NBA Trade Deadline Week this year started with the surprise that James Harden again wants to be on a different team and turned to shock on Tuesday morning when the 19-win Memphis Grizzlies and 15-win Utah Jazz got together for a blockbuster trade. The Grizzlies’ rebuild is underway, but Ja Morant isn’t the first domino to fall. Jaren Jackson Jr. is being traded from the Grizzlies to the Jazz in a deal that involves eight players and three first-round picks being sent to Utah, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported, citing sources.Stunning is an appropriate word for the move. Jackson, a big fish, is off the board and he’s joining a team nobody envisioned. The biggest fish remains on the market with the unknown if he’s staying in the water until the summer or about to jump ship. It’s no surprise that the Warriors are one of a few teams strongly pursuing Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. The real question is about Plan B. What if the Warriors again are connected to Antetokounmpo just to be a talking point? All indications suggest the Warriors are working under the assumption that Jimmy Butler will be rehabbing his torn ACL...
Warriors’ Plan B for NBA trade deadline looms over Giannis Antetokounmpo pursuit
Published February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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