Ok_cabbage_5695 | Kings

339 | 4 hours ago

Welcome to the Kings

Jacob_toasted | Timberwolves

107 | 4 hours ago

It makes too much sense

bigraptorr | Raptors

83 | 4 hours ago

~~Firing guns~~

~~Throwing grenades~~

~~Launching rockets~~

Lighting beams

Away_Experience6922 | Celtics

40 | 4 hours ago

Ja gonna have to buy a house in Auburn and commute if he wants to bring all his guns

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

17 | 4 hours ago

He’s more a Yuba-Sutter kinda guy imo, speaking as a Yuba-Sutter kid.

Chance_Carry_1030 | Warriors

3 | 2 hours ago

from the bay but been to Marysville many times, I fully agree

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

1 | 24 minutes ago

My condolences, I’m glad you lived to tell the tale.

Gaebril | Kings

4 | 3 hours ago

The funny part of Auburn/Roseville is they think the black guy with a gun is the standard downtown resident.

ShotgunStyles | Kings

1 | 4 hours ago

If you’re a Kings fan who’s interested in where players live then being in Auburn isn’t actually unheard of. A lot of the guys with big contracts live in a different wealthy suburb though.

Gaebril | Kings

8 | 3 hours ago

Most are El Dorado Hills and a gated community in Granite Bay

raven2474life | SAC

2 | an hour ago

I miss when Vlade was just down the road from me during his playing days. Peja is still close tho and so was Fox when he was here. I live in the Arden/Carmichael area

StarWarsMonopoly | Kings

1 | an hour ago

Artest used to live off of the Sierra College hill in Rocklin and I would always see him pulling out, smoking a huge cigar in his white Hummer when my dad was taking me to guitar lessons (I want to say this was like 2006 or 2007)

Ariesthebigram

15 | 4 hours ago

Ja will somehow become part of a gun-toting, bank-robbing crew, like in one of the opening scenes of One Battle After Another!

P.S. Reason why I referred to that was the bank robbery and chase scene of that movie was filmed in downtown Sacramento of all places

OralFixation4567

-7 | 3 hours ago

Pretty bold to reference something that likely only you know

ReggieEvansTheKing | Kings

3 | 4 hours ago

Mozzy sitting courtside

Danibear285 | Clippers

2 | 3 hours ago

The final circle of Hell

bubbles2255 | Kings

1 | 4 hours ago

For who though? Lavine?

Ok_cabbage_5695 | Kings

2 | 4 hours ago

Monk and Demar probably Carter too

ImLiterallyDepressed | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

Kings, Grizzlies, Raptors 3 way trade gonna be crazy

Ok_cabbage_5695 | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah can they get this shit done

S21500003 | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

I called this shit at the start of the season. For no other reason than its the Kings.

916bai | Kings

1 | an hour ago

Shoot the beam

Adventurous_One4682

101 | 4 hours ago

Having Ja in the locker room the rest of the year without JJJ is why the price is dropping.

jdd32

25 | 3 hours ago

Also cause the trade deadline is approaching and they realized that teams don’t view him as a positive asset at $40+ million

StarWarsMonopoly | Kings

9 | an hour ago

We love guys with bloated contracts who don’t play defense

The_Sneakiest_Fox | Supersonics

2 | 43 minutes ago

He needs to go somewhere where the culture won’t deal with his bullshit.

He’s like a kid that needs to be sent to military school.

Over-Training-488

89 | 4 hours ago

If bucks keep giannis they need to do it as a hail mary. Fire doc, trade for ja, good draft pick….

WhiteHeterosexualGuy | Hawks

29 | 4 hours ago

Agreed, they should tank hard from here out

No_Cat_No_Cradle | Trail Blazers

11 | 4 hours ago

they should really just tear it down and rebuild long term. they might just need to commit to a poor draft position through at least, say, 2030. trust the process.

EyesofEther | Bucks

8 | 3 hours ago

Is that the reasonable thing to do? Yes. But Giannis level players don’t come around very often and if it would keep him here I don’t think you could fault them for it.

