Confirmed deal : Lakers’ $160 Million Trade Target Gets New Asking Price Report

 

The asking price for Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant, one of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ reported trade targets, has been lowered, according to Forbes’ Evan Sidery.

 

 

Portland would be willing to part with Grant for one first-round pick and a promising prospect instead of two future first-round selections,” Sidery wrote in a post on X.

Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report reported in July that the Blazers were asking for the Lakers’ 2029 and 2031 first-round draft picks.

 

But if the Trail Blazers lower their asking price to a package built around one of the Lakers first-round picks and Rui Hachimura, then a deal could be made, according to Highkin.

Former LA Daily reporter Anthony Irwin, now with Clutchpoins, reported that the Lakers were unwilling to meet Portland’s demand for Grant because of two factors

 

“League sources cite his contract and potential reluctance to take on a lesser role on a winning team as concerns for why the Lakers and other teams haven’t wanted to meet that price,” Irwin wrote at the time.

 

The 30-year-old Grant is entering the second season of a five-year deal worth $160 million with a $36.4 million player option for the 2027-28 season.