Ja Morant is back in the trade-discussion bloodstream. But Memphis is not putting him on the block. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line wrote that while plenty of people around the league believe Morant has shifted into “trade mode,” there has been nothing credible from the Grizzlies’ side to suggest they would even entertain it.
The mood around the Grizzlies is starting to feel heavy, writes Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports. And the Ja Morant-Tuomas Iisalo dynamic looked icy during Wednesday’s 124-109 loss to the Rockets.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
Only a handful of teams are enjoying a worse start to the season than the Memphis Grizzlies, who enter Friday’s date with the Mavericks on a four-game losing streak that ranks as the NBA’s second-longest skid.
It feels like everyone in the NBA is watching the Ja Morant situation. But so far, the league isn’t exactly lining up to make a deal for the Grizzlies star.
Have Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies reached a point of no return? ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins believes so after a contentious spat with the coaching staff led to a one-game suspension.
There is growing league curiosity about whether the Ja Morant thing in Memphis is headed somewhere, and the Timberwolves and Kings are among the teams quietly monitoring the situation, per Sam Amick of The Athletic.