers fans should be hoping for every possible Pelicans loss over the next two weeks.

Conclusion

这scuttlebutt surrounding Grant’s next chapter in Portland feels like more than just rumor. If the Pelicans pick conveys, I’d actually be shocked if this deal didn’t get done.

Grant is a fringe All-Star, athletic two-way forward who wants to come to Portland in his prime. When was the last time someone of that caliber was actively interested in playing home games at the Moda Center? I’ll wait.

克罗宁（Cronin）在上个月的贸易截止日期中清理了波特兰的薪水表，以便为今年夏天像格兰特这样的球员提供机会。赠款交易是使该团队重新获得相关性的最佳第一步。