He just gets better every year, was pretty bad in Philly, became a good solid 3 and D player in OKC, and then proved to be a top player for the Nuggets in the playoffs. But know, he is in the MIP Race, his story is pretty inspirational.
@@diegosmurillo You can't use money as an argument because Denver was willing to pay him, but I get what you're saying. It's a good choice if he wants to have a bigger role, but it's a bad choice if he wants to win.
Been a fan of Jerami since OKC.. Love seeing him flourish in Detroit.. Him, Christian Wood and Chris Boucher are my MIP favorites Edit: Idk why i forgot how good jaylen brown’s been this season🔥
being a pistons fan and watching every game they've played this year, grant can BALL. the pistons are extremely young and they compete every night. they just can't close games at all. every game they've lost except a game against the bucks have been 10 points or less. they are rebuilding and they'll need pieces around him but the effort and fight is there. i'm glad we picked him up.
I’ve known Jerami Grant from his AAU days playing for DC Assault with my brother. He’s always been extremely quick and athletic. Since he’s been in the league he’s added some weight, gotten stronger and really worked on his jump shot. Going to the Pistons was the best thing for him career wise and now he can showcase his entire game while being the main guy. The sky’s the limit for him. Definitely one of the most improved players this year.
As a long time OKC fan, I'm so glad that he's getting his chance in Detroit, but it also hurts to see him shine on another team. Once the 2018 season came around and he starting shooting that 3 ball I knew he could do something like this. As a super athletic PF who has developed a jumper and accuracy from deep he's got some good years ahead. But..I will never ever understand why the man can't get a board 😂
Former OKC fan here and it’s about damn time. He was the MAIN reason we wanted melo to come off the bench. But anyway I’m glad he’s shining now. One of my favs to watch!
@@bahee1416 how is that a cap. Dude left a championship contending team because he didn't want to be a third option and went to a terrible team because he wanted to be number 1. Maybe if he would of played in denver the way he does in Detroit, denver would have offered him a better contract. (Which both teams offered him the same amount of money) grant doesn't actually give a shit about the game
I’ve been a fan of him since he was in Philly, and love him in 2k too. With that being said, I feel like a lot of him now is due to the team he’s playing on. He’s gonna get a nice paycheck once his contract is up but I honestly don’t see him averaging more than 17-18 ppg on a competent team. I’d love to be proven wrong though.
My OKC Thunder gave away KD, James Harden, Ibaka, Russell Westbrook, Victor Oladipo, Damontis Sabonis, Jerami Grant, Steven Adams, and Reggie Jackson. We develop all of these great players, trade them away, and then most of the have the best years of their careers.
Personally I knew Jerami Grant was a special player after his performance in last year’s bubble. He had a great looking jumpshot, is super versatile on defense, and was a great finisher around the rim. I was actually really bummed that he left the Nuggets, as I was picturing him and Michael Porter Jr developing together as a pair of long athletic two-way wings beside Jokic.
The pistons are gonna be a deadly team in the 20s. When killian gets healthy, current grant, cade (if they get him but if they cant they can still get suggs or green) also bey and stewart who are looking decent
Gotta love it when an underdog bets on himself big. There's a difference between a guy that just wants to boost his stats on a bad team and doesn't care about winning and a guy who knows he's better than the opportunities he's been given and wants to challenge himself. ...either way. He's ballin
It’s crazy that nuggets fans knew how good he was but when he left it was “we don’t need him he’s negative” dude I was so mad he left watching nuggets games you seen his talent
@@MrSITCHris Sorry i’m a lil slow lol what does akym mean? and also idk i talked to several people who when Jermai left they just said “let him walk we can win without him” and i guess it wasn’t completely wrong but his defensive presence was heavily missed at the beginning of the season like in the first game against Sac town when we lost to that put back from Buddy Hield jermai’s pressure wouldn’t have allowed that
His rise to stardom reminds me of Kawhi Leonard: a system player who gradually mastered the little things under Greg Popovich before being giving bigger responsibilities where he led Toronto to their first title and now even being compared to Michael Jordan. Thanks for posting this video.
I can see where you see the similarities but the caliber of player is definitely different. Kawhi in his prime was a monster. He held a GSW team with KD, Curry, and Thompson down single handedly before getting injured. I like that their stories seem similar but my love for the Klaw is to great to compare. I hope I am wrong tho, seeing another player grow into a superstar is amazing to see.
I've seen this coming. There's something in Grant that other players doesn't possess. He is just focus in his game and keeps on working hard. Hoping he would be healthy for the years to come.
I think the Pistons signed him specifically for him to break out and have really good numbers for an entire season, then they'd be able to trade him for picks when this season is over. Even then, I don't think even the Pistons could've predicted this kind of a rise. I was expecting more like 18 and 6 on bad efficiency from him this year
@@lolstfu2950 that's BS. Sixth Man of the year on a winning Maverick's team, and he was the anchor of a lot of good Wizards teams that went to the playoffs year after year....
