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Ja Morant’s reported trade value puts Grizzlies against the wall

Ja Morant’s reported trade value puts Grizzlies against the wall

For the second time in as many years, the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant aren’t seeing eye-to-eye. They shockingly fired head coach Taylor Jenkins last season because Morant reportedly didn’t feel comfortable with his offense. Now, he’s also feuding with new HC Tuomas Iisalo.  Morant hasn’t requested to be traded, but given his latest comments about the coaching staff and one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team, the writing is already on the wall. The problem, however, is that the Grizzlies might not receive the type of return they could expect in a trade. Usually, a 26-year-old former No. 2 pick and former All-Star point guard would go at a prime value. But according to ESPN salary-cap expert Bobby Marks, that may not be the case. “As for what a possible return for Morant could look like, one team executive ESPN talked to pointed to the 2023 trade that sent Kyrie Irving from the Nets to the Dallas Mavericks,” Marks wrote. “In that deal, the Nets received Spencer Dinwiddie, Finney-Smith, a 2Read More

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