Jerami Grant

Spending the preceding two seasons with the Detroit Pistons elevated Jerami Grant from solid role player to potent NBA scorer. Now the Portland Trail Blazers are elated that he’s on their side. As he enters his ninth season in the league, Grant continues to raise his game, an evolution on full display as he converts a Damian Lillard misfire into a ferocious putback slam against the Sacramento Kings. That level of hustle is already earning Grant scores of new fans in Portland after his team-high 23 points on October 19, 2022 — along with eight rebounds and two steals — in the Trail Blazers’ 115-108 win to open the 2022-23 season.