The Blazers have been looking for Grant to partner with All-NBA guard Damian Lillard for more than a year and are now landing him and absorbing his $ 21 million salary using a commercial exception, sources said.
The Milwaukee Bucks’s selection is protected from 1 to 4. The deal also includes the acquisition of Portland No. 36 Detroit in Thursday’s NBA draft for the Blazers at No. 46, as well as a second round selection in 2025 that Detroit owed Portland, sources said. The Pistons also get a 2026 Round of 16 selection from the Blazers, which will be the most favorable between Portland and the New Orleans Pelicans. The deal offers the Pistons a $ 43 million salary cap for free agents and gives them the fifth and 36th option in Thursday’s draft. Blazers ‘new GM, Joe Cronin, has reshaped the Blazers’ roster and is now moving on to his first draft at No. 7 on Thursday night. Grant, 28, is eligible to sign a four-year $ 112 million extension from December. He enters the last year of his contract.
