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Dec 5, 2024; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) passes the ball as Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray (13) defends during the second quarter at FedExForum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images
\nSacramento Kings<\/p>\n
Excuse my french, but the Kings are down bad right now. Despite having four players with multiple All-Star selections, they have the worst record in the Western Conference (8-30). The worst part of it all is that just two years ago, people thought that the crestfallen franchise was finally turning it around. Ever since then, it\u2019s been all downhill. There\u2019s a strong chance that adding Morant would only make it worse.<\/p>\n
In terms of intangibles, Morant\u2019s seemingly incorrigible behavior not only doesn\u2019t align with Kings general manager Scott Perry\u2019s principles, it won\u2019t help an organization that lacks accountability from top to bottom. When considering his skillset, Morant\u2019s pace and playmaking are strengths that may even remind them of De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a>. Unfortunately for them, his unreliable defense and 3-ball are weaknesses that exacerbate their current problems. With the way he\u2019s playing right now, he\u2019d only be a incremental upgrade to Russell Westbrook<\/a> and Dennis Schroder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Looking from the Grizzlies side though, a potential trade makes more sense. They should be able to acquire some combination of Schroder, Malik Monk<\/a> and DeMar DeRozan<\/a> in this deal. Schroder could play the part of the mature and experienced lead guard. Each of them could help Memphis\u2019s offense, which has multiple players overextending themselves as scorers.<\/p>\n Verdict: Trade Legitimately Possible, Fit Questionably Feasible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec 5, 2024; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) passes the ball as Sacramento Kings…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,178,293,177,4070,6,6050,7170,2828],"class_list":{"0":"post-529437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-ja-morant","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-rumors","16":"tag-nba-trade","17":"tag-nba-trade-deadline"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115876524571642901","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529437","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=529437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}