It is impossible to enter the starting lineup! The Trail Blazers are now holding the most trashy contract in the entire league?

According to the news from Sean Highkin, the Rose Garden Report reporter, Portland Trail Blazers' forward star Jerami Grant has no popularity in the trading market at all, so by next season, Grant may have to accept a substitute role in the team. Next season, Grant will enter the third year of a five-year, 160 million contract. If nothing much changes happen next, Grant will also become one of the highest-paid substitutes in the league.

Highkin believes that Deni Avidija and Toumani Camara are the best players in the team last season. With that in mind, combined with both players being young players on the rise, it is impossible for the team to put any of these two players on the bench. For Grant, his ideal choice is to perform as high as possible next season and improve his value in the trading market. If he can arouse the interest of some other teams and the Trail Blazers eventually trade him, then when it comes to other teams, he may be able to become a starter again, and his playing time and his position in the team will also improve in this situation. It's just that at Trail Blazers, it's basically difficult for him to do this.

In the NBA regular season last season, Grant played 47 games for the Trail Blazers in 82 games, averaging 32.4 minutes per game, averaging 14.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 1 block, and 1.4 turnovers and 2.3 fouls, shooting percentage of 37.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 36.5%, and free throw shooting percentage of 84.9%. Grant's performance last season was useless. His offensive efficiency was very poor, and he was not able to provide basic support to the team on the offensive end. Not only that, his performance on the defensive end is also unsatisfactory. As a high-paying player, it is indeed a bit outrageous to be able to perform like this.

In the summer of 2023, the Trail Blazers sent Grant a five-year contract with a total amount of 160 million yuan, of which part of which was still a player option in 2027-28. Grant's salary will be $32 million next season; his salary will be $34.21 million in the 2026-27 season; by the 2027-28 season, his salary will be $36.41 million, and it is also a player option. It is no exaggeration to say that with Grant's performance and his contract length, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the worst contract in the league at present. The Trail Blazers could have exchanged for a first-round pick by sending him away two seasons ago. However, judging from the current situation, even if the Trail Blazers are given a first-round pick, there is probably no team willing to accept Grant's stinky and long contract.