In December, Jerami Grant suffered a right thumb injury in a lifeless 109-93 road loss to the struggling New Orleans Pelicans. At the time, Detroit was in the midst of a franchise-tying 14-game losing streak. With the injury, the Pistons were set to be without their leading scorer for an extended period of time. While no one wants to see any player miss time due to injury, a fair portion of the fanbase were looking forward to an offense which heavily featured Detroit’s core of ‘young guys’.
In his debut season with the Detroit Pistons, Grant was a fan favourite, bursting onto the scene and scoring 20-plus points in 23 of his first 30 games for the franchise.