Jerami Grant is on the move again.
The former Syracuse basketball standout is headed to the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a major trade that sends two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant to the Blazers, according to ESPN senior insider Shams Charania on Monday afternoon. Portland is sending Grant and Kris Murray to Memphis in the deal.
Grant, who stands 6-foot-7 and 213 pounds, just finished his 2025-26 season with the Trail Blazers by averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He also shot 45.3 percent from the field, 38.9 percent from 3-point range and 81.4 percent at the free-throw line.
The Grizzlies are coming off a 25-57 season, while Portland went 42-40 and reached the first round of the NBA Playoffs as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. The Trail Blazers lost to the No. 2 seed San Antonio Spurs, who later advanced to the NBA Finals before falling to New York.
Grant is now entering his 15th NBA season after wrapping up his 14th. A native of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the No. 39 overall pick in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft. Since then, he has played for Philadelphia, Oklahoma City, Denver, Detroit and Portland.
Across his NBA career, Grant has averaged 28.0 minutes, 13.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.9 percent from the floor, 36.7 percent from deep and 75.9 percent from the stripe.
At Syracuse, Grant spent two seasons in Orange. As a freshman, he helped the program finish 30-10 in its final Big East season and reach the Final Four before losing to Michigan in the national semifinals.
As a sophomore in 2013-14, Grant played a major role in Syracuse’s 25-0 start, which remains a school record. That Orange team finished 28-6 and was bounced by Dayton in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32.
The move comes at a time when Syracuse has gone through recent NBA Drafts without producing a player selected, including after the 2026 NBA Draft last week.
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