The Lakers are all the time on the centre of commerce and free company rumors, particularly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis so clearly needing some assist.
Till as we speak, there hadn’t been a lot Lakers information of late, with all eyes on the Olympics. However ESPN’s Zach Lowe supplied a promising little nugget for Lakers in the course of the newest episode of his podcast, The Lowe Put up.
Lowe strongly prompt that Path Blazers ahead Jerami Grant ending up in LA was inevitable.
“Ought to we begin printing the Jerami Grant-Lakers jerseys, by the best way?” Lowe requested throughout a dialog with ESPN’s Tim McMahon. “Ought to we simply do it now? I feel… I’d order one.”
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At 30 years outdated and on a five-year yr, $160 million contract, Grant would make much more sense on a win-now group just like the Lakers, versus a younger rebuilding group just like the Blazers.
The query will likely be what Portland needs in alternate for Grant, and whether or not LA can supply sufficient.
One commerce chip the Lakers have is D’Angelo Russell, however in accordance with The Athletic’s Jovan Buha, Russell received’t be a beneficial piece on this particular case.
“I’ve heard Portland doesn’t need D-Lo as a result of they’ve one million guards anyway,” Buha mentioned on his podcast “Buha’s Block” on July 26. “So, it simply doesn’t actually make sense for them.”
Talking with Heavy Sports activities’ Sean Deveney earlier this month, one Western Convention govt spoke in regards to the complicating elements in getting a Jermai Grant commerce carried out.
“Jerami Grant can play, he’s a shooter, he is an efficient, energetic defender when he’s engaged, he’s going to do quite a lot of issues that assist your group. However he’s a 3rd possibility. He has some huge numbers the previous few years, however he has carried out it on horrible groups. Nobody goes to make a giant commerce for a man who provides you 20 (factors) on a foul group and 13 (factors) on a very good one.”
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