After an interesting season in Oklahoma City in 2018/19, Jerami Grant had confirmed in Denver the following season, to the point of becoming an important element of the success of the Nuggets in the “bubble”, only beaten by the Lakers in the conference final.
In the process, during the offseason, the winger had made an astonishing choice by spinning in Detroit for 20 million dollars the season.
“I progressed individually”, explains Jerami Grant at the Denver Postwhen he talks about his journey. “I gave myself the means to become the player I am today. I think I was always that player, but I had a lot of work to do. I did what it took to improve myself. »
This departure to Michigan therefore signals a change of role but also of context. With the presence of Paul Millsap and the advent of the young Michael Porter Jr, his possibilities were reduced in Colorado. At the Pistons, he could express himself and become the leader of a team, even if the victories were obviously going to be missed.
Olympic Champion with Team USA
To flourish individually, he therefore sacrificed collective results.
“When you grow up, you dream of being a certain player, who can have a certain impact. I saw myself like this. I wanted to be like that.” he continues. “I was able to work on my leadership when I was in Detroit, to become this player, to know when to shoot, when to involve my teammates. »
A back-up player on an ambitious team when he was in Denver, Jerami Grant became a leader with big stats on one of the league’s worst teams in Detroit. Enough to catch the eye of Gregg Popovich who had taken him to Tokyo to win Olympic gold.
The ideal remains of course to combine collective ambitions and individual stats, and that’s how we can sum up his current season in Portland.
“We can say that, yes”, says the one who averages 22.5 points in Oregon, his career high. “We are not in the NBA by chance. If a team does not suit us, we can leave the league. And if it sticks, we can become All-Star. »
| Jerami Grant | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2014-15 | PHL | 65 | 21 | 35.2 | 31.4 | 59.1 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| 2015-16 | PHL | 77 | 27 | 41.9 | 24.0 | 65.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 9.7 |
| 2016-17* | All Teams | 80 | 19 | 46.3 | 37.1 | 61.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 2016-17* | OKAY | 78 | 19 | 46.9 | 37.7 | 61.9 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
| 2016-17* | PHL | 2 | 21 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| 2017-18 | OKAY | 81 | 20 | 53.5 | 29.1 | 67.5 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 8.4 |
| 2018-19 | OKAY | 80 | 33 | 49.7 | 39.2 | 71.0 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 13.6 |
| 2019-20 | DEN | 71 | 27 | 47.8 | 38.9 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 12.0 |
| 2020-21 | TED | 54 | 34 | 42.9 | 35.0 | 84.5 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 22.3 |
| 2021-22 | TED | 47 | 32 | 42.6 | 35.8 | 83.8 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 19.2 |
| 2022-23 | ORP | 25 | 37 | 47.2 | 45.1 | 78.8 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 22.5 |
| Total | 580 | 27 | 45.4 | 35.8 | 72.8 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 11.9 | |
