Blazers Pull Off Morant Swap, Signal Holiday Stay as Davis Talks Cool

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Portland stunned the league by trading for Ja Morant from Memphis in exchange for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, joining a lineup that already features Damian Lillard and Scoot Henderson. With Morant in the mix, insiders say the Blazers are more likely to keep Jrue Holiday and have cooled on pursuing Anthony Davis, sending messages to other teams that Holiday isn’t going anywhere. The resulting core—Morant, Holiday, Henderson, Avdija, Clingan, and Sharpe—aims to elevate Portland after a 42-40 playoff finish, with the team eyeing further improvement in the 2026-27 season.
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