Grizzlies rumors: Insider shuts down agent’s idea of No. 3 pick with Ja Morant

The Memphis Grizzlies have been heading toward a full rebuild that started last offseason, and they have now found themselves in a position where they can get a new franchise star with the No. 3 pick in the draft. The team is still trying to offload Ja Morant after failing to do so at the trade deadline, and it looks like it will be more likely to happen this offseason.

According to an agent who spoke with NBA insider Jake Fischer at the draft lottery, there’s a belief that the Grizzlies could trade down from No. 3 and attach Morant.

Fischer isn’t buying it.

“It didn’t take long for an agent on the ground in Chicago to suggest to me that Memphis could potentially look to trade down from No. 3 as part of deal that ships out Morant, but I find such a scenario almost certainly too drastic,” Fischer wrote. “If anything Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman has a history of trading up and/or into the draft. Don’t forget that he just did so last June, swapping picks with Portland to be able to select Cedric Coward at No. 11 overall.”

“Being able to make a pick at No. 3 overall is just too tantalizing of an opportunity for the Grizzlies to start over with a bonafide franchise-level prospect.”

That would be a big move for the Grizzlies to attach Morant with the No. 3 pick to trade down, and like Fischer said, it’s a drastic move. The Grizzlies have a chance to get a franchise player with the pick, and trying to trade the pick just to get rid of Morant is bad pick management.

They also shouldn’t be that desperate to trade Morant, because there will definitely be teams looking to acquire his services. The Grizzlies would be going backward if they made a deal like that.

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