The Lakers are interested in Grant!?
Today's NBA star Windhorst said so in an interview, he broke the news that the Lakers are full of ideas for Pistons small forward Grant, and the Price that the Lakers need to pay may be Tucker Jr. + 27 years of first-round signing + Nunn.
So far this season, Grant has played 24 games for the Pistons, averaging 33.2 minutes per game, 20.1 points, 4.8 boards, 2.6 assists 1.1 steals and 1.1 blocks, and a three-point shooting rate of 33.1%, which is the Pistons' best attacker.
But now that the Pistons have Corningham, it is likely that they will exchange other ready-to-play players for quality rebuilding chips while cultivating rookies.
This season there have indeed been rumors of a trade with Grant, but I believe that even if the Pistons want to trade, they will not move so quickly, affected by the thumb injury, Grant has just undergone surgery this month, and if he really wants to trade, at least until Next February.
Grant is most likely going to go.
His personal ambition and team development are indeed not in the same direction, from the Nuggets to the Pistons Grant's first priority is to help the team revival, but a year has passed, the team has not changed, and there are many new people competing for the right to shoot;
Why Grant was able to get rid of the Nuggets and join the Pistons was to get more ball rights and tactical components;
But the team interested in Grant should also be clear that Grant will be eligible for a renewal in the 2022 offseason, when he will qualify for a contract of up to $112.7 million for four years, which would mean that he will earn as much as $2800w at the age of 33.
When the Lakers, Blazers and other teams have the idea of "taking over" Grant, they also have to weigh their wallets.
In fact, assuming that Grant finally came to the Lakers, the exposure rate is up, but whether it can have enough tactical status, it is not easy to say, more or less against my will.
Secondly, compared with some teams with chips, the Lakers' chips are not enough to see. For example, the Jazz, people also have first-round picks, you can also send Bogdanovic, if the Pistons want to free up salary space, you can also trade to Ingles whose contract is about to expire, and if you are sincere, there is a second-round show Butler to pack together.
Another example is the Bulls, who not only have bryant White and Derrick Jones Jr., who are more attractive than Tucker Jr., but also have the Blazers' 2022 first-round picks, which will be protected until 2028.
After all, being able to attract Grant is another layer of protection for the Bulls to rush out of the East, and how ambitious the Bulls are this year, I think passers-by know it.
In addition, there are teams like the Clippers and the Suns that urgently need to replenish the front line, and the chips that people can come up with will always be more abundant than the Lakers' current chips;
If the Lakers really want to get Grant with the chip centered on Tucker Jr., then I wonder if it's better to let Tucker Jr. brush more points and see if I can get Simmons to come.