Mavs Interested in Jerami Grant Trade; What Would Deal with Trail Blazers Look Like?

With Pascal Siakam off the board, the Dallas Mavericks will now shift their trade focus to other potential power forward upgrades on the trade market, including Portland Trail Blazers' Jerami Grant.

The Dallas Mavericks had interest in Pascal Siakam ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline, but he is now off the board after being traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.

Now, the Mavs will have to look elsewhere to find their upgrade at the starting power forward position, and Portland Trail Blazers' Jerami Grant could be their answer.

According to HoopsHype's Michael Scotto, the Mavs have "kept tabs" on Grant, although other reports say the Trail Blazers have yet to show any willingness to part with him so far.

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"The Mavericks have kept tabs on Jerami Grant in Portland, league sources told HoopsHype. Perhaps Kyle Kuzma could be added to this list in the coming weeks," Scotto wrote.

"Rival executives point to some combination of Josh Green, Jaden Hardy, Grant Williams, and draft compensation as Dallas’ best chance of making a trade for a frontcourt upgrade."

If draft compensation wasn't involved, one would have to believe the Mavs would seriously consider swapping Green, Hardy and Williams for Grant. However, even that combination by itself doesn't work for salary-matching purposes. So what would a viable trade look like?

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Mavs receive: Jerami Grant. Trail Blazers receive: Grant Williams, Josh Green, Maxi Kleber, 2027 first-round pick swap

Hardy could be tossed in there as well, but trading four players for one is probably something the Mavs would want to avoid doing for depth reasons. And as mentioned earlier, the draft-compensation aspect is one that likely hurts Dallas in trade talks, as it's already limited with what it can include in trade packages. A 2027 pick swap could provide the Trail Blazers with some value though, as no one knows what Luka Doncic will do before his potential free agency in 2026.

Grant is a good, valuable player, as he's averaging 21.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 45.9 percent from the field, including 41.2 percent from deep. However, he's also about to turn 30 in March and is in the first season of his five-year, $160 million contract that he signed last summer. As good as Grant would be for the Mavs, he's not as good of a player as Siakam is, so the Mavs shouldn't be expected to pay that kind of price, which ended up being Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora and three first-round picks.

So far, the Blazers haven't seemed too interested in fielding offers for Grant, and Grant seems to be pretty content in Portland, but situations like these are fluid ahead of the trade deadline, and things can change. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for more trade-related Mavs news in the coming days and weeks.