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,

The Luka Dončić-Anthony Davis trade has sent shockwaves through the NBA, and the ripple effect seems to be the inclusion of other superstars in trade rumors. One of the names that got brought up during the downtime of the All-Star break is Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies.

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.