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By trading Bane, long part of the core in Memphis with Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., Kleiman is acting on those words. But more star trades are not expected. Sources told ESPN that the Grizzlies are not looking to deal either of their two remaining franchise cornerstones.

The team has spent the past several months clearing salary cap space to complete a renegotiation and extension of Jackson’s contract this offseason, preventing him from hitting free agency in 2026. The belief is that an extension will get done, sources said. But the Bane trade gives Memphis an avenue to give Jackson even more on that deal and lock him in long term.
Source: ESPN

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The Desmond Bane deal has naturally sparked a much louder round of questioning about what the Grizzlies’ next moves might be, but I don’t get the sense that rival teams are expecting them to proceed to more of a teardown. At least that’s not my early impression after several Father’s Day phone calls.

Rival teams, if anything, seemed to be more intent in the aftermath of the trade in trying to figure out what Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman might try to turn all of these new picks at his disposal into … and whether such flipping might happen sooner rather later.
Source: marcstein.substack.com