Jerami Grant Not Practicing as Blazers Injuries Continue to Mount

When will the 3-and-D power forward suit up again for Portland?

Mar 9, 2025; Portland, Oregon, USA: Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant (9) runs back on defense in a game against the Detroit Pistons in the first half at Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Jaime Valdez-Imagn Images / Jaime Valdez-Imagn Images

When will 3-and-D power forward Jerami Grant suit up again for the Portland Trail Blazers?

That's been the $29.8 million question plaguing the Blazers (and this reporter, who has Grant on his fantasy team this season and is in a tight second-round playoff series this week) for weeks now.

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Per Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report, Portland head coach Chauncey Billups indicated that the 6-foot-7 wing sat out the Trail Blazers' latest practice on Friday.

Chauncey Billups says Jabari Walker is in concussion protocol. Jerami Grant didn’t practice. Thybulle and Timelord both did everything today and looked good.

— Sean Highkin (@highkin) March 14, 2025

Grant has been struggling with a knee injury off and on since a 129-121 win over the Washington Wizards on February 26. He has only played for two bouts since then, last appearing in a 119-112 loss to the Detroit Pistons on March 9.

Per Highkin, third-year small forward Jabari Walker is in the league's concussion protocol. In sunnier Trail Blazers news, former All-Defensive Teamers Matisse Thybulle and Robert Williams III were full participants in the team's practice.

Thybulle was cleared to make his 2024-25 season debut in an eventual 114-113 overtime loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday, but he rode pine all night.

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Grant, when healthy, has mightily regressed this season — making him even tougher to theoretically offload at last month's trade deadline. In 47 healthy games for the 28-39 Trail Blazers, the 31-year-old Syracuse product is averaging 14.4 points on .373/.365/.849 shooting splits, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.0 blocks and 0.9 steals a night.

While Grant's 36.5 percent 3-point rate is totally fine, his 37.3 percent field goal conversion rate is ominous. His finishing in the paint has been particularly frustrating this season.

The Trail Blazers get so many wedgies because they respect the @WedgieTracker. Jerami Grant sticks Wedgie No. 32 in PDX. #WeAreWedgie pic.twitter.com/htwsJO9EtW

— No Dunks (@NoDunksInc) February 21, 2025

His output makes 2024-25 Grant's lowest-scoring season since 2019-20, his last year on a playoff team to date, when he averaged a far more efficient 12.0 points on .478/.389/.750 shooting splits for the Western Conference Finals-bound Denver Nuggets.

With or without Grant, Portland will next look to nab an easy win over the lowly Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

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