Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, New Orleans Pelicans Have Registered Trade Interest In Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant
The Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans have registered trade interest in Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, according to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
Morant and the Grizzlies have mutual interest in parting ways.
“Despite the production dip, several teams have registered interest in trading for Morant recently, including the Heat, Bucks, Kings, Raptors, and Pelicans, league sources told HoopsHype,” Scotto wrote.
Morant “hates” playing for Grizzlies head coach Tuomas Iisalo, sources said. The point guard is not a fan of Iisalo’s strategy of playing lineups in short shifts and then mass substituting, sources said. It has prevented Morant from getting his legs underneath him and developing a rhythm on the court.
Memphis is entertaining offers to trade Morant, who doesn’t have a no-trade clause in his contract. Multiple teams are pursuing Morant in trade talks and rival executives believe the Grizzlies are prioritizing draft picks and young players in return.
Morant has appeared in 18 games this season. He’s averaging 19.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game while shooting 40.1% from the field, 20.8% from 3 and 90.0% from the free-throw line.
A two-time All-Star, Morant is making $39.4 million this season. He will make $42.2 million next season and $44.9 million in the 2027-28 season, the final year of his contract.
The 2019-20 Rookie of the Year, Morant has only led the Grizzlies to the second round of the playoffs once.
Morant, 26, has career averages of 22.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game. He was the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Murray State.
The 2026 NBA trade deadline is next month. It will be fascinating to see if Morant gets traded by the Grizzlies.
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