A biography for Jerami Granthasn’t been written yet.
“I feel like it was a blessing for everybody to know about my family, my dad and my uncle and all my brothers. I feel like the more people talk about it, the more exposure I get, the more exposure my brother gets. It's a good thing.”
“You've got to be able to make adjustments on the fly.”
“The thing about me, I've been on so many teams and I've played so many different roles.”
“I don't want to gain 30-40 pounds and not be able to move as quick.”
“I'll do whatever my team needs me to do to win. If that's playing the five or any other position they want me to play, it'll happen.”
“Typically, when you have long arms like I do, you want to bring the ball back behind your head and shoot.”
“You want to try to be yourself with whatever you're doing and put your own flair on it. I think that's a translation between art with a paintbrush and art with a basketball.”
“It's great to see that I have a lot of fans, especially the youth. The young kids are the best kind of fans.”
“I had to make my niche. It came on the defensive end - blocking shots, playing defense, guarding my man. I had to do a lot of work, so things panned out. I had to trust the process.”
“My dream business? Well, I'm working on some fashion lines, a clothing line. I mean, a little bit of everything.”
“Anything that you put a lot of time into, you want it to be damn near perfect.”
“I think that gives you a better connection, makes it a little easier and makes you feel better about yourself when you have people that look like you around.”
“That's when I decided I wanted to build a homeless shelter, after meeting the homeless, man.”
“Everybody has their spots. I like mine at the elbow, left block, and in the corner shooting threes.”
“I'm staying in the gym, keeping a positive mentality and just trying to support my team however I can.”
“I talk to all my brothers every day. We have group chats, we text about random things.”
“I think it's one of the pinnacles of your career to be able to play for your country, to be able to play on this stage. It's always a goal for anybody in any sport.”
“Just to be able to give back is gratifying.”
“I definitely think winning is something that is hard to teach, but it's something I learned at Syracuse, and going forward, I definitely think teams and scouts value winning and being able to pull out games in tough situations.”
“I'm just trying to be aggressive, trying to get the win, whatever my teammates need me to do.”