I was an early Jerami Grant fan back when he came to the thunder and I’m so glad I had picked him for most improved last year and this year because he’s gotta have it this year
When you put up an efficient 24 pts with good defense your good player regardless of team. if detroit was smart they’d use him as a trade asset down the line. He could average an efficient 16-18 pts on a good team with great defense.
He had a few 20+ point games in the playoffs last year, and then signed with Detroit, I drafted him in fantasy in the 4th or 5th round expecting some better than average production but he’s been one of my best players!
yes i remember those okc days. can't believe they let him go then. well, denver letting him go was more shocking. he's been showing up and was a very very good piece.
As a OKC Fan i was really impressed of Jeramis first year. Im a fan/supporter of him. Its sad for me as an OKC fan not to see him in our jersey anymore:( but im glad to see him still improving. As i said i saw his potential after the first year playing in Loud City. He was the main defender of LBJ in the Bubble-Playoffs. One of the most underrated role players of the league got finally the chance to be the first option on a Team and he did not disappoint. Im happy for him!
I’m from the DMV area so I’m glad to see a local kid blooming in the NBA. Dematha high school was my high schools rival. DMV well represented in the NBA.
I’m an OKC fan and I use to tell my friends that Grant is gonna be a a star if given the opportunity I was mad we traded him for pick because I thought he could’ve a huge year for us once PG and Russ left
@@isoboii3092 that’s old management. Stan Van and Dumars are gone now. New management has done amazing especially considering Blake’s contract is looming over everything.
Actually, the advanced stats DID see "him transforming into a star so quickly." This season is not even his BEST year by many if not most metrics. This not really difficult to understand. Give a player more touches and more shots and his box-score stats will prove dramatically. Though this comes, almost without exception, with a fall in scoring efficiency and play on defense. Though not NEARLY as much as some basketball pundits might claim.
@@patrick7932003 Woods has alrady great in Detroit 2nd half last season after Drummond got traded. No one saw Grant come in and get this number really high.
@@faizaliqbal2284 Christian Wood was a beast in the 2nd half of the season I get that. But we compare MIPs to a full season, not half a season. Grant's numbers are impressive, but if we compare the difference s of their stats between 2020 (full season) and 2021, Christian Wood deserves more.
Jerami Grant is one of my favourite players in the league. Perfect modern day player. 6'8" freakishly athletic, can defend, switch, block shots, shoot the three, finish at the rim and he's become a good shot creator.
"The pistons don't have a bright future." Also the pistons: 2 top 10 rookies along with Killian Hayes in which he was injured for the whole season dam and he's probably top 3 passers in this rookie class. Also were getting a top 5 rookie next season.... But go off.
Love him as a Player and he seems like a great Teammate. Still I feel like leaving a great situation at a title contender, to be Nr 1 at a terrible team in the east, is not what Basketball is all about. But maybe I'm just naive or romantic
I feel the opposite. He has the guts to go from a great situation to a terrible Detroit team, because he believes in himself and his abilities. If not that, what is basketball about? You say you're a "romantic", then why do you hope for the lesser "romantic" situation. To sit behind two other stars and coast to the playoffs sounds boring as fuck, when you can be the leader of another team instead.
wtf are you talking about these players don't owe these teams nothing especially Denver he was TRADED there he didn't choose them. teams trade players all the time ain't no loyalty
I think he set himself up perfectly for the future: when this contract runs out he is only 29. He has proven he can be a 20+ points scorer or a great role player. Now when he is 29 he is free to chose between a small contract on a championship team or a huge contract on a playoff team. This move gave him options for his prime.
@@HB-ih9qp I didn't say he is owing someone. I literally said he seems like a great teammate. Obviously he can Do whatever he wants to do. I just emphasised that the way I look at sports (which is obviously completely different to someone earning his living with it) wanting to be the number 1 guy on a terrible team over being the third or fourth option on a contender shows priorities I do not share. But it's easy to say for me, it's neither my money nor my career... Crazy how quick you got triggered :D
@@oscarerlandsson8713 I guess we have different approaches to the game then... I think it depends on the priorities. If you mean he believes in his abilities to be a efficient and great number one option without having team sucess (I know it's not his fault), thats cool. Being third or fourth option and trying to win a chip doesn't seem boring to me...
If the Pistons ended up getting the 1st pick, they should draft Cade Cunningham. Him along with Grant and a healthy Killian Hayes would be a great playoff team.
He’s on a terrible team...it’s easy to shine when there’s garbage around you (like Kevin Love on the Timberwolves). Call me back when he consistently posts these numbers on winning teams.
