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Ja Morant cut off his signature locs and revealed a shorter, natural hairstyle in an Instagram carousel captioned with a single scissors emoji.

The post drew more than 746,000 likes in roughly 16 hours, while former Grizzlies teammate Ziaire Williams joked that Morant should have gone for a Jeezy-style cut.

The makeover follows Morant’s June trade from Memphis to Portland and the $3.23 million sale of his Tennessee mansion, though he hasn’t said whether the haircut signals a fresh start.

Ja Morant just made one of his biggest changes yet, and this one has nothing to do with basketball. The Portland Trail Blazers guard has officially chopped off his signature locs, revealing a dramatically different hairstyle in a new Instagram post that documents the entire transformation.

Morant didn't bother with a lengthy explanation.…