Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[mvossman]

I do not know about a Great fit... BUT I could see Ja as a Kyrie type of investment to buy low and increase the basketball talent all the while hoping for a similar uptick value.
In fact, I have often thought about trying to flip KI for Ja when his contract is up and we would rather have something than nothing under contract. I would hope KI would have value as an expiring contract in this type of scenario and extract a tip from Memphis to get out from under Morant.

Except that Ja was never near as good as Kyrie, the injury concerns are a much bigger concern, and he is a different kind of knucklehead, one that I think is less likely to go away.  If we ever do trade away Kyrie (and I am skeptical that happens) I hope its for something better than a high risk negative asset.