If you look at the Pistons' games, you can see that they have all (but one) been competitive. Jerami Grant is making a somewhat bigger impact for them, now they just need to close out games.
what’s sad is the point he made about them being over the cap, they’ll probably trade him to a team just to get his contract off the books, because his value will be much higher and it’s gonna suck because other teams won’t treat him the way Detroit and Duane Casey is, which is allowing him to play free.
Get out with your “real fan”. I knew he was gonna be good but nobody could’ve expected this. Im probably a bigger fan than you so get out with your “real fan”
He really did try gunning for that MIP award 😭 Good thing for once in a while, the higher-ups didn't slack and did pick Julius Randle as the winner (deservingly so)
you literally don’t know basketball if you think it’s inflated stats actually look at the pistons before saying their a bad team pistons literally have all scorers on their team but don’t have a real point guard to put it all together
@@pandawolf5990 You think grant would average those stats on a actual good team? No because hes not gonna shot near 20 shots every game, hes literally shooting almost as much shots as steph curry. Hes a 15 and 6 player simple, not a allstar player, but a good starter
He's made some good improvement but your argument of 'disliking the good numbers on a bad team' is odd. You're right that it is impressive to score well in the league but you're missing the actual point being made. "Good numbers on a bad team" is speaking to the actual skill of the player and the value they bring towards a title team. Grant on a title team would have a role like he did in Denver, not like he does now. He doesn't raise the team to a level where they're even in playoff contention, and frankly someone has to take the shots for a team. So is he talented? Yeah! He has had a productive career with steady improvement. Is this run impressive? Yes as well, he's scoring well in the NBA. That's not easy. Can we actually measure his improvement from last year to this and call him a legitimate All-Star yet? Not really, this honestly reminds me of Monte Ellis in Dallas. Empty stats that were fairly impressive, but on a bad team that couldn't achieve anything because he wasn't good enough to elevate them
Feel free to list some role players that averaged an efficient 25 points over the past ten years. That’s excellent production and he’s doing it efficiently
It's not all that surprising, he's doing similar things to what he was doing with Denver, especially the bubble. He's just getting more opportunities tryna get that bag
Last year he put up 12 points on 9 shots in 26 mins, this year he's putting up 24 points on 18 shots in 36 mins. So basically he just doubled his shot attempts which has resulted in doubling his ppg with a slight dip in efficiency. It's not always that simple as some people can't handle the added load, but he scaled up just fine. Strangely he has doubled his rebounds going from pf to sf. The extra 10 mins accounts for some of that, but not all.
I’ve thought Jerami Grant has been very good for a while. The reason he’s looking so much better is because he gets more opportunity on the bad Detroit Pistons. Saying it’s because he’s on a bad team is not a knock on him, I for sure think he is all-star talent.
As a nuggets fan, I saw glimpses of him doing this throughout his last season with Denver. I thought he’d average 20ppg probably but if he keeps this up for the season, that’ll be ridiculous.
I think Jerami Grant was probably one of the biggest surprises to me, He wasn't really on my radar until he traded to the pistons. I gotta say Im loving him, and it feels good to have our best player actually want to play for us, unlike Blake Griffin.
I bought an autographed rookie card of him. Sent it to PSA. Pistons don’t get a lot of attention cause they don’t have any stars, jerami grant has hella potential. He’s also related to Horace grant
The best way to determine whether a player's stats are empty or not is to look at their efficiency. Michael Carter-Williams averaged 16-6-6 as a rookie, but those numbers were empty because he shot the ball poorly and turned the ball over a lot. Jerami Grant's aren't empty since he's shooting the ball well.
So many haters in the comment section saying he’s only good cuz he’s playing for the Pistons. If that was the logic then how come his teammates aren’t thriving also? He believed in himself that’s why he wanted a bigger role. Even after signing a big ass contract he’s still motivated and proving that he’s more than just a defender. Gotta respect that!
I always thought he was underrated before this season, he's athletic, a pretty good shooter and a really versatile and skilled defender.... ofc when he is given the role he has on the pistons he will be good
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He just gets better every year, was pretty bad in Philly, became a good solid 3 and D player in OKC, and then proved to be a top player for the Nuggets in the playoffs. But know, he is in the MIP Race, his story is pretty inspirational.
Look at Jeremi man, so inspirational
Christian wood and grant and jaylen brown are gonna be top 3 for MIP
@@eledgarcuhh8645 boucher is the 4th
And if he don’t win mvp he’s easily most improved
Then he’ll win the mvp next year
@@40Mprxdigy you really reachin cuh,and MIP this season will be Wood.
