The Memphis Grizzlies are finding out the hard way that their once-upon-a-time superstar Ja Morant has less trade value than they’d hope, or think. The Atlanta Hawks were just gobsmacked with the same realization about Trae Young.
If things don’t change, the New York Knicks are headed down an identical path with Karl-Anthony Towns.
Sure, the circumstances are different. Morant and, until recently, Young were on the teams that drafted them. Towns has yet to finish his second season in New York. But the Knicks are stewards of his contract—a deal that will pay him $57.