Pistons fans: Which type of Jerami Grant trade would you prefer?

The Detroit Pistons will have to make a potentially franchise-defining move this offseason with Jerami Grant.

They could trade him, sign him to extension or just let him play out his deal, which is by far the least-likely of the three options.

The Jerami Grant trade rumors were flying this season, but Detroit was never really that close to trading him, as the right offer never surfaced.

The Pistons were reportedly looking for a young player and a first-round pick and obviously didn’t get a package good enough to entice them.

Grant could have more value in the offseason anyway, as there are potentially more teams that need him, which could start a bidding war for his services.

Yesterday, I mentioned a potential trade with the Atlanta Hawks, and got a response that made me wonder which type of deal Pistons fans would prefer.

The potential Hawks and Trail Blazers trades represent two different types of deals, both of which could be beneficial for the Detroit Pistons.

Detroit Pistons: Trail Blazers or Hawks, which deal would you take?

First off, the Detroit Pistons don’t have to trade Jerami Grant and there is a good chance that they won’t. He played well with Cade Cunningham and Saddiq Bey after returning from injury, is a quality third option and wants to be in Detroit, so they may make him part of their Big 3.

But if they don’t, these two trades are pretty representative of what they might get.

In this trade, Detroit gets a guaranteed NBA rotation player who fills a distinct need plus a mid first-round draft pick to try and shore up their depth.

There is always this option.

In this trade, the Pistons get only a draft pick in return. Portland’s pick is most likely to be in this range, so for the sake of argument I am assuming they stay at the 7th pick, for which they have the highest odds.

They’d also be getting the cap space from Grant’s departure, as the Blazers have a trade exception and don’t have to send back any contracts, which would potentially give the Pistons a load of cap space this offseason.

In the first trade, the Pistons get back a guaranteed rotation player who fills a distinct need, as well as a later first-round pick. Troy Weaver found Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart in that range, so there will still be some quality players available. None of them are likely to be superstars, but Huerter is solid and the 16th pick could be someone like Jeremy Sochan from Baylor or Mark Williams from Duke. Adding Huerter and Williams would fill two needs and the Pistons would still have money to make a free-agent move.

In the second trade, the Pistons get a higher pick and a much better chance of landing an impact player in the 2022 NBA Draft. Coupled with their own pick, they could end up with two top-7 guys, which could lead to something like Paolo Banchero and Shaedon Sharpe to go along with the cap space to sign two impact free agents.

So which one would you choose? The safer, lower ceiling option or the riskier option that could pay huge dividends?