Jerami Grant would’ve made Denver the closest threat to Los Angeles with his and Michael Porter’s improvement. Andy Hoops> Mike Korzemba
Yeh but Jerami chose money and growth over "loyalty" to the team that took him to the wcf. Can't blame him tho, good for him
@@diegosmurillo You can't use money as an argument because Denver was willing to pay him, but I get what you're saying. It's a good choice if he wants to have a bigger role, but it's a bad choice if he wants to win.
Yeah mike korzemba is an overrated casual
Nba has lots of talent.. sometimes player needed to be on the right team in order to grow..
Too bad thr nuggets couldn't keep him around he was so vital during that playoff run last year
Been a fan of Jerami since OKC.. Love seeing him flourish in Detroit.. Him, Christian Wood and Chris Boucher are my MIP favorites
Edit: Idk why i forgot how good jaylen brown’s been this season🔥
Boucher is slowly falling out of the race.
damn Brown not even top 3
fuck kinda shit u on?
darius garland or sexton
Mpj disrespect fr
Facts
He's the only one on the team averaging above more than 15 ppg ripp.
D Rose is averaging 14.8, basically 15.
Blake Griffin is a bum hes trying to be Ben Simmons except atleast Ben Simmons isnt chucking shots for no reason
@@goharderthanyesterday3935 because Ben Simmons does not shoot
@@goharderthanyesterday3935 he's afraid that he will get another injury so he can't dunk because that will increase his injury chance
@@goharderthanyesterday3935 and their entire games are completely different
He's definitely grown into a one on one scorer. The next step for him is translating his stats into impact and winning
More help?
being a pistons fan and watching every game they've played this year, grant can BALL. the pistons are extremely young and they compete every night. they just can't close games at all. every game they've lost except a game against the bucks have been 10 points or less. they are rebuilding and they'll need pieces around him but the effort and fight is there. i'm glad we picked him up.
I like how he said he was glad he got out of a sinking ship, then goes to a ship that has already sunk.
Bad team that can develop a front court player.
Wheres the logic of calling the Nuggets a “sinking ship” lmao
@@alihabibi2985 in an interview he called OKC a sinking ship, if you would watch the video.
@@aidanreasons7421 oh I see. Thats makes more sense
He went to Detroit to be the main guy, even if the team is bad. In okc, he would behind Russ and Steven adams if he stayed in okc
I’ve known Jerami Grant from his AAU days playing for DC Assault with my brother. He’s always been extremely quick and athletic. Since he’s been in the league he’s added some weight, gotten stronger and really worked on his jump shot. Going to the Pistons was the best thing for him career wise and now he can showcase his entire game while being the main guy. The sky’s the limit for him. Definitely one of the most improved players this year.
He's the same player just that he's the main focus of a team now and it's the fucking pistons
😂
He’s scoring at a higher volume without dropping much in percentages theres definitely improvement, but it is kinda being overstated
And is player 10 minutes plus, he just the main focus playing 36 minutes
Lol there the worst team in the leauge, he’s the main scoring option holla at me when he does this on a playoff team
@@bmillersince92 no wizards are the worst and we have a lot of basketball left
As a long time OKC fan, I'm so glad that he's getting his chance in Detroit, but it also hurts to see him shine on another team. Once the 2018 season came around and he starting shooting that 3 ball I knew he could do something like this. As a super athletic PF who has developed a jumper and accuracy from deep he's got some good years ahead. But..I will never ever understand why the man can't get a board 😂
The 76ers really let him and Christian Wood go lmaooooo
I mean they wouldn’t of never got the chance to shine playing with all the talent that’s been established 🤷♂️
I don't Grant and Wood will be this good if they didnt get traded. No one expected Grant to be on this level. But he work hard!
Detroit really could’ve had both wood and grant if they kept wood
brown and brand just sucked
@@GoatzyYT no, he was amazing for the Pelicans and pistons
Former OKC fan here and it’s about damn time. He was the MAIN reason we wanted melo to come off the bench. But anyway I’m glad he’s shining now. One of my favs to watch!
It’s because he has motivation
Hahaha
What motivation?
No it’s more opportunity
ambition*
Someone’s gotta get the points on the team lol
Jeremi Grant is under appreciated for sure.
@@rajiba7115 unfair man
Jerami Grant is a chump for sure
@@MrSITCHris cap
@@rajiba7115 cap
@@bahee1416 how is that a cap. Dude left a championship contending team because he didn't want to be a third option and went to a terrible team because he wanted to be number 1. Maybe if he would of played in denver the way he does in Detroit, denver would have offered him a better contract. (Which both teams offered him the same amount of money) grant doesn't actually give a shit about the game
He was supposed to be Kevin Durants replacement. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard that one. And I’m a big thunder fan.
Facts. I call bs
@@Arxatia you're right.
He was the "replacement" in that he played the same position
I’ve been a fan of him since he was in Philly, and love him in 2k too. With that being said, I feel like a lot of him now is due to the team he’s playing on. He’s gonna get a nice paycheck once his contract is up but I honestly don’t see him averaging more than 17-18 ppg on a competent team. I’d love to be proven wrong though.
