Proposed Trade Would Send Jerami Grant To LA Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers fans are desperate for the team to improve its roster somehow heading into the season after a summer of pretty much nothing of significance (other than the hiring of JJ Redick as head coach).

Jerami Grant has long been assumed to be a perfect target for the Lakers to add to their lineup, for a scorer to take the pressure off LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Portland Trail Blazers forward originally went to the Pacific Northwest to join forces with Damian Lillard in 2022-23, and then signed a massive 5-year, $160 million extension with them after that season, just weeks before Portland sent Lillard to Milwaukee and embarked on a rebuild.

Clearly, Grant and his huge contract are not needed on a rebuilding team, and Portland could get plenty of assets if they were to move him.

One fan-proposed trade idea works in the trade machine and looks like this:

Another Grant to LA framework 👀

D’Angelo Russell
Austin Reaves
LeBron James
Jerami Grant
Anthony Davis

How many wins? 🤔

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— Fanspo (@fanspo) October 16, 2024

To make the money work, the Lakers would have to send a big chunk of their rotation to Portland, including Rui Hachimura, Gabe Vincent and Jalen Hood-Schifino along with a 2029 first-rounder and a 2025 second-rounder.

Would that be enough to interest the Trail Blazers?

It would leave the Lakers with a starting lineup of LeBron, AD, Grant, Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell. A nice starting five. They'd have Max Christie, Cam Reddish and the currently injured Jarred Vanderbilt as their first three off the bench, while likely leaving Reaves or LeBron to act as backup point guard.

Does either team do this trade? Leave us your thoughts in the comments.