The Denver Nuggets were blindsided when Jerami Grant walked away.
Ask anybody involved. The Nuggets thought he was coming back. Other NBA teams thought he was coming back. Hell, even Grant’s own camp believed he’d be returning to the Nuggets on a fresh, new deal to help Denver compete for a championship. Now, he’s a member of the Detroit Pistons, who were on pace to win 25 games last season before COVID-19 set the world on fire.
The news of Grant leaving flummoxed me. The fact that, according to several reports, the Nuggets matched Detroit’s offer of three years, $60 million and he still didn’t return to Denver truly broke my brain.