The Portland Trail Blazers have acquired 28-year-old forward Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a 2025 first-round pick.
Grant, who is in his ninth NBA season, will play for his fifth team after beginning his career with the Philadelphia 76ers, then spending more than two years with the Oklahoma City Thunder, one season with the Denver Nuggets, and the past two seasons with the Detroit Pistons.
Portland is trading a first-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks, which was acquired by the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for Jrue Holiday and then shipped to the Trail Blazers as part of the C.J. McCollum trade.
It is reportedly protected from picks one through four, which will only be considered if the Bucks finish as one of the league worst teams in 2024-25.
Only 20 players averaged 20+ points and 2+ threes per game in the last 2 season.
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 22, 2022
Jerami Grant is one of them. pic.twitter.com/gy5AhNTgnu
The Pistons also traded second-round picks with the Trail Blazers as part of the deal, moving up from 46 to 36 in Thursday's NBA Draft.
Grant set new career highs in points and assists per game during his first year with the Pistons, with 22.3 and 2.8, respectively, but both numbers fell slightly this season with the arrival of Cade Cunningham, the first overall pick in the 2021 draught.
The Trail Blazers have reportedly been testing the waters to see what they can get in exchange for the seventh overall pick in this week's draught, and they may have more moves up their sleeves in the coming days.