{"id":149536,"date":"2025-07-05T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/149536\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T18:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T18:06:11","slug":"popular-loner-ja-morant-drops-a-cryptic-message-amidst-memphis-grizzlies-offseason-roster-moves-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/149536\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPopular loner\u201d- Ja Morant drops a cryptic message amidst Memphis Grizzlies offseason roster moves | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122270774.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cPopular loner\u201d- Ja Morant drops a cryptic message amidst Memphis Grizzlies offseason roster moves\" title=\"Ja Moran, Image via Getty\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Ja Moran, Image via Getty Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant seems to be in a completely different zone during the ongoing NBA offseason. The 25-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nba\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> star recently reacted to the roster moves made by the Memphis Grizzlies. With the current offseason in full swing, almost every NBA team is busy making the much-needed changes for the upcoming season. The cryptic message posted by Ja Morant on X has diverted the attention of his fans too. <\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant reacts to Memphis Grizzlies roster moves with a cryptic message <\/p>\n<p>Memphis Grizzlies has been making the most of the 2025 NBA offseason with their roster moves. Recently, Grizzlies\u2019 star Ja Morant shared multiple tweets on X which gave out mixed signals. However, through his cryptic tweets, he made it crystal clear that he was not interested in being a part of the team\u2019s roster retooling. His tweet mentioned \u201cPopular loner fr.\u201dAfter some time he further posted- \u201cSo mentally &amp; physically i stay far away.\u201dThis comes after the Memphis Grizzlies traded off Desmond Bane. The popular shooting guard shared a great camaraderie with Ja Morant both on and off the field. The Memphis Grizzlies have sent Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magic in a blockbuster deal. In return, Memphis receives Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony, the 16th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, a 2026 first-round pick from the Suns, Orlando\u2019s first-round picks in 2028 and 2030, and a 2029 first-round pick swap with the Magic.Even Luke Kennard was traded off by the Memphis Grizzlies to the Atlanta Hawks for the next NBA season in an $11 million deal. Ja Morant updated his profile picture on both Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) to an image of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/keanu-reeves\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keanu Reeves<\/a> as the iconic John Wick, according to GrizzMuse. The move appears to be a nod to the &#8220;Ja Wick&#8221; nickname that\u2019s gained traction among fans on social media.Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nba\/top-stories\/ive-got-to-be-a-defensive-menace-lebron-james-son-bronny-james-gives-an-honest-take-on-his-rookie-year-with-los-angeles-lakers\/articleshow\/122269906.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cI\u2019ve got to be a defensive menace- LeBron James\u2019 son Bronny James gives an honest take on his rookie year with Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ja Moran, Image via Getty Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant seems to be in a completely different zone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,406,21465,294,178,28629,865,185,293,177,4070,6,2085],"class_list":{"0":"post-149536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cole-anthony","10":"tag-desmond-bane-trade","11":"tag-grizzlies","12":"tag-ja-morant","13":"tag-keanu-reeves","14":"tag-kentavious-caldwell-pope","15":"tag-lebron-james","16":"tag-memphis","17":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","18":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-nba-offseason"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114801959593180008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}