No_Cat_No_Cradle | Trail Blazers

8 | 3 hours ago

its a joke because we and others have your picks through 2030

ndtp124 | Grizzlies

2 | 3 hours ago

Ja isn’t going anything for them. He doesn’t shoot 3s well their spacing would be worse

EyesofEther | Bucks

2 | 41 minutes ago

Bucks have plenty of shooting, they’d have to find a way to get some more perimeter defense though.

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

59 | 4 hours ago

I could definitely see Miami buying low or Milwaukee doing it as a last ditch effort.

Which is why instead the Kings will overpay for him

yeahright17 | Thunder

26 | 3 hours ago

I know it didn’t work with Damian Lillard, but let’s try another small guard that isn’t great on defense. But this time, let’s find one that can’t shoot and has an attitude problem.

TatersTot | PHI

17 | 3 hours ago

You’re approaching this from the wrong team building mindset. They’re not trying to be contenders this time. Ja is a buy low opportunity that probably won’t pay out but he’s an exciting player and can put butts in seats probably. Not like the Bucks can really tank with all their picks and swaps gone.

youblewwit

1 | 3 hours ago

and MIL is desperate

zs15 | Bucks

3 | 2 hours ago

We’re not that desperate. I’m middle of the road on Ja, but the reality is that we just don’t have the contracts to make a trade like this. We would have to move: Kuzma, Portis, GTJ, Porter Jr to make this work. That leaves no SF and no PF. Your starting lineup tonight would be Morant/Rollins/Green/Nance/Turner with a bench of Coffey, Anthony and Sims. That’s a significantly worse and thinner roster than we already have. An injury to Nance or Turner and we no longer have a frontcourt rotation.

totallynotliamneeson | Bucks

1 | 2 hours ago

Not really? The season is all but done for us, its about next season at this point

HippiesBeGoneInc | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

He can definitely shoot.

yeahright17 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Ja? No he can’t. He’s shooting 24% from 3 on the year and is a career 30% 3 pt shooter.

dontpassgo

2 | an hour ago

I think OP was going for a pew pew joke there.

RxJax | Heat

3 | 2 hours ago

Bucks have basically nothing to offer if they wont include Rollins or the pick (they wont). It’s basically just Miami offering a bunch of cap relief vs the Kings’ terrible contracts with whatever sweetener they can add. If they’d put in a pick already it’d probably be done so I guess it’s just DeRozan, Monk & Carter so far

Nomescardcollection

2 | 2 hours ago

Maybe Westbrook can coach up Ja

Aidanj927 | Spurs

52 | 4 hours ago

Why would Sacramento do this

legend023 | Pelicans

73 | 4 hours ago

They have nothing to lose, buy low and hope he bounces back

Ja seemed to be playing better before his most recent injury so it’s completely unfeasible

e30kid | 76ers

6 | 3 hours ago

Feasible?

YokoOkino | Warriors

7 | 3 hours ago

Uncompletely feasible

shualton | Warriors

2 | an hour ago

Well there is still an opportunity cost to not rebuilding

They’d basically just go back to chasing the play-in again, but with Ja.

Fair_Lead8635 | Kings

52 | 4 hours ago

Any time this question is asked, they end up doing that thing

swishfortyonesie | Mavericks

8 | 3 hours ago

Every Kings move can be looked at through the lens of “…but why?”

ShotgunStyles | Kings

17 | 4 hours ago

Buy low option and we have salaries to match. Zach Lavine for Ja Morant, who says no?

mikesh8rp | Knicks

5 | 4 hours ago

For all his faults, Ja is still pretty popular. Maybe just to get people to buy tickets and merch?

bootywizard42O | NBA

12 | 4 hours ago

He was popular because he was good and did cool dunks, which aren’t the case anymore

ImaginationCalm6801

3 | 4 hours ago

why do the kings do half of what they do?

Obi_Wan_KeBogi | Kings

3 | 3 hours ago

half is generous. 99% of what we do is moronic. The 1% good was the Beam

currychaos | Warriors

5 | 4 hours ago

D-fox replacement

OrganicValley_ | Bucks

3 | 4 hours ago

Because it’s what they do

Sweatytubesock

2 | 4 hours ago

Forget it, Aidanj927, it’s Sactown

drewm916 | Kings

1 | 36 minutes ago

For the entertainment value to /r/nba, of course. That’s why we do everything.

