s/magic - Hypothetical Ja Morant Trade to ORL

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Hypothetical Ja Morant Trade to ORL

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Grizzlies

+2 players ($9.2m) +2 picks,

Cap Impact - $19.9M

Jalen Suggs

SG, 6' 5", 0.4 LEBRON
Poison Pill | Primary Ball Handler

$9.1M

6yrs

Anthony Black

PG, 6' 7", -0.78 LEBRON
Contract Over | Primary Ball Handler

$7.6M

3yrs

2025 - Round 1

2029 - Round 1

+ 0 Wins

+22.45 MPG

-4.20 Off.

+2.43 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$27.5M

$31.7M

$42.5M

($143.3M)

($146.3M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$36,725,670

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$26,614,731

Allowable Incoming Cap

$46,157,088

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$7,607,760

Cap Difference

- $10,110,939

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $36.7M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $19,542,357

Poison Pill

Jalen Suggs is on a rookie contract and signed an extension that is to begin the following season. Therefore, he has what is known as a "poison pill" contract. He can no longer be traded for a player making equal money. Instead, his current salary is averaged along with the salaries he is to receive in his extension, and that average becomes his incoming salary for trade purposes. His outgoing value for the Magic will be $9.1M while his incoming value for the receiving team will be $26.6M.

Must Waive Players

Memphis would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Magic

+1 player ($36.7m),

Cap Impact + $19.9M

Ja Morant

PG, 6' 2", 1.39 LEBRON
Shot Creator

$36.7M

4yrs

+ 0 Wins

-22.45 MPG

+4.20 Off.

-2.43 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$525K

$5.2M

$16.0M

($170.2M)

($172.8M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$16,796,145

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$36,725,670

Allowable Incoming Cap

$24,296,145

Cap Difference

+ $19,929,525

Standard Contracts

14 Salary Matching

Incoming < $16.7M x $7.5M

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $12,429,525

Contract Over

After the trade deadline, the team cannot trade Anthony Black since he has a team option next year which is worth $7.9M.

Financial

Magic are unable to complete this trade. Since they are not an over apron team, and they are sending out between $7,500,000 and $29.0M in salary, they are only able to take back $7.5M more than the salary they are sending out.

Magic can only take back $24.2M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $12.4M from the Magic incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Magic.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Trade details:

Magic acquire

Ja Morant

Grizzlies acquire

Jalen Suggs
Anthony Black
2025 ORL unprotected first (pick 16)
2029 ORL unprotected first

Magic

2025-26 Magic starting lineup

PG Ja Morant
SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF Franz Wagner
PF Paolo Banchero
C Wendell Carter Jr.

2025-26 Magic bench

PG Cole Anthony
SG Gary Harris
SF Tristan da Silva
PF Jonathan Isaac
C Goga Bitadze

2025-26 Magic reserves

Moritz Wagner, Caleb Houstan, Jett Howard

Grizzlies

2025-26 Grizzlies starting lineup

PG Jalen Suggs
SG Desmond Bane
SF Jaylen Wells
PF Jaren Jackson Jr.
C Zach Edey

2025-26 Grizzlies bench

PG Scotty Pippen Jr.
SG Anthony Black
SF Vince Williams Jr.
PF GG Jackson
C Brandon Clarke

Hypothetical Ja Morant Trade to ORL

Grizzlies

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$27.5M

$31.7M

$42.5M

Outgoing Cap

$36,725,670

Incoming Cap

$26,614,731

Allowable Incoming Cap

$46,157,088

ETPE's Used

$7,607,760

Cap Difference

- $10,110,939

Standard Contracts

16

Salary Matching

Incoming < $36.7M x 1.25 + $250K

Magic

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$525K

$5.2M

$16.0M

Outgoing Cap

$16,796,145

Incoming Cap

$36,725,670

Allowable Incoming Cap

$24,296,145

Cap Difference

+ $19,929,525

Standard Contracts

14

Salary Matching

Incoming < $16.7M x $7.5M

Trade details:

Magic

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