Spot Minutes and Fringe Rotation:
10-13: Kanter, Romeo, Dunn, and Grant. I see Kanter having nights where he is a DNP-CD but also having nights where he slots in as a 20-24 minute player in place of Horford and Timelord. I think they will rest Horford occasionally (back-to-backs, etc.) and will continue to be super cautious with Timelord whenever he is slightly nicked up. So, I could easily see 20-30 games over the course of the year when Kanter is pinch-hitting in the rotation for one of those two. Meanwhile, I'd say Romeo, Dunn, and Grant would be fighting for very limited spot minutes or trying to push Pritchard/Nesmith for rotation minutes. Again, if we could move Romeo/Dunn for a rotation 4 like Anderson, that would simplify things. Anderson would join the rotation. Grant would be a clear 3rd stringer, etc.
Deep Bench / Cut / Waived / Dealt:
14-16: Jabari, Fernando, Carsen. While one could make the case Jabari and Grant should switch spots, I think there's a good chance Jabari's non-guaranteed deal is dropped unless we can make another move, so I'll slot him here.
I hear you and I can decent argument Parker is better than Grant.
Jabari scores more rebounds more and does a lot of other better than Grant. Grant shoots the three better.
Grant 4.7 PPG and 2.1 RPG
Parker 8.5 PPG and 3.8 RPG
Grant .437 FG% and .372 3p% Grant can shoot the three but is horrible from the field, Parker is the opposite.
Parker .542 FG% and .20 3p%
Grant has a clear edge in three point shooting , but from FG range Parker is way better .
Jabari had the same defensive stats as Grant and way better offensive stats. The team offense is way better with Jabari.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parkeja01.htmlhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/willigr01.htmlWith Grant the team had a 105 ORtg and 114 DRtg with Grant posting a 7.5 PER
With Jabari the team had a 118 ORtg and 114 DRtg with Jabari posting a 14.7 PER
Shooting against these guys
Inside of 5ft. opponents shot 60.1% on Grant and 59.8% on Parker
5-9 ft opponents shot 38.3% on Grant and 25% on Parker
10-14 ft opponents shot 42.2% on Grant and 40% on Parker
15-19 ft opponents shot 42.5% on Grant and 43.8 % on Parker
20-24 ft opponents shot 41.1 % on Grant and 30.6 % on Parker
25-29 ft opponents shot 37.6% on Grant and 30.6% on Parker
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/opponent-shooting/?Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TeamID=1610612738This should surprise no one, Grant lacks length and athletic ability, I actually thought he might be better than Parker in more of these areas. Some could be whom they were guarding, I suspect Parker was guarding more fives. The bad thing about Grant is he has a small forward size and this is the most athletic position in the game so he is unsuited to guard wings. Here is hoping he is working hard on his speed. He is small with the PF and C and doesn't use his strength well.
Grant has a slight edge in hustle stats, but played 5 more MPG,
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/hustle/?Season=2020-21&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&TeamID=1610612738The edge goes to Parker as the better player. More productive, team plays better, and better at defending shots. Grant can't rim protect and both are slow. I know Parker may be a cap casualty and the one most likely cut. I think we should let them play it out and that includes Fernado. Whomever, is the worst one, cut them and eat the salary even if that is Grant. I would even take a look at the Begarin Kid at the four, he is athletic and seems strong.