Ja Morant Rumors

The next superstar to request a trade will be ...? 1. Zion Williamson: 10 votes 2. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 7 votes 3. LeBron James: 6 votes 4. Ja Morant: 1 vote 5. Trae Young: 1 vote There isn't a situation simmering this summer that seems as destined for midseason divorce as Jimmy Butler's strained marriage with the Miami Heat was last season. Williamson's stay in New Orleans might have been extended by the Pelicans' front office change, with Joe Dumars replacing David Griffin as the primary decision-maker. If Williamson can have a strong start to the season -- and avoid the injury bug that has plagued his career -- it's feasible that he could seek a fresh start instead of remaining with a New Orleans franchise that seems stuck in neutral. It has been radio silent since James, via his agent Rich Paul, attempted to rattle the Lakers' cages immediately after exercising his $52.6 million player option for this season. The all-time leading scorer and his camp understand just how complicated a trade involving him -- at his age, making that much money, with the contractual right to veto any deal -- would be.

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A Shelby County Chancery Court has ordered Memphis restaurant The Wing Guru to pay the Grizzlies' Ja Morant over $300,000 in damages and interest after the All-Star point guard sued them for breach of contract. FOX13 previously reported that Morant had agreed to a contract to promote the business some years ago, but later sued after the restaurant stopped paying him while continuing to use his name, image, and likeness to promote their food.

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After I finished assigning credit for each highlight, I summed each player’s Highlight Points to create the following ranking: Ja Morant tops the list despite appearing in just 50 games last season. It helps that Morant had the number one highlight on five separate occasions last season — tied with Anthony Edwards and Donovan Mitchell for the the most among any player in my dataset. Morant hit for the cycle with number one plays featuring his passing shooting, dunking, game-tying, and game-winning plays. LeBron James was the most frequently featured player in the T10, but had just the second most Highlight Points. That’s because most of his highlights landed in the lower half of the countdown (spots 6–10) rather than the top five. Still, I consider James’ looming retirement an existential threat to the entire NBA highlight industry.

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Ja Morant on fans in China: It's different. I've been in the league a while. I've played in front of many fans. But the difference is that back home, I only see a couple. You know, you see the signs in the stand that say I traveled this many miles to come and see you playing, and finally, the roles flipped. I travel the miles to come out here and just to see all the love, where you have people standing outside the hotel, people standing outside whatever spot I got to go to, or even in the Raj gym, where you had 500 to 600 fans just in there just screaming and showing a lot of energy.

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Be it in Memphis or in Manila, Ja Morant made sure to turn every court into his own playground. The Grizzlies guard did just that in his rare Manila visit as part of his “Make Then Watch” tour, which is aligned in his effort to connect and interact with local basketball stars.

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The 25-year-old high-flying guard made a huge entrance before obliging to the fans to hit the ‘griddy’ dance moves. Morant also watched from the sidelines as Team Barangay and Team La Salle went at it in a four-quarter exhibition game.

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Stephen Curry is regarded as the best shooter the NBA has seen, and he's still doing amazing things from the 3-point line to this day. Though other players can't match up to what he does on the perimeter, they can do things that he can't. While Curry was golfing, he was asked the question about who the most athletic player in the NBA is right now, and it feels like there could be only one right answer. “Ja Morant,” Curry said. “I think pound for pound, he's the most athletic player in the league. Russell Westbrook when he was in his full prime. John Wall. We always talk about those guys as being the most athletic in the league.”

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The most notable change was former Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane being traded to the Orlando Magic. "I was shocked, personally," Morant said. "I got the message from Des. To see it all over the internet, I thought the (expletive) was fake, honestly. It's best for both sides. Des is going to a very talented Orlando team. I feel like he's the piece that they've been missing."

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Ja Morant Fan Page: Ja Morant Speaks saying that he's ready for the next season and keeping himself from injuries tryna make himself a Good fit for the next season to play HEALTHY and to obviously to WIN more Games and he also mentioned that he's working in the Lab saying "I'M ALREADY IN THE LAB"

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Along with Morant, Jackson has been a core member of the Grizzlies in recent years. Morant is one of the Grizzlies players who ahs challenged Jackson the most to reach his potential, often reminding him how hard it is for opponents to guard him. Now, Jackson will be rewarded with a new five-year deal. "He deserves it," Morant said. "That's the heart of Memphis, the heart of this team. I feel like he deserves it. I thought it would have been way more, honestly. I don't understand the cap stuff."

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Based on those charts, the best bets to reach $1 million per game first are players who will sign supermax deals after Gilgeous-Alexander, who was drafted in 2018. Among the 2019 draft class, Ja Morant is the only player to make an All-NBA team, and that was three years ago. It seems unlikely anyone in this draft class will qualify for the supermax. However, the 2020 draft class offers two top candidates for supermax qualification: Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton. It's unknown for Haliburton since he'll miss all of next season due to an untimely Achilles tear. But Edwards has made two All-NBA second teams in a row, putting him on track to sign a supermax in the summer of 2027, which could be worth up to four years and $345 million and rise above $82 million in the second season.

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Tee Morant: “I never gave Ja credit until he got drafted—for the simple fact that his goal was to make it to the NBA. His goal wasn’t to make it to college. His goal wasn’t to be the best scorer in high school. His goal was the NBA.” “So I felt like, as a parent, presently, I was there to help my kid—and my kids. It was crazy. This was one of the craziest moments of my life.”

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Kendrick Perkins: Do I think Memphis overpaid for Jaren Jackson Jr.? Absolutely they did. But we here now. We here now. Next they going to have to pay Ja Morant, right? So if Jaren Jackson Jr. got 240, Ja probably going to get close to 300. Okay. So you pay for those two. Can those two take you to a championship? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. And I believe Ja is one of one. I'm just not a believer in Jaren Jackson Jr. But he could prove me wrong. He could prove me wrong.

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