{"id":775792,"date":"2026-07-03T05:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775792\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:09:11","slug":"ja-morants-blazers-jersey-number-revealed-in-new-video-after-blockbuster-trade-from-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775792\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant&#8217;s Blazers Jersey Number Revealed in New Video After Blockbuster Trade from Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Ja Morant is taking a new number to go along with his new team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Morant is switching from No. 12 to No. 1 ahead of his first season with the Portland Trail Blazers, the team revealed in a Thursday video on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Morant wore No. 12 for seven seasons with the Grizzlies before he was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25179164-ja-morant-traded-blazers-grizzlies-return-revealed-ahead-nba-free-agency\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">traded<\/a> earlier this week in exchange for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 12 was most recently worn in Portland by LaMarcus Aldridge, who wore the jersey from 2006 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Blazers have not retired the number, although no player has worn it since and Damian Lillard has <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/damian-lillard-blazers-retire-lamarcus-aldridge-jersey-number-225339845.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">campaigned<\/a> for the franchise to put No. 12 in the rafters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">No. 1 was worn for the Blazers last season by Blake Wesley, who hit free agency after playing out a one-year contract with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Morant, a two-time All-Star with the Grizzlies, is seeking a bounce-back campaign after he was limited to just 20 games last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Blazers will hope better health and a spot in a new rotation featuring Damian Lillard will help Morant return to All-Star status next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ja Morant is taking a new number to go along with his new team. Morant is switching from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-775792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}