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Vivek Jacob: Darko Rajakovic and his family has donated US$79,761 across SickKids Hospital in Toronto, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, and the University Children's Hospital in Belgrade. Raptors had 2,417 assists this season, Rajakovic had committed to US$33/assist.
As an example, leading up to trade deadline in February, the Raptors were working hard to try and make a deal that would land them Jaren Jackson Jr. from the Memphis Grizzlies before he was ultimately traded to the Utah Jazz in a package that included three first round picks, according to multiple league sources. The sticking point was finding someone to take on Jakob Poeltl’s four years and $104 million the 30-year-old has owed to him.
Per league sources, new Bucks coach Taylor Jenkins signed a long-term deal with a salary that is well north of $10 million annually. Jenkins isn’t the highest-paid coach in the league, as that honor goes to Golden State’s Steve Kerr at $17.5 million annually (for now, as he continues to contemplate whether to return). Miami’s Erik Spoelstra is second (approximately $15 million). And Jenkins, the former Memphis Grizzlies coach who was once a Bucks assistant in Antetokounmpo’s early days, is up there now.
The whole thing really blew up on Monday night, when Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. were actually sitting courtside at an Orlando Magic playoff game to support their old Grizzlies teammate, Desmond Bane. The broadcast kept panning over to Morant and Jackson Jr. each time they celebrated a Bane triple, and eventually, fans flocked to social media to post photos of Morant and Jackson Jr, jokingly writing captions along the lines of: “What are they doing?? They have a game tomorrow!” “I just seen my timeline talking about, ‘Don’t they have a game?’” Zinzy said. “And I was like, ‘This is crazy. Like, why do so many people get the reference?’
Sources say that the Jazz, who have the emerging Keyonte George at the forefront of their backcourt, are not currently regarded as a possible landing spot for Morant with Memphis widely expected to resume its efforts to trade him in the coming weeks. However … I am starting to hear predictive murmurs that the Grizzlies will find a wider trade market for Morant than they did in February when external interest was extremely minimal.
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NBA Communications: The voting panel for the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award consisted of basketball executives from NBA teams. Complete voting results ⬇️
The voting panel for the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year Award consisted of basketball executives from NBA teams.
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) April 28, 2026
Complete voting results ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/uPIrI0Uzvn
Royce Young: The Thunder have won 12 straight first round playoff games. Three consecutive first round sweeps (New Orleans, Memphis, Phoenix).
MrBuckBuck: Desmond Bane on Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. being at his game tonight: “It’s special. Those are guys that I spent 5 years with… It’s a friendship that’ll last forever… I’m thankful that they pulled up to support.” Via: reddit.com/r/nba/comments
Oh No He Didn't: Desmond on Ja and JJJ being at the game tonight: "It's special. Those are guys that I spent 5 years with, started my career with, made a lot of memories with. It's a friendship that'll last forever. Those are guys that mean a lot to me. I'm thankful that they pulled up to support"
Desmond on Ja and JJJ being at the game tonight:
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) April 28, 2026
"It's special. Those are guys that I spent 5 years with, started my career with, made a lot of memories with. It's a friendship that'll last forever. Those are guys that mean a lot to me. I'm thankful that they pulled up to… pic.twitter.com/W0KeftPanU
Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr in Orlando taking in the Magic and Pistons pic.twitter.com/axAv9lJov2
— Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) April 28, 2026
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Law Murray: by the way There hasn't been a 4-5 sweep in the West in 20 years (Mavericks d. Grizzlies) And the Mavericks were only a 4 seed that year because they didn't win the division despite winning 60 games
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: Steven, who is the NFL’s Ja Morant? Steven Jackson: Oh, I don’t know about that one! I like Ja, he plays with a lot of passion. Obviously, there’s some things you’re probably looking into with that question… but I just think it’s about young people understanding the boundaries of wanting to “keep it real” and stay connected to things of the past, while looking at what your future could be. I don’t know if there’s truly a Ja Morant of the NFL; he’s one of a kind. It’s just a balance of knowing we all have to grow. It’s a tough thing, but you gotta go down that road by yourself—you can’t take everybody with you.
Ryan Rollins is the new combo guard in Milwaukee that rival teams are chasing. When the Bucks explored the feasibility of trading for Memphis' Ja Morant earlier in the season, as part of their quest to upgrade the roster around Antetokounmpo, league sources say that the Grizzlies were seeking Rollins in any iteration of a Morant deal.
Matt Infield: Notable comments here from Adam Silver on the Grizzlies: -Calls Memphis “a great market historically for the NBA” -Reiterates Robert Pera has no interest in moving the team -Does say he’d like to see the team play a few games in Nashville a year to be “Tennessee’s team”