17-18 on a contending team basically means you think he can be a top 3 player on a championship level team. That sounds pretty good to me
@@andrewnaranjo6514 well, I said competent team, not contending team.
Besides Rusty Buckets, I don't think anyone could've imagined him being this good.
I did
@R Ka same
I always thought he was underrated on the defensive end, but I was glad to see him be able to get his chance to breakout on the offensive end.
Still waiting on the "How good was Michael Finley"
My OKC Thunder gave away KD, James Harden, Ibaka, Russell Westbrook, Victor Oladipo, Damontis Sabonis, Jerami Grant, Steven Adams, and Reggie Jackson. We develop all of these great players, trade them away, and then most of the have the best years of their careers.
At least you have a ton of picks to do it all again
Personally I knew Jerami Grant was a special player after his performance in last year’s bubble. He had a great looking jumpshot, is super versatile on defense, and was a great finisher around the rim. I was actually really bummed that he left the Nuggets, as I was picturing him and Michael Porter Jr developing together as a pair of long athletic two-way wings beside Jokic.
The pistons are gonna be a deadly team in the 20s. When killian gets healthy, current grant, cade (if they get him but if they cant they can still get suggs or green) also bey and stewart who are looking decent
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
Hahah you just threw out a bunch of rookies they could drafts as to why they will be good in the next couple years. Great observation lmaoo
@@Cam12369 bey is averaging 7 3 and 1. stewart is averaging 4 5 and 1 as a 6'9 center and killian hayes has playmaking potential. hes only 19
@@krak3494 cool great numbers lol have fun with guys that put up those numbers
@@Cam12369 theyre still rookies not vets
Gotta love it when an underdog bets on himself big. There's a difference between a guy that just wants to boost his stats on a bad team and doesn't care about winning and a guy who knows he's better than the opportunities he's been given and wants to challenge himself.
...either way. He's ballin
It’s crazy that nuggets fans knew how good he was but when he left it was “we don’t need him he’s negative” dude I was so mad he left watching nuggets games you seen his talent
Who said that?
@@MrSITCHris Homie it was everywhere nuggets fans didn’t care because he always had a negative plus minus they didn’t care Plumlee left either
@@trek4600 wrong. Plenty of nuggets fans cared. And plumlee. Aykm?
@@MrSITCHris Sorry i’m a lil slow lol what does akym mean? and also idk i talked to several people who when Jermai left they just said “let him walk we can win without him” and i guess it wasn’t completely wrong but his defensive presence was heavily missed at the beginning of the season like in the first game against Sac town when we lost to that put back from Buddy Hield jermai’s pressure wouldn’t have allowed that
@@trek4600 i think people who said that were A. Salty or B. Dont know anything.
If u put Caruso in Detroit he’ll also be a superstar 😂 kidding aside, Grants a contender to win MIP for sure 💪
They balling lately 👀
I think Christian Wood gonna win MIP
Grant or Wood for MIP for sure
@@Vdelw ohhhh , I forgot about wood, I was thinkin grants gonna get mip no doubt till u said that
This is a joke, but partially it's true
I saw potential in him when he was a Sixer and the crazy thing about this video was how you just glossed over all his 76ers highlights
His rise to stardom reminds me of Kawhi Leonard: a system player who gradually mastered the little things under Greg Popovich before being giving bigger responsibilities where he led Toronto to their first title and now even being compared to Michael Jordan. Thanks for posting this video.
I can see where you see the similarities but the caliber of player is definitely different. Kawhi in his prime was a monster. He held a GSW team with KD, Curry, and Thompson down single handedly before getting injured. I like that their stories seem similar but my love for the Klaw is to great to compare. I hope I am wrong tho, seeing another player grow into a superstar is amazing to see.
I've seen this coming. There's something in Grant that other players doesn't possess. He is just focus in his game and keeps on working hard. Hoping he would be healthy for the years to come.
I think the Pistons signed him specifically for him to break out and have really good numbers for an entire season, then they'd be able to trade him for picks when this season is over. Even then, I don't think even the Pistons could've predicted this kind of a rise. I was expecting more like 18 and 6 on bad efficiency from him this year
We are building around Jerami not trading him
@@willsandersiii5484 you the gm?
@@thegrimsbaby5085 No but it doesn’t take a GM to know this
this happened and now i am sad
most consistent high quality nba youtuber! you're the best Andy!
Andy Hoops here's an video idea. How good was Antwan Jamison actually?
he's not good lol he's known as the "Captain of Losing" lol
@@lolstfu2950 that's BS. Sixth Man of the year on a winning Maverick's team, and he was the anchor of a lot of good Wizards teams that went to the playoffs year after year....
