MEDIA DAY THREAD

Whoa!

 

WHOA!

 

Was asking for a friend. Actually, many friends

 

Actually it is very bad. Guys like Randle who are clearly superior players earn less. Grant isn't a starting level forward and he's paid the equivalent of the 2nd/3rd highest paid player on other teams.

Grant is at best a DFS level of player. He signed for the MLE in Houston.

 

Grant in 2023-24 was fine. Efficient scorer. Below average defender. Horrible rebounder. But a player that can be part of a rotation even if a bit overpaid.

Grant in 2024-25 was much worse. He shot 38% on TWO POINT shots which was below Bryce McGownes for 18th on the Blazers. Having a player on a $160 million contract with that shit production is crippling.

If Grant was earning the MLE it would be fine though. The problem is his contract. Does his level of play return to the prior year?

Also Grant demands of needing to start and needing roles, etc or wanting out is concerning. If he isn't going to perform its one thing. If he also is going to be a poor member of the locker room in addition to poor performance its another.

At this point the Blazers are probably just stuck with him for the time being so I suppose we start him and see what happens. But as a fan its super frustrating that we are starting old overpaid vets on the downside of their career instead of letting the best player who deserve minutes get to play.

 

Camara and Deni were most certainly NOT awful at all last season. Did you watch any games? I'd rather have them start at forward than Grant!

Blazers were very good the last part of the season defensively, and much better than any of the prior 4 years. That coincided with Grant sitting out a lot of games.

 

If you say so.
Personally I think the team sucked the last three years and I’d like to see them try to win rather than play to lose.