DunkingZBO | Grizzlies

40 | 4 hours ago

Just can’t wait to see Ja get traded and then be immediately available and awesome again

reiyashi | Zach Edey

14 | 3 hours ago

everyone is gonna love him too

werlterns | Grizzlies

15 | 3 hours ago

Already preparing myself, especially if he goes to a big market like Miami. It’s going to be disgusting

DestinysLostSoul | Grizzlies

1 | 11 minutes ago

the whistle he will get is gonna be crazy for the first few games

Imallvol7 | Grizzlies

5 | 2 hours ago

This sub is gonna act like they never hated him.

KptKrondog | MEM

1 | an hour ago

What? They would never do that! There is definitely no past dillons that would make you think that.

sheetsofsaltywood | Grizzlies

1 | 3 hours ago

If you don’t like that you don’t like grizzlies basketball

Little_Obligation_90

32 | 4 hours ago

Zach Lavine.

MikeConleyIsLegend | Grizzlies

16 | 4 hours ago

Ja can still take over playoff games. He never plays, but his talent isn’t just gone. Put him on a good team and you can win. Simple as. There’s still no one more clutch when it comes down to one possession than him.

fantasnick | Knicks

15 | 4 hours ago

I’ll take the guy who doesn’t need to get into those possessions because they didn’t miss the last 8 3’s in the game

MysteryNubs

9 | 4 hours ago

Hey fuck you buddy

ShotgunStyles | Kings

6 | 4 hours ago

Trae Young got dumped for nothing and he went to the ECF. Darius Garland was an up-and-coming All-Star and he got a pick attached to him to be dumped for Harden.

Grizzlies fans probably know it in their heart by now, but something similar is gonna happen to Ja Morant. If you’re a 6 foot tall point guard, then you just don’t belong in the NBA anymore.

yeahright17 | Thunder

6 | 3 hours ago

Small guards are fine. Small guards on max contracts that can’t shoot or play defense are not. Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Maxey are both the same height as Ja and they were both all star game starters.

TheWarelock | Heat

2 | 3 hours ago

Found Zach Kleiman’s reddit burner

bautistar1 | Nets

14 | 4 hours ago

crazy how star players are worth less than 3 and D guys lol

yeahright17 | Thunder

7 | 3 hours ago

*small guards that aren’t good defenders.

youblewwit

6 | 3 hours ago

because they’re only ‘star players’ in name, not in building a contending team.

The 3 and D guys are valuable because they help the real stars

Next_Worth_3616

10 | 4 hours ago

PLEASEEEEEEEE BE LAVINE FOR JA STRAIGHT UP

Jacob_toasted | Timberwolves

8 | 4 hours ago

The only good young player the bucks have is a pg, it’d be weird if they traded for Ja. Guess he could be a rehab and flip project tho.

Uncle_Beth | Raptors

12 | 4 hours ago

At this point, besides getting good draft compensation and young players in a Gianni’s trade, the Bucks top priority should be developing the hell out of Ryan Rollins

Enough-Cricket3707

7 | 4 hours ago

If he needs zero other roster competition to develop then hes not that guy

Uncle_Beth | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

If he’s playing behind Ja then the Bucks are screwing themselves

yuhanz | PHO

2 | 4 hours ago

They cant play together?

Uncle_Beth | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

I mean unless Rollins flat out has a career ending injury or career ending yips, he is their future. There is no need for them to bring in a high usage non-winning player who shares the same position if they go the direction of a rebuild. The more time Rollins has the ball in his hands the faster and better he will develop.

KingInTheFarNorth | Vancouver Grizzlies

2 | 3 hours ago

at 6’3 and 6’2, no they shouldn’t be on the floor together.

billwest630 | Bucks

3 | 4 hours ago

I’d trade KPJ. Rollins absolutely is a core piece for the bucks, but KPJ would be a solid trade.

Enough-Cricket3707

2 | 4 hours ago

Rehab flip is their best chance to end up with another good guard, i would love if they did it

EyesofEther | Bucks

1 | 3 hours ago

Eh, rollins isnt really a traditional point guard. He’s a combo guard.