Word
I was an early Jerami Grant fan back when he came to the thunder and I’m so glad I had picked him for most improved last year and this year because he’s gotta have it this year
When you put up an efficient 24 pts with good defense your good player regardless of team. if detroit was smart they’d use him as a trade asset down the line. He could average an efficient 16-18 pts on a good team with great defense.
He had a few 20+ point games in the playoffs last year, and then signed with Detroit, I drafted him in fantasy in the 4th or 5th round expecting some better than average production but he’s been one of my best players!
Another banger!
the video was released 1 minute ago but it’s andy hoops so i hear you
yes i remember those okc days. can't believe they let him go then. well, denver letting him go was more shocking. he's been showing up and was a very very good piece.
i remember at the start of the offseason I picked him up for fantasy and now he's going off
I picked him too and I'm glad I did.
I've always liked jerami grant, I'm glad to see him becoming a great player
Knowing the Piston they might just trade him away lol, that's what they been doing to their young promising players (Kennard, Wood)
I agree luke was a dumb trade, but we didnt let wood go. He chose houston
I'm happy to see this video, dude's a great player. I couldn't believe it when I saw Denver let him go.
Absolutely Jerami Grant is so under appreciated, but like he’s on the Detroit Pistons.. that’s why no one is surprised
Your comment doesn't make any sense
OMG thank you for not having one of those extremely loud music intros! Also, the whole video was good!!
Only in Detroit, does a role player become a star.
In ANY sport
Fax
get all star money as well Charlie Villanueva, Ben Gordon, Josh Smith, Branson Jennings lop
@@lolstfu2950 ben gordon was that nigga tho, atleast in chicago when he played for us
Chauncey Billups, Ben Wallace
As a OKC Fan i was really impressed of Jeramis first year. Im a fan/supporter of him. Its sad for me as an OKC fan not to see him in our jersey anymore:( but im glad to see him still improving. As i said i saw his potential after the first year playing in Loud City. He was the main defender of LBJ in the Bubble-Playoffs. One of the most underrated role players of the league got finally the chance to be the first option on a Team and he did not disappoint. Im happy for him!
I knew this man would be good. I was sad when we traded him
I’m from the DMV area so I’m glad to see a local kid blooming in the NBA. Dematha high school was my high schools rival. DMV well represented in the NBA.
He’s on the pistons that’s how lmao
Exactly lol. Obviously he deserves a lot of props for doubling his ppg but I think lots of people could do that playing for the pistons rn.
Exactly he gets all the touches
True
Fax he won’t do that on a winning team sadly
Christian wood was once in the pistons too and he still putting up numbers in houston
I’m an OKC fan and I use to tell my friends that Grant is gonna be a a star if given the opportunity I was mad we traded him for pick because I thought he could’ve a huge year for us once PG and Russ left
He’s becoming the center piece of a team rebuilding. 3-5 years he’ll be the first option on a great team. Yes I’m a Pistons fan.
“Great team”
@@chilldoc9638 I believe. #TrustTheProcess
@@connorpena373 Pistons are a horrible run franchise
@@connorpena373 the pistons been on the process since 2010. The process can happen but the pistons management is trash.
@@isoboii3092 that’s old management. Stan Van and Dumars are gone now. New management has done amazing especially considering Blake’s contract is looming over everything.
Congrats on 400k you deserve it
I remember putting his potential to 100 in 2k15 and then he became a star.
facts lol
Can we just appreciate the amount of talent that OKC has developed in the last decade. It’s absolutely ridiculous
That is a smart move financially. He can’t step out the shadows of Jokic and Murray.
Actually, the advanced stats DID see "him transforming into a star so quickly." This season is not even his BEST year by many if not most metrics. This not really difficult to understand. Give a player more touches and more shots and his box-score stats will prove dramatically. Though this comes, almost without exception, with a fall in scoring efficiency and play on defense. Though not NEARLY as much as some basketball pundits might claim.
Pistons young core is very underrated, seko, killian hayes, Isaiah Stewart, josh Jackson, saddiq bey are all quality pieces
facts casey just needs to give them minutes
@@jackyates7786 ong cause all of them have very good potential
Nice vid as usual
Grant is definitely going for that MIP this season hope he wins it also I make videos as well
I think Christian Wood has a higher chance of winning MIP if he keeps up his stats.
@@patrick7932003 Woods has alrady great in Detroit 2nd half last season after Drummond got traded. No one saw Grant come in and get this number really high.
@@faizaliqbal2284 Christian Wood was a beast in the 2nd half of the season I get that. But we compare MIPs to a full season, not half a season. Grant's numbers are impressive, but if we compare the difference s of their stats between 2020 (full season) and 2021, Christian Wood deserves more.
