Despite the NBA trade deadline passing by about 2 weeks ago, fresh trade rumours for the summer have already started making headlines. Luka Doncic to LA Lakers trade might’ve caught the attention of the world for the current trade window, but Grizzlies guard Ja Morant is rumoured to be on the move in the summer of 2025.
The Doncic trade brought Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison into the spotlight, but not in a good way. It was probably the best kept secret in the history of the NBA. Everyone woke up one morning to see the Mavs talisman linking up with LeBron James at the Crypto.com Arena- much to the dismay of the Mavs fanbase. Harrison was suddenly the poster boy of bad decision making. And according to the NBA community, his ‘disease’ is spreading everywhere in light of Ja Morant’s trade rumours.
An NBA executive told journalist Howard Beck about the Grizzlies potentially moving Ja Morant out of the city in the summer. He was quoted saying, “I’m constantly checking in with executives around trade deadline about like, okay, what we saw, what we didn’t see, what’s next, and in this league, you are always on the lookout for who’s the next wave of stars that are going to get dealt, right?… Somebody out of the blue said, keep an eye on Ja [Morant] this summer… I’m just saying it’s one of those things I’m just kind of keeping an eye on if they were to flame out early.”
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Morant signed a 5-year, $197,230,450 contract with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2023, effectively keeping him in Tennessee till 2027. But his inability to remain fit for long term periods and off court discepancies might’ve tempted the Grizzlies to offload him this summer. But he isn’t the only superstar in the NBA the Grizzlies are involved with in the trade rumours.
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