Official Jerami Grant trade rumors/ideas thread

If Blazers make the playoffs no pick cap hold. Hopefully we decline Murray option so thats over 11mil saved.

25m seems high for Sharpe cap hold. If it is that high Blazers might even be able to get him on an extension now at that amount or less. Smith in the Rockets took 125/5.

Camara I heard we can have him as a RFA next summer.... Not sure his cap hold in that case.

 

You've shown nothing to have an opinion here anybody cares about.

 

Sure... yeah, it's clear you get all of the information YOU need to draw a conclusion in 15 seconds. It seems to be a point of pride that should be an area of embarrassment for you. I don't mind the fact that you're a disillusioned fan of the team. The team has done plenty to get any rational person there. The fact remains that because you don't have as much information to draw from as almost every person here does, your takes mean little to nothing.

I also think that if you were being fair to people in here, due to the fact that you love to shit post, you would give up your spot as a mod. I wouldn't block you because I find your nonsense entertaining but people that don't want all of this uninformed negativity shouldn't have to leave the forum to stay away from it. I don't think you should put that decision on Sly or any of your fellow mods either.

That being said, that's just my opinion and like you have the right to your uninformed intentionally negatively slanted takes, the rest of us have the right to whatever takes we make too... it's just that most of us can be blocked if people want to stay away from what we put out.

 

Yeah but..... you're dumb!

 

I'd say the odds of Portland making the playoffs next season are pretty damn small. Blazers have until 10/31 to exercise the option on Murray. Not sure which way they'll go on this. And for each slot opened, there will be a 1.4M roster charge. So, if they delete Murray's 5.3M salary, they will add back a 1.4M roster charge

Sharpe's cap-hold is 300% of his last salary of 8.4M....25.2M

Camara's cap-hold would be 190% of his last salary....about 4M. But if Portland declines the 4th year option, then they would have to submit a QO to maintain right of first refusal. IIRC that's around 135% of his previous salary. The problem with that though is if Camara gets some offer for 25M, for example, BEFORE any deal with Deni, that amount is immediately applied to Portland's cap and would wipe out the cap-space

If the Blazers can get Camara extended this summer, they need to do it and worry about Avdija in 2028
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I've alluded to it but I'd like a cap-guru to answer this: if the Blazers are trying to use cap-space to re-sign Avdija to an extension, does the entire base salary have to come from cap-space? or would the Blazers get credit for his 11.875M salary? I mean if they are offering him 40M, they need to have a full 40M in cap-space?

 

Bird rights, no need for cap.space to sign him when he becomes a ufa

 

yeah, I know that

it was part of a discussion on the possibility of a contract extension

 

Is Dame coming back why Grant isn't gone?

 

I don't think so as I think Grant was shopped before Dame was cut and there wasn't any market.

However I think now Grant is off the trading block and it would be extremely unlikely that he is traded.

 

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45790173/all-30-nba-teams-roster-mistakes-2020

All 30 NBA teams' biggest roster mistakes since 2020

27. Portland Trail Blazers
Biggest mistake: Re-signing Jerami Grant for five years and $160 million (2023)

Just one day after the Trail Blazers and Grant agreed to a new contract in summer 2023, news broke that Damian Lillard had requested a trade out of Portland. All of a sudden, an expensive but understandable long-term deal looked horribly out of place, as the veteran forward no longer fit on a retooling roster.

Two years later, Grant's production has cratered -- shooting a career-worst 37% from the field last season -- and he has fallen behind the much younger Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara in Portland's perimeter pecking order.

Grant's contract hasn't gotten in the way of any other Trail Blazers moves yet -- but with the Blazers rising, Jrue Holiday's hefty deal now in the fold and Grant still owed another $102.6 million over the next three seasons, it might soon prove a tricky roster-building obstacle.

 

I just don’t see anyway you start Grant over Deni/Camara. Is he gonna have a problem with that?

 

He’ll start over Deni. I think Deni will be our Ginobli 6 man and Tou will start with Deni coming off the bench. They’ll want to have Grant have a hot start so he’ll have trade value at the deadline to a contender

 

Not starting Deni would be literally the dumbest move they could make, and there are some dumb ones. If anything he would start over Shae. Grant rebounds like a guard anyways

 

I do see one way. Extend Camara this summer, give him 30+ minutes a game while bringing him off the bench. He won't complain.
That gives the Blazers an extra shooter in the starting lineup and a lockdown defender /energy guy off the bench.

Tou will get big minutes whether he starts or comes off the bench. Chauncey loves him.

 

I want Tou guarding the best player on their team at all times. That means he needs to be starting.

Shae is gonna have to come off the bench if they insist on starting Grant.

 

Highly unlikely any team will have their best player coming off the bench. Deni will start. Without a doubt.

 

I am guessing here, but I think it is more important for Shae's confidence having him start than Camara's.

A defensive player like Tou's will not be affected by coming off the bench. Shae and Grant's game might.

Many times the other team's best player eases into the offense. They often defer to their teammates early in the game to get them involved. I want Tou guarding their best player in the 4th quarter without worring about foul trouble. Now, granted, he does a good job of not fouling, but he still led the team in PFs last year.

 

Plenty of nights when Ginobli was the Spurs best player....the idea is to build Grant's trade value...I think Chauncey starts Grant over Deni and Tou over Deni. Deni may play the most minutes on the team though. If Grant sucks...he'll lose the starting spot quickly.

 

I think that's also a possibility