Everyone has his own ambition! Can't force it! In the NBA circle, some players love money, some players love status, and some players love honor!
And the person below has no interest in the championship at all. He started hanging out at the age of 27 and stayed there for four years!
This great god is Jerami Grant. It is estimated that many fans have forgotten this great god. Nani, is this great god still playing? Which team is he on?
This great master is in the Trail Blazers. Simmons is not strong enough, Henderson is not qualified enough, and Ayton's style of play is not enough, so the current boss of the Trail Blazers is actually Grant!
Grant, the great master, must be clearly remembered by die-hard James fans. In the 2020 Western Conference Finals, Grant became famous in the first battle against James.
With Grant's style of play and strength, he is particularly suitable to be a puzzle piece on a championship team, but Grant refuses to take this path.
html In the summer of 2020, Grant was very happy to join the Pistons. Not only did the Pistons give Grant a three-year, 60 million contract, but more importantly,The Pistons at that time were in the initial stage of reconstruction, and Grant went to the Pistons properly. Boss, think about it, he went from being a Nuggets substitute to becoming the boss of the Pistons, living like a boss. How cool that is!
However, many fans believe that Grant went to the Pistons not only for money and boss status, but also for a more important reason: Grant wanted to take a long-term view and catch big fish!
In a team like the Pistons, Grant can let go and fight monsters to upgrade. It is a rare opportunity to improve personal hard power.
originally thought that Grant would play for the Pistons for two or three years and then become a puzzle player for a strong team to win championships. Unexpectedly, we all guessed wrong again!
html In the summer of 2022, Grant was traded to the Trail Blazers by the Pistons. Last summer, Lillard left. Grant did not choose to leave, but completed a five-year, 160 million contract extension with the Trail Blazers! This is a bit very confusing!wasted four years at the top of the fish belly. This kind of operation is really incomprehensible! Does Grant want to lead the Blazers to complete their reconstruction as the boss?
Then let me tell you, it is simply impossible. How can you say this probability! The chances of Brother Qiu Mao marrying Liu Yifei next year are as high.
Does Grant have what it takes to be the boss? Let me tell you clearly, there really is no such thing.
1, the naked reality
21 the Pistons lost 52 games, the Eastern Conference deputy squad leader
22 the Pistons lost 59 games, the 2nd last in the Eastern Conference
23 the Trail Blazers lost 49 games, 3rd last in the Western Conference
2, raw strength
Grant has excellent defense, But offense is really not the material to be the boss!
Three-point shooting percentage
35% in 2021, 36% in 2022, 40% in 2023, 40% in 24 years
Mid-range shooting percentage
38.5% in 2021, 37.9% in 22 years, 38.6% in 23 years, 47.5% in 24 years
restricted area The shooting percentage
html was 51% in 2021, 52% in 2022, 57% in 2023, and 47.3% in 2024. The three-point shooting rate has improved in recent years, but the shooting rates in other areas are difficult to describe!3, the real age
html Grant, who was born in 1994, is already 30 years old this year. He wasted four years at the peak of the game and failed to make any achievements. The Blazers management is not stupid enough to live in grandma's house! The reason whyoffered Grant a big contract was, to put it bluntly, to wait a year and a half and sell it in exchange for some draft picks! The Trail Blazers want to do three things now!
1, the worse the record, the better
A bad team must have a bad record in order to get high draft picks. This is the path that reconstruction must take. Now, let’s compare with the Pistons and Spurs to see who is more shameless!
2, the player data shows that
's record is bad, but the high-paid players in the team must play well in order to get good draft picks.Grant, Brogdon, Rowe, Ayton, Thybulle are all included!
3, the total salary has dropped.
Since they have begun to rebuild and cannot compete for the championship, it is useless to spend so much money. This season the Blazers salary is 163 million, and next season it will be 166 million!
Flowers will bloom again, but no one will be young anymore!
Dear fans, will the Trail Blazers trade Grant this summer? Which team is Grant best suited for?