Grant doesn’t need to keep scoring
They’re beautiful, aren’t they? Most NBA trolls revel in kicking dudes when they’re down. Not Lakers Twitter, though. Heck, no.
Those buggers kick people while they’re up.
Jerami Grant ain’t scoring 26 again
If u think Jerami Grant is scoring 26 again you crazy
If you think JERAMI GRANT gone keep scoring 26 points to help them y’all delusional
Jerami Grant should never have 26 points against the Lakers. With all due respect
Oh, yeah. Sure. Totally. All due respect.
See, here’s the part that should freak the purple snot out of Lakers Nation as we roll on to Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals:
Grant doesn’t have to score 26 to make this a series. Even though he can. And has.
LeBron James is a 47.1% shooter from the floor this postseason, 0 for 3 from beyond the arc when with No. 9 in his face. Point of reference: When anybody else on the Nuggets roster gets near LeBron, the King makes it rain at a clip of 59.5%.
Anthony Davis is a 42.9% shooter, 0 for 2 from beyond the arc, with Grant lodged in his brow. Against the rest of the Nuggets, he’s 29 for 54, or 53.7%.
Paul George was 6 for 15 ( 40%). Kawhi Leonard was 27 for 59 ( 45.8%). Of the six opponents in the postseason that NBA. com’s
tracker says Grant guarded for at least nine minutes, only one of them — Utah’s Jordan Clarkson — converted more than 51% of his field- goal attempts.
“I like Jerami Grant guarding Anthony Davis,” Denver coach Michael Malone said, matter- offactly, after his Nuggets notched their first win of the series Tuesday night, setting up a chance to even the series at 2- 2 Thursday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. “I like Jerami Grant guarding LeBron
James.”
He doesn’t scare the rims like Montrezl Harrell. He doesn’t have Dwight ( boo!) Howard’s ( hiss!) Asgardian shoulders. Or his Dennis
Rodman pretense. But you’re not dancing this far, for this long, without Grant’s length.
The Nuggets forward is 6foot- 8 with a 7- 3 wingspan. Grant’s a unicorn, the kind of do- everything defensive umbrella that Malone can employ to try and smother smaller pests such as Clarkson and Donovan Mitchell, or to spear bigger fish like Bron and AD.
And if he happens to go all Scottie Pippen — Grant’s 26point night in Game 3, saw him drain two treys and head to the free throw line 12 times — along the way, it’s a bonus. Over the Nuggets’ nine postseason victories, the 26- year- old forward’s poured in at least 10 points during six of them.
“Jerami, he’s been great for us, and we ask a lot from him,” teammate Monte Morris said. “He starts guarding LeBron. We know how ( tough) LeBron is. He’s exerting so much energy on defense, you know, it was good to see him get going on offense. It gave us a great boost and it was much- needed.”
It was needed on Davis, too. AD managed 27 points on 17 shots and went to the line 10 times. But it was a quiet 27, as the former New Orleans star managed to collect just two boards. The Lakers’
three- headed Joker Harassment Committee of Davis, JaVale McGee and ( boo!) Howard ( hiss!) managed only four rebounds, combined, compared to 18 from Nuggets center Nikola Jokic ( 10) and power forward Paul Millsap ( eight).
“I think we have a team where we’ve got a lot of depth. We’ve got a lot of players that can do different things,” said Grant, who’s averaged 10.8 points this postseason, 14 per game against the Lake Show. “And I think we’ve been showing it throughout the playoffs, different guys step up in different games and support the team. And I think that’s what we did ( Tuesday).”
If Jokic ( 22 points in Game 3) is due $ 28.5 million next season and Jamal Murray ( 28 points) is scheduled to rake in $ 27.3 million, where do you slot Grant’s value on the open market right about now? No. 9’ s got a player option that kicks in whenever this magic carpet ride hits the skids.
After what he’s put on tape over the last month, somebody’s going to be handing Grant a pretty healthy chunk of change before too long. No matter what Lakers Nation thinks.
I guarantee you!! Jerami Grant is not going to have 26 points ever again in his life!!
Jerami grant scores 26 points again I can’t imagine it!!!
Jerami Grant can’t hit you for 26!
We let Jerami Grant drop 26 on us?
With all due respect, brother. All due respect.