128.4 million in 2 years! Morant fired his agent! He personally negotiated the contract renewal

According to Grizzlies reporter Drew Hill, Morant intends to renew his contract with the Grizzlies without an agent. Morant's current contract is US$197 million for five years and expires in the summer of 2028. The salary in the next three years is: US$39.45 million, US$42.17 million and US$44.89 million respectively. If you renew your contract at present, you can sign up to 2 years of US$128.4 million.

In the past year and a half, Morant has fired his agent twice: 1. In April 2024, Morant terminated his contract with his agent Jim Tanner. Jim Tanner is Morant's first agent in the NBA. The two parties have started to cooperate since 2019; 2. In June 2025, Lift Sports, the agency founded by Morant and Mike Miller terminated their contract.

When an NBA player signs a contract, the agent's commission can be up to 4%; for a commercial endorsement contract, the agent's commission rate can reach 20%. If Morant does not fire his agent, he will pay the agent $5.13 million when renewing the contract. Morant was very confident in himself, so he decided to talk to the Grizzlies directly to save more than 5 million.

Morant is not the first NBA player to do so, nor will he be the last. In February this year, Alexander parted ways with his agent. By July, Alexander renewed his contract with the Thunder for four years of $285 million. If the commission rate is based on a 4% commission ratio, Alexander will save $11.4 million directly, which is enough to buy a luxury house.

Embid and Harden had no full-time agents for a long time. From 2017 to 2023, Harden asked his mother to handle everything. It was not until February 2023 that Harden hired former Adidas executive Trey Payne as a full-time agent. In fact, the role of an agent is not only to negotiate contracts, but also to conduct crisis public relations to help players maintain their image.

The reason why Morant fired his first agent was because Morant felt that Jim Tanner did not help him maintain his image. He was suspended from the NBA twice, resulting in Morant missing the best team, losing a total of $50 million. Having said that, Morant held a gun twice and refused to change his skills. No matter which agent he changed, he couldn't do anything to deal with him.

Morant was born on August 10, 1999. He is 1.88 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.01 meters. He is the second-tier show in 2019. In his six-year NBA career, Morant played more than 65 regular season games in just one season. So far in his career, Morant has only played 307 regular season games in total. Garland, who was in the same class as him, played 382 games, and Kobe White played 422 games.

Morant was either injured or suspended, with only 67 games in the most season. He played in the playoffs in total, three of which were eliminated in the first round and one of them was eliminated in the second round. If Morant renews his contract for two more years this time, his new contract will expire in the summer of 2030 and will be tied to the Grizzlies in the next five years. In the 2024-25 season, Morant played 50 regular season games for the Grizzlies, averaging 23.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.7 turnovers, with three shooting percentages: 45.4%, 30.9%, and 82.4%. This summer, the Grizzlies sent Bain to the Magic. The Grizzlies management made a statement at the first time and continued to build a lineup around Morant and 3J.

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