Trade speculation about Morant first surfaced when The Ringer's Howard Beck, in a conversation on the "Real Ones" podcast about other star players who could potentially be traded,

Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman doesn't blame other GMs for coveting Ja Morant, but emphasized they don't have a shot at getting him.

Despite a report from Howard Beck of The Ringer, no one truly believes that the Memphis Grizzlies would trade Ja Morant this offseason. However, after seeing Lu