Look at Grant man, so inspirational
When you realize that he's the one pouring water on a bowl
Yep IBALLRIGHT and Jerami are the same person no cap
Jerami Grant is one of my favourite players in the league. Perfect modern day player. 6'8" freakishly athletic, can defend, switch, block shots, shoot the three, finish at the rim and he's become a good shot creator.
i didn’t even know that he wasn’t on the nuggets anymore
"The pistons don't have a bright future."
Also the pistons: 2 top 10 rookies along with Killian Hayes in which he was injured for the whole season dam and he's probably top 3 passers in this rookie class.
Also were getting a top 5 rookie next season.... But go off.
JG: my powers have doubled since the last time we met
Jokic: Good, twice the pride, double the fall
Glad he's made a jump offensively. Let's hope he takes that improvement further. On a winning squad.
Love him as a Player and he seems like a great Teammate. Still I feel like leaving a great situation at a title contender, to be Nr 1 at a terrible team in the east, is not what Basketball is all about. But maybe I'm just naive or romantic
I feel the opposite. He has the guts to go from a great situation to a terrible Detroit team, because he believes in himself and his abilities. If not that, what is basketball about? You say you're a "romantic", then why do you hope for the lesser "romantic" situation. To sit behind two other stars and coast to the playoffs sounds boring as fuck, when you can be the leader of another team instead.
wtf are you talking about these players don't owe these teams nothing especially Denver he was TRADED there he didn't choose them. teams trade players all the time ain't no loyalty
I think he set himself up perfectly for the future: when this contract runs out he is only 29. He has proven he can be a 20+ points scorer or a great role player. Now when he is 29 he is free to chose between a small contract on a championship team or a huge contract on a playoff team. This move gave him options for his prime.
@@HB-ih9qp I didn't say he is owing someone. I literally said he seems like a great teammate. Obviously he can Do whatever he wants to do. I just emphasised that the way I look at sports (which is obviously completely different to someone earning his living with it) wanting to be the number 1 guy on a terrible team over being the third or fourth option on a contender shows priorities I do not share. But it's easy to say for me, it's neither my money nor my career...
Crazy how quick you got triggered :D
@@oscarerlandsson8713 I guess we have different approaches to the game then... I think it depends on the priorities. If you mean he believes in his abilities to be a efficient and great number one option without having team sucess (I know it's not his fault), thats cool. Being third or fourth option and trying to win a chip doesn't seem boring to me...
The MIP award between Grant and Wood will probably come down to which team has the better record, because both guys have been stellar this season.
He leading them straight to the lottery pick in the draft😂😂
I'm not complaining. Hope they suck the next couple years so we can hopefully draft some studs.
Thats literally EXACTLY what we want , Cade Cunningham is ours 😎
@@Shzzaam fax
I went to the same middle school as Jerami Grant and met him once at my tournament I was playing in. Pretty cool I guess
Nuggets offered him the same money too. Crazy.
He probably took the chance of being on the pistons for more mins, bigger role and a chance for good exposure
so what. he wanted a bigger role. & he's living up to it
If the Pistons ended up getting the 1st pick, they should draft Cade Cunningham. Him along with Grant and a healthy Killian Hayes would be a great playoff team.
He’s on a terrible team...it’s easy to shine when there’s garbage around you (like Kevin Love on the Timberwolves).
Call me back when he consistently posts these numbers on winning teams.
Exactly
Obviously he’s gonna shine on a shit team but you can’t discredit the fact that it’s making him become an actual first option instead of what he was
How come his teammates aren’t thriving then if they’re surrounded by garbage?
If you look at the Pistons' games, you can see that they have all (but one) been competitive. Jerami Grant is making a somewhat bigger impact for them, now they just need to close out games.
@@TheGlassCoke2001 For real. They seem to play better with Blake on the bench too.
what’s sad is the point he made about them being over the cap, they’ll probably trade him to a team just to get his contract off the books, because his value will be much higher and it’s gonna suck because other teams won’t treat him the way Detroit and Duane Casey is, which is allowing him to play free.
Anyone who’s a real fan and actually watches all/most nba games would’ve seen flashes and knew he was gonna be nice smh ✊🤷♂️
Get out with your “real fan”. I knew he was gonna be good but nobody could’ve expected this. Im probably a bigger fan than you so get out with your “real fan”
@@thegrimsbaby5085 absolutely sad comment
8:30 It sounds like he’s rapping over the beat
I was mad asf when we traded him to the nuggets
@Nebula bruh what
@@stanclickin Okc traded him to Denver
He really did try gunning for that MIP award 😭 Good thing for once in a while, the higher-ups didn't slack and did pick Julius Randle as the winner (deservingly so)
I mean his stats are kinda inflated since hes on the pistons of all teams lmao. But yeah, hes a pretty good player, not a allstar though like cmon.
