{"id":725244,"date":"2026-05-04T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/725244\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:03:31","slug":"nba-rumors-ja-morant-jaren-jackson-jr-reunion-on-utah-jazz-shut-down-despite-magic-game-appearance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/725244\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumors: Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. Reunion On Utah Jazz Shut Down Despite Magic Game Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could fans witness a Ja Morant<\/a> and Jaren Jackson Jr. partnership back up on the Utah Jazz<\/a>? Despite the current rumors, the current word is don\u2019t count on it.<\/p>\n

Even though Morant and Jackson, who played almost seven seasons together at the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>, were seen supporting former Memphis teammate Desmond Bane<\/a> during the Orlando Magic<\/a>\u2018s playoff game, NBA insider Marc Stein says that Morant will be unlikely to join Jackson in Utah, where he was traded earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat scene not only brought on a wave of nostalgia for numerous NBA onlookers but also naturally prompted the question: Is a Morant\/Jackson reunion in Salt Lake City in any way feasible?\u201d Stein wrote in his Substack.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sense is no. Sources say that the Jazz, who have the emerging Keyonte George<\/a> at the forefront of their backcourt, are not currently regarded as a possible landing spot for Morant with Memphis widely expected to resume its efforts to trade him in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memphis are in the midst of overhauling their roster, and Morant is undoubtedly the largest domino left to fall. Last year June, the Grizzlies executed a trade with the Magic, who shipped a pair of players and, most importantly, four unprotected first-round draft picks in exchange for Bane.<\/p>\n

Then, before this year\u2019s deadline, the Grizzlies sent Jackson and three more players to the Jazz for three more first-rounders, plus a few players.<\/p>\n

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Ja Morant has two years and about $87 million left on the five-year, $197.2 million deal he signed with the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> back in 2022. Since then, he has struggled to stay healthy on the court as a result of several injuries, as well as a few suspensions for off-the-court incidents.<\/p>\n

The first major date of the NBA offseason this year is the NBA draft on June 23 and 24. Nonetheless, a trade involving Morant, a former second overall selection, could certainly factor into the annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could fans witness a Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. partnership back up on the Utah Jazz? Despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,497,178,625,6684,423,955,2546,177,6,76,181,422,427,3972],"class_list":["post-725244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utah-jazz","tag-basketball","tag-desmond-bane","tag-ja-morant","tag-jackson","tag-jaren-jackson","tag-jazz","tag-keyonte-george","tag-marc-stein","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-nba","tag-orlando-magic","tag-the-grizzlies","tag-utah","tag-utah-jazz","tag-utahjazz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116515032480904655","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725244","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=725244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}