CloudySkies64 | LAC

5 | 4 hours ago

Kings ew, and Miami literally has the coach that Ja was complaining about and playing ass under

Clemsontigger16

1 | 4 hours ago

Who is the coach? One of the assistants…if anyone can get the most out of Ja, it’s Spo.

Human_Chart_3694

3 | 4 hours ago

Spo gets the most out of players who are not THAT skilled but living the heat culture, doesnt he?

Ja seems like the opposite.

Clemsontigger16

3 | 4 hours ago

Just because he has gotten the most out of undrafted guys doesn’t mean he couldn’t also do that with talented guys…that doesn’t make any sense. It’s a matter of finding schemes that compliment the roster and he could do wonders with one of the quickest, twitchiest, most explosive guards in the league.

Yes you’d have to break through his attitude and get him to buy in, I have confidence Spo and the organization could do that though.

Ja needs a strong coach and culture.

Human_Chart_3694

2 | 3 hours ago

I’d love to see him there. He’s gifted like not many. But I’m wondering if Spo showed he can work with these headcases.

Dont want to say it won’t work. Just that Ja isnt the typical spo-player (dont want to argue. i’m from europe, just watching the yt-recaps and read some articles and reddit threads. I’m aware i dont have any reliable insight :D)

Grooviemann1 | Suns

2 | 3 hours ago

Agreed. Ja isn’t the bad seed that gets reformed at military school. He’s the one that burns the military school to the ground.

CloudySkies64 | LAC

1 | 4 hours ago

Before Herro came back,(sort of stopped tracking them since) a lot of their offense was extremely similar to what Memphis was doing under him.

Of course I’m aware Spo calls the shots, but if Ja fundamentally isn’t good in a system and he goes to a place employing said system, it would be reasonable to assume he will struggle as history has shown

Clemsontigger16

1 | 3 hours ago

Under who? I asked what coach you’re referring to?

CloudySkies64 | LAC

1 | 3 hours ago

Noah LaRoche. Memphis last year led the league in pace, they took the ball out of Ja’s hand to run less pick and rolls. And low and behold they’re doing the same thing in Miami

Ja is very P&R reliant, going to a system where they’re literally at the bottom of the league in P&R possessions (2.7 a game according to NBA.com) wouldn’t work for Ja

I’m not talking about Ja off the court antics, I’m talking strictly basketball.Ja has success playing with an Elite Screener(Ie Zach Edey or Stephen adams), that’s not Bam or ware. He needs a big body thats a hard hitter on screens, so he can have his angles when he’s going downhill. Going back to 2022, half court wise when Ja is on the floor without a Stephen adams or a Edey they’re a negative or below average offense.

Outside of culture, which Miami is good at, they can’t fundamentally change Ja as a player

Clemsontigger16

2 | 3 hours ago

Thanks, I knew there was an assistant coach fired alongside Jenkins last year but didn’t know his name.

I took the Heat’s shift to this system as a personnel decision, knowing with their roster they had to do something dramatically to find an advantage. If Spo has shown anything it’s that he will modify the scheme and game plan to get the most out of his roster. He isn’t someone to stubbornly lock into a system.

I don’t see why they wouldn’t modify things to optimally use him. They currently are a middle of the road team, I don’t really see the upside of sticking to this scheme no matter what if it isn’t going to lead to real contention possibilities this year.

Bam and Ware are more than capable bodies for setting screens btw, you don’t need massive players to screen effectively.

There is no one on the Heat currently who has the upside that Ja does if his full potential can be realized. Continuing to exist as a play in team year after year doesn’t seem like the best strategy, gotta take a swing at some point.

