Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons will not be starting the All-Star game, which is not a surprise, as the East is loaded with worthy choices.
Grant is having a breakout season, but he is on the worst team in the Eastern Conference and fans and media generally reward the players who are on good teams.
Grant is not yet a household name and fans usually vote for the guys they know and like, even if they don’t really deserve to be there.
But Grant still has a chance to make the team, as the reserves are chosen by coaches, who are sometimes (not always) more fair than the fans and media and know first-hand how good some of these players are because they have to gameplan against them.
Detroit Pistons: Will Jerami Grant be chosen as an All-Star reserve?
The coaches will choose three more front court players for the Eastern Conference team, but it will still be a hard road for Jerami Grant, as the guys ahead of him are having excellent seasons themselves.
Jerami Grant ranked 10th in fan voting and seventh in both player and media voting among Eastern Conference frontcourt players. Finished ninth overall pic.twitter.com/3y2r7ZSVpT
— Offseason O (@omarisankofa) February 19, 2021
Grant currently has five front court players ahead of him in overall voting, and Jayson Tatum is a 100 percent lock to make the team.
I’d say the same of Jimmy Butler, who is having another fantastic season even though Miami has not had a good season.
That leaves one front court reserve spot with Grant and three other worthy candidates battling it out.
How does Grant stack up against the other three?