Ja Morant trade talk isn’t going away. But Houston is not rushing into anything. Jake Fischer of The Stein Line wrote that rival executives have naturally circled the Rockets as a potential suitor for Morant after Fred VanVleet’s season-ending knee injury.
In what’s quickly becoming one of the season’s most talked-about moments, Kevin Durant ignited a viral courtside exchange with Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, during the Houston Rockets’ 124–109 win on Wednesday night.
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.
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.
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.