Q: Ira, how about a few “fake” trades with the Heat for Ja Morant? I’m sure you can come up with something. – Steve.

A: Yes, “fake” trades certainly have become a thing, a way to speculate while also making it clear that such conceptualizations don’t become aggregated as any type of legitimate speculation. Fair enough, I’ll illegitimately speculate, as you desire. Before getting to the numbers, there does have to be legitimate concern about how Ja Morant’s body has held up, as well as where his head is at. And considering the lack of NBA insight into what happened with the Terry Rozier gambling investigation , how close is Ja in the NBA’s eyes from yet another league suspension, should something go awry away from the court? It does seem, in that regard, that Ja is somewhere around two s

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