Of each of the Portland Trail Blazers’ 2022-23 offseason additions, perhaps none were more high-profile than their trade to acquire Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons.
In a move expected to help re-catapult Portland back into contention, expectations are that Grant steps up, again solidifying himself as of the NBA’s better talents. In a recent ranking of power forwards, Frank Urbina of HoopsHype provided some thoughts on the new Blazer, ranking him at No. 16 among his peers.
In looking into Grant’s future role in particular, Urbina offered this viewpoint on his two-way talent and potential;
Grant should provide the Blazers with immediate defensive versatility, the type the team has been lacking in the Damian Lillard era, as a player who can legitimately guard multiple positions at a solid-enough level while still providing Portland with scoring as a slasher and in transition with some spot-up shooting and iso bucket-getting chops.