Of all the declarations at Portland Trail Blazers Media Day yesterday, none was as striking as the comments from veteran forward Jerami Grant. As our own Conor Bergin summarized Grant came to the event with a devil-may-care level of honesty that threatened to turn boilerplate into barn-burner. Grant expressed a strong conviction about playing in Portland’s starting lineup, then admitted frankly that he was surprised to still be with the team following a summer of speculation about his status.

Grant’s interview caused a ripple of reaction in the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag, including this question:

Dave,

I can’t believe what I’m hearing from Jerami Grant. Even though I’m not surprised much it’s still unbelievable to me how a player can have such little care for the team that pays him. Why don’

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