Detroit Pistons send Jerami Grant to Portland for a first round pick

Well, there it is.  After months of speculation, the Detroit Pistons have finally traded veteran forward Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers for a first-round pick.

The problem?  It's not the pick fans were hoping for.  According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Detroit Pistons will receive a first-round pick in 2025 for Jerami Grant from Portland via Milwaukee.  The selection is also top 1-4 protected.

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The Detroit Pistons trade Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Also, in the deal, the Detroit Pistons swap second-round picks, securing pick no. 36 for no. 46 in Thursday's draft. Portland will also send a 2025 second-rounder plus the ‘most-favorable' 2026 second-round pick between Portland and New Orleans to Detroit in 2026.

Portland star Damian Lillard and Grant are friends.  Lillard was a big proponent of Grant being added to Team USA at the Olympics, and this is clearly a move by the Blazers to keep their superstar happy; plus, Portland is in ‘win-now' mode.

It's not precisely the haul Pistons fans had hoped Grant would garner, especially with all of the recent talk about Portland perhaps flipping the no. 7 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft to land Jerami Grant.

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Grant played in 47 games for the Pistons last season, averaging 19.2 points, 4.1 boards, and 2.4 assists per game.  He also shot a mere 42.6% from the field and 35.8% from beyond the arc.

Although the return appears a bit underwhelming, the Detroit Pistons now have $43 million in available cap space to spend in free agency.

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