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The Portland Trail Blazers have been in talks with the Boston Celtics recently regarding a potential Jaylen Brown trade. However, on Monday afternoon, the team made a huge splash on the trade market that few, if any, pundits saw coming.
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"BREAKING: The Memphis Grizzlies are trading two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant to the Portland Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray , sources tell ESPN," reported ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania on X, formerly Twitter.
By adding Morant, the Blazers now have a plethora of backcourt players on their roster, including Damian Lillard, Scoot Henderson, Jrue Holiday, Shaedon Sharpe, and others, which has led some to speculate that this could be a precursor to another move, potentially still involving Brown.
At his peak, Morant was one of the most electrifying players in the NBA, conjuring up memories of prime Derrick Rose for the Grizzlies in the earlier portion of this decade. However, off-court issues, injuries, and a general decline in production had tanked Morant's value to near negative territory, as Memphis was unable to find a trade partner for him at last season's deadline.
The fact that the Blazers were able to get him for Grant and Murray, without having to give up any draft compensation or members of their burgeoning young core, is certainly a win, especially if Morant is able to recapture his old form now that he's in a new city.
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For the Grizzlies, all core members of their playoff team from a few years ago are now officially off the roster, and the team is now in full rebuild mode around Cam Boozer .
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