Hopefully they are waiting to see how much under the tax line they are (after a Dame trade) so that Blazers can front-load the contract and have it be descending in annual pay.
Giving the player option on the 5th year is ridiculous. I'm not sure this contract will have trade value. Look at what the Wizards got for Beal - I think we'll get less if we can even move it this season. We probably eat it for a year or two hoping for better offers, then eventually move on to a different insignificant player on a similar deal just like with Evan Turner/Meyers Leonard/etc. Blazers would've been better off letting Grant walk for nothing. The Ant and Thybulle contracts are fine. The GP2/Grant/Nurk contracts have been very poor moves by Cronin.