Ja Morant Rumors

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?’

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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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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

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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"

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Fullcourtpass: Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr in Orlando taking in the Magic and Pistons

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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.

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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.

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NBA Base: Kevin Garnett has a blunt message for Ja Morant "Get off your pride, bro. Go travel, go play, go do what makes you happy... focus on the love. F*ck the hate. The hate is going to be there... Something you’re doing isn’t working and you’ve got to find it." (Via @kg_certified )

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As the NBA offseason looms, the future of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has become the league’s most watched storyline. After a turbulent 2025-26 campaign defined by injury and organizational shifts, the trade winds are swirling with two Western Conference contenders emerging as serious suitors: the Phoenix Suns and the Sacramento Kings.

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Despite the noise, sources familiar with Ja Morant’s thinking share that he has not yet expressed a specific destination of interest. Morant has been notably quiet in recent days as he navigates the uncertainty of his future. He has contended that he was “left in the dark” regarding who he might have been traded to at the NBA’s deadline back in February. Credible league sources have shared with ScoopB.com that Morant has expressed that he still has love for the city of Memphis and the Grizzlies’ loyal fanbase, and he is honestly just trusting the process on what is to come. Privately, Morant still does not have a wish list of teams he’d like to play with.

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Morant and Catch12, his media and business venture company, have purchased a stake in the Levallois Metropolitans French basketball team, ClutchPoints has been told. Over the last couple of years, the NBA and FIBA have quickly progressed towards a partnership to bring a new basketball league to Europe. Morant and his team have been monitoring those conversations, and the minority ownership signals Morant’s interest building out his business portfolio outside of traditional means.

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“I’m excited about how this first season with the Metros is going,” Ja Morant told ClutchPoints. “They represent the culture, just like we do. I like what we are building and hopefully we get to take it into NBA Europe.”

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Morant still hasn't gotten over the suspension, multiple league sources said, because he felt alienated by teammates, who were told to leave the star guard alone so he could work through the issues that had led to the suspension. In the aftermath, Morant told players around the league and some of his former coaches that he isn't playing for Memphis anymore, sources said.

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In the case of Trae Young, another former All-Star point guard whose star had dimmed, the Washington Wizards emerged as his preferred destination. They also happened to be the only team showing strong interest in him. The Hawks sent Young to Washington for CJ McCollum, who is on an expiring contract, and reserve wing Corey Kispert with no draft picks in the deal. That is the type of return that executives around the league consider reasonable in a Morant deal. League sources told ESPN that Kleiman engaged in preliminary conversations about Morant trades with several teams, but none of those discussions progressed. The star-starved Sacramento Kings even asked the Grizzlies to "incentivize" the deal by including first-round draft compensation with Morant, sources said. That quickly ended those talks between the teams.

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