Jerami Grant’s time with the Detroit Pistons is over after just two seasons.
The Pistons traded the former Syracuse star to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night, according to a report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Detroit will receive a 2025 first-round pick (via the Milwaukee Bucks) in exchange for Grant. The Pistons will send Grant into a $21 million trade exception, which gives the franchise $43 million in cap space to spend in free agency, Wojnarowski reports.
The two franchises will also swap 2022 second-round picks. Detroit will now select at No. 36, while Portland will draft at No. 46.
The trade occurred on the night before the NBA draft and the Pistons also hold the No. 5 overall pick. Former Syracuse players Buddy Boeheim, Cole Swider and Jimmy Boeheim have worked out with several NBA teams ahead of Thursday night’s draft.
Grant, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 20.9 points and 4.4 rebounds in two seasons with the Pistons. He averaged a career-high 22.3 points in his first season with Detroit in 2021-22. Grant suffered a calf injury in late March that sidelined him for the remainder of the 2021-22 season.
Grant will join former Syracuse guard Elijah Hughes in Portland. Hughes spent his first season with the Utah Jazz before he was traded to the Trail Blazers in early February.
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