Jun 16, 2025 02:14 AM IST

Desmond Bane and Ja Morant turned the Memphis Grizzlies’ most dynamic backcourt duo as a result of their dramatically completely different taking part in types meshed nicely collectively.

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant reacted to the Desmond Bane commerce, calling it ‘tough’

Desmond Bane’s friendship with Ja Morant extends off the courtroom regardless of the previous’s commerce to Orlando.(IMAGN IMAGES through Reuters Connect)

Bane was traded to the Orlando Magic on Sunday morning, and Morant does not appear very joyful about it. Anyway, he wished his now former teammate the most effective for the longer term and requested him to ‘go be great’.

“Same shii gang. Shii tough but we (locked) forever. Go be great brudda,” Morant wrote in his Instagram story together with a photograph with Desmond Bane.

Desmond Bane and Ja Morant turned the Memphis Grizzlies’ most dynamic backcourt duo as a result of their dramatically completely different taking part in types meshed nicely collectively. While Morant was one of many league’s most dynamic guards when attending to the basket, Bane has been one of many NBA’s greatest 3-point shooters.

Now, the partnership has damaged, and Bane heads to Orlando for his future. But Ja Morant has certainly indicated that the commerce would not have an effect on the duo’s friendship off the courtroom as they navigate life on it with out one another.

The Desmond Bane commerce

With the NBA low season underway for all franchises besides the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Memphis Grizzlies determined to commerce Desmond Bane for guards Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony. The Grizzlies additionally get a first-round choose swap and 4 unprotected first-round picks for Bane. This is the primary main low season commerce for the NBA sides this yr.

For Memphis, the inclusion of Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Cole Anthony provides some much-needed depth to the backcourt. As per Sports Illustrated, the Grizzlies get the No. 16 choose within the 2025 NBA draft within the commerce. The aspect can even have a 2026 first-round choose with swap rights from both the Washington Wizards or the Phoenix Suns. They additionally get Orlando’s 2028 and 2030 unprotected first-round draft picks and a frivolously protected 2029 first-round draft choose swap.