No, he just has a bad team around him
you literally don’t know basketball if you think it’s inflated stats actually look at the pistons before saying their a bad team pistons literally have all scorers on their team but don’t have a real point guard to put it all together
@@pandawolf5990 4-13?????????? OH THEY ARE NOT A BAD TEAM BTW
@@pandawolf5990 They just have washed players like Blake and rose lol
@@pandawolf5990 You think grant would average those stats on a actual good team? No because hes not gonna shot near 20 shots every game, hes literally shooting almost as much shots as steph curry. Hes a 15 and 6 player simple, not a allstar player, but a good starter
He's made some good improvement but your argument of 'disliking the good numbers on a bad team' is odd.
You're right that it is impressive to score well in the league but you're missing the actual point being made.
"Good numbers on a bad team" is speaking to the actual skill of the player and the value they bring towards a title team.
Grant on a title team would have a role like he did in Denver, not like he does now. He doesn't raise the team to a level where they're even in playoff contention, and frankly someone has to take the shots for a team.
So is he talented? Yeah! He has had a productive career with steady improvement.
Is this run impressive? Yes as well, he's scoring well in the NBA. That's not easy.
Can we actually measure his improvement from last year to this and call him a legitimate All-Star yet?
Not really, this honestly reminds me of Monte Ellis in Dallas. Empty stats that were fairly impressive, but on a bad team that couldn't achieve anything because he wasn't good enough to elevate them
Who else think he can be a all star
I do. Considering the veteran talent that this ass face making the video called washed up. He has room to continue growing
I have always seen his potential and im happy everyone else is starting to see it too
Dude is playing for like the worst team in the league. He's a good player, a great role player, but that's how far it gets
yep
playing like an all star because of such a bad team
Feel free to list some role players that averaged an efficient 25 points over the past ten years. That’s excellent production and he’s doing it efficiently
@@ztlabraptor211 bruh read my other comment about 2 hours ago.
@@calebellington2167 you just agreed with him...
I’ll ask the exact same question to you then lmao
@@ztlabraptor211 agreed with who?
what question
As an okc fan who watched him for a few seasons, the potential was there :)
Everyone who left Russel westbrook becomes better.
It's not all that surprising, he's doing similar things to what he was doing with Denver, especially the bubble. He's just getting more opportunities tryna get that bag
As an OKC fan, I´m glad Jerami is doing great
Last year he put up 12 points on 9 shots in 26 mins, this year he's putting up 24 points on 18 shots in 36 mins. So basically he just doubled his shot attempts which has resulted in doubling his ppg with a slight dip in efficiency. It's not always that simple as some people can't handle the added load, but he scaled up just fine. Strangely he has doubled his rebounds going from pf to sf. The extra 10 mins accounts for some of that, but not all.
I’m an OKC fan, saw this coming, this man was always clutch and under played. Was a shame he was traded
I’ve thought Jerami Grant has been very good for a while. The reason he’s looking so much better is because he gets more opportunity on the bad Detroit Pistons. Saying it’s because he’s on a bad team is not a knock on him, I for sure think he is all-star talent.
As a nuggets fan, I saw glimpses of him doing this throughout his last season with Denver. I thought he’d average 20ppg probably but if he keeps this up for the season, that’ll be ridiculous.
I think Jerami Grant was probably one of the biggest surprises to me, He wasn't really on my radar until he traded to the pistons. I gotta say Im loving him, and it feels good to have our best player actually want to play for us, unlike Blake Griffin.
Greatest fantasy pickup of the year for me he went undrafted in my fantasy league
Putting big numbers in any team is more than impressive
these stats is hard to get if your in a winning team but if your in a losing team its makeable anyway, Grant keeps improving.
I bought an autographed rookie card of him. Sent it to PSA. Pistons don’t get a lot of attention cause they don’t have any stars, jerami grant has hella potential. He’s also related to Horace grant
Jerami Grant's rise to relevancy seems pretty much impressive. I wish he does well in Portland alongside Dame.
Pacers fan. Really liked Jerami's game ever since he got to the league.
The best way to determine whether a player's stats are empty or not is to look at their efficiency. Michael Carter-Williams averaged 16-6-6 as a rookie, but those numbers were empty because he shot the ball poorly and turned the ball over a lot. Jerami Grant's aren't empty since he's shooting the ball well.
So many haters in the comment section saying he’s only good cuz he’s playing for the Pistons. If that was the logic then how come his teammates aren’t thriving also?
He believed in himself that’s why he wanted a bigger role. Even after signing a big ass contract he’s still motivated and proving that he’s more than just a defender. Gotta respect that!
This is your best video
I always thought he was underrated before this season, he's athletic, a pretty good shooter and a really versatile and skilled defender.... ofc when he is given the role he has on the pistons he will be good