NBA Trade Deadline week started with a bang as the Portland Trail Blazers are reportedly sending Norman Powell to the Los Angeles Clippers in a five-player deal. The big question from a Detroit Pistons perspective is this — does this mean the Blazers’ are no longer interested in forward Jerami Grant?
Not that a deal is likely, and there is no certainty that the reported previous interest in Grant from Portland was legitimate. This is rumor season, after all. But considering Detroit’s entire deadline seems to revolve around the will they or won’t they regarding a Jerami Grant trade, it makes sense to look at it from that perspective.