Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Imagine Ja Morant Playing For The Knicks At MSG?!

15 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Draymond Green discusses the trade prospects of NBA star Ja Morant. He notes that Morant's off‑court controversies and recent injury history have lowered his market value, and he questions the quality of the Memphis Grizzlies' training staff, citing Andre Iguodala's reported refusal to work with them. Green draws a parallel between Memphis' approach and Atlanta's handling of Trae Young, suggesting Memphis may be taking a similar path. He then lists four potential suitors—Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, and New York Knicks—highlighting the Knicks as a particularly intriguing "dark horse" destination, especially given the allure of playing at Madison Square Garden. Green concludes that acquiring Morant would instantly elevate the Knicks' talent level.

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Can you imagine John Moran in the Garden? You know, they have the contracts to make it happen. I think that could be a dark horse. His hiccups, I will call them, that he's had off the court has kind of dropped his value a bit as far as how the injury concerns and how many games he's played over the last few years as opposed to how many games he didn't play. How good is the Memphis training staff? I don't know, but I know when Andre Iguodala was traded there, he didn't show up because he didn't wanna work with their training staff. Make no mistake about it, an elite player, and those guys just don't come up often. I feel like Memphis saw what Atlanta did with Trae, it was kind of like, all right, well, we're gonna put this in the same boat and we're gonna kind of take that same approach. So now who are the teams that you look around and you like, oh, that team may go after Ja Morant? Sacramento Kings, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks. I haven't seen any reports or anything like that, but can you imagine Ja Morant in the Garden? You know, they have the contracts to make it happen. I think that could be a dark horse. With that level of talent, that team instantly improves. Woo!