The Detroit Pistons have ruled out Jerami Grant for the remainder of the 21-22 season with a strained left calf.
Grant suffered the injury on Friday.
Grant enters an uncertain offseason with the Pistons as he has been the subject of trade rumors.
The Detroit Pistons have ruled out Jerami Grant for the remainder of the 21-22 season with a strained left calf.
Grant suffered the injury on Friday.
Grant enters an uncertain offseason with the Pistons as he has been the subject of trade rumors.
Detroit Pistons wing Hamidou Diallo will miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season. Diallo is out due to a left index finger avulsion fracture.
Diallo was injured in a game against the Chicago Bulls on March 9. His season will end after 58 games. In those 58 games (29 starts), Diallo averaged 11 points on career-best 49.6% shooting and 4.8 rebounds per contest.
The Pistons hold a team option for Diallo for the 2022-23 season. If Detroit declines that option, Diallo will become an unrestricted free agent.
The Detroit Pistons will sign Braxton Key to a 10-day contract.
Key has averaged 18.9 points and 7.6 rebounds in the G League this season with the Delaware Blue Coats.
The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to seriously pursue a trade with the Detroit Pistons for Jerami Grant this offseason.
The Blazers will explore trading away the New Orleans Pelicans' 2022 first round pick, which they will own if it falls between Nos. 5 and 14 in the draft. If the Pelicans reach the playoffs, their first round pick will instead be conveyed to the Charlotte Hornets.
If the Blazers do not own that pick, their ability to trade for Grant will be far more difficult.
Grant is eligible for a four-year, $112 million extension this offseason.
Grant and Damian Lillard were teammates on Team USA last summer.
The Detroit Pistons project to hit the summer with a league-high $31 million in cap space. Reports are that Detroit would like to spend some of it on Mitchell Robinson.
The New York Knicks center will be an unrestricted free agent in July. New York could have sent Robinson to restricted free agency this past offseason, but chose to exercise a fourth-year team option to keep Robinson on his minimum salary for this season.
Despite some challenges staying healthy throughout his career, Robinson remains an intriguing talent. He'll turn 24 years old later this season, and will hit free agency coming off his first full year as a starter. Robinson has averaged 8.4 points on 76.9% shooting, 8.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 25.1 minutes per game.