RadDood84

5 | 4 hours ago

Bulls will take him

maxxor6868 | Grizzlies

4 | 3 hours ago

Can’t wait to see this sub pretend they love Ja all along once he out of memphis and the hundreds of posts about “fine in the west” are exagerration that never happen

ianbits | Cavaliers

3 | 4 hours ago

Honestly Milwaukee makes sense

Throw Giannis a bone for this year and try to do SOMETHING to make the play-in at least. Then he gets a few playoff games in Milwaukee as a send off and Morant turns into the tank commander

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

3 | 4 hours ago

Milwaukee should give it a shot. Nothing to lose here. Worst case scenario they have a 20ppg PG to rebuild around once Giannis is gone

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

3 | 3 hours ago

I was thinking Milwaukee made a ton of sense, whether they move on from Giannis or make one last push to convince him to stay.

PocketFullOfRondos | Kings

3 | 3 hours ago

Sacramento and Ja morant is a match made in heaven(actual real Christian hell)

Jec1027 | Warriors

2 | 4 hours ago

Lets work ja

Fair-Night3803

2 | 4 hours ago

The Heat makes the most sense. Why are the Grizzlies being petty? If the price is low then send him where he wants to go. I can understand this logic if his value was higher.

AZEd1 | Bulls

2 | 2 hours ago

I could see the bulls buying him, we need another point guard to round out our roster

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

Ja your new King

enblightened

1 | 4 hours ago

Ja should buy a house and commute from Vallejo, and make the town change its name to Jallejo or Valleja

AwesomoApple

1 | 4 hours ago

I actually really like him in Minnesota.

ImTheBestNerd | San Francisco Warriors

1 | 4 hours ago

Terry Rozier and Simone welcome to the Memphis Grizzlies

Damezang | Trail Blazers

1 | 4 hours ago

Watch him get flipped for Rozier and change

Cote_Goat

-2 | 4 hours ago

I’d rather have Terry tbh

Damezang | Trail Blazers

1 | 3 hours ago

Lmao

VegasWorldwide

1 | 4 hours ago

lmao it’s expiring salary. kings would be smart to take a gamble. no draft capital involved. maybe a 2nd.

cantgrowneckbeardAMA | Kings

1 | 4 hours ago

Doug’s like “I can fix him”

No_Detective_1139 | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

I feel like Milwaukee will trade for him as a last roll of dice to compete with this core of players

SwampFlowers | Bulls

1 | 4 hours ago

He’s a guard so he’s gonna end up in Chicago.

ialreadyknowthatsong | 76ers

1 | 4 hours ago

Bro the kings gotta be the funniest franchise of all time 😭😭

What the actual fuck is the reasoning for this

Dangerous_Ad5039

1 | 4 hours ago

If the Bucks want to keep Giannis they gotta do whatever to get Ja. If Giannis still ends up leaving you know he was just full of shit and at least you got Ja.

SacTeacher91 | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Zach LaVine and a future 2nd it’s time to learn to speak Grizzly.

Im_TroyMcClure | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Bulls need a guard

azuredota

1 | 3 hours ago

Uncoachable, riddled with suspensions, no playoff success

MasterFussbudget | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

a team like Sacramento or Miami

Miami sayin wtf did we do to be grouped like this?

KumingaCarnage | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Give us Ja u can have kuminga. And no u don’t get any picks from us.

dre_mescudi | Kings

1 | 3 hours ago

Get ready to learn Sacramento!

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

Ja in Miami, wha could possibly go wrong

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

If you would’ve told me a couple years ago that Bane would go for the most, then JJJ and then Ja would be pushed out the door, I’d have called you a damn liar

ThaChildishOne | Bucks

1 | 3 hours ago

I could see us doing it as a last ditch effort to keep Giannis. Bobby Portis was mysteriously injured and didn’t play yesterday so I’d imagine he’s on the trade block

igotinfirstlol | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

welp, Ja to the bucks confirmed

NoLimitSoldier31

1 | 2 hours ago

They were never getting anything. With his current play & salary he’s a net negative to a contender

MITvincecarter | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

ja for podz

andreasmiles23 | Bulls

1 | 30 minutes ago

Come to Chicago. Billy Donovan loves guards with streaky shooting and 0 defensive IQ.

[Fischer] The Grizzlies’ asking price for Ja Morant has dropped significantly, sources say. If we do end up seeing Memphis’ point guard dealt over the next 27 hours, a team like Sacramento or Miami is going to do so at a low cost. I’ve been told not to discount Milwaukee there, either.