Ja Morant drops 40-piece despite the loss versus 76ers: 40 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 16-22 FG
Ja Morant drops 40-piece despite the loss versus 76ers: 40 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL, 4 TOV
16-22 FG, 0-2 3P, 8-10 FT, +11, 34 MIN
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810313
He was unstoppable tonight
Body language was horrible , bitching at his teammates A lot , after he scored his kept telling him to move the fuck out the way … he’s not likable
People always hating even when he up
He makes it really easy
Idk man, seems like someone is always taking shots when ja’s around.
Damn that’s hilarious man I never heard of these jokes about Ja
Great analysis buddy 🙌 Really impressed you can string together words so well at such a young age
As long as he doesn’t fight any kids
Womp womp. Let it go. That happened in 2022, and that “kid” was almost 18 while Ja wasn’t that much older at 22. There’s a reason why the judge threw out his and his bag-chasing mom’s civil suit—he lied about multiple things, and he even threatened to shoot up Ja’s house. He deserved the punch, quite frankly.
Who cares about whether he’s likable in response to if he balled out tonight? Lol
Some kids just dont like serious players. Ja was determined to win and his supporting cast mostly (Santi) kept fucking it up
r/nba’s favorite criteria for judging a players performance and ranking is being “likable “ and body language LMAO
lol
Oh shut up, you’re just dug into your stance and just trying to validate it.
You would understand his frustration if you had to rely on “Santi Aldama” and “Jaren Jackson Jr.” down the stretch of this game.
Bros signature shoe is too tough too not be hooping like this
The floaters he was hitting in this game were ridiculous, getting downhill vs Embiid a lot
Put the fear of god in me every time he had the ball in the 4th
I’m shocked Embiid didn’t foul out ngl.
Can’t even hate though
Those two jumpers he settled for at the very end was a huge sigh of relief.
Embiid will always have that epic block on him tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvjctMeQlak
Ja would be so good if he could shoot 3s
I mean he’s pretty good when he doesn’t shoot 3s I think
Yeah which amplifies the fact even more lol
He’s pretty good when he doesn’t do dumb shit, on or off the court
Scorching hot take there bud, how long did that one take to come up with?
The common refrain in our fanbase has been “when/if Ja develops a jumper” for 6 years running unfortunately.
Grizzlies are lucky to have ja. Without him they are irrelevant they are a small market team with no incentives for a star player to ever want to come play there…imo only chance grizzlies got is trying flip jjj for giannis..jjj more of a problem than ja
Spacing would be horrendous with Giannis tho
Man if only they had a great 3 point shooting wing on the team too
I think giannis fits more than jjj in the fast pace offense they are trying to run now… worrying about ja and giannis running off boards can open up shootter like wells cam and coward
funny to say, but Morant could learn a lot from Ant
For as much as it’s felt like he’s been the sole thing stopping the Grizzlies dead in their tracks when it’s time to make a statement it was the exact opposite tonight with the exception of Coward
Jjj needs to step the fuck up
Its illegal for ja and jaren to both have a good night.
Past couple weeks he has been lol. Hes been playing well recently. Just dropped a big stinker this game
He just plays like a role player and for 240 million fucking dollars that’s unacceptable, too many times I’ve sat and watched this dude literally just give up and throw his hands in the air or act sassy and pouty when he’s very capable of making something happen
Like dude you’re a 7 ft athletic DPOY being paid the supermax, STEP THE FUCK UP 😤
When Edey comes back it’s fucking over tho, but idk maybe I’m blinded my confirmation bias/tunnel vision and jjj isn’t as much of a liability as i feel he is
Hard to say when half the team is out and we’re relying on jock Landale and Santi Aldama to play the entire game 😭(love them though but it’s rough out here they hustling though)
Im not a fan of his whining, but to play devils advocate he does get a shitty whistle. Id just wish he’d complaining running back on defense.
Regardless of that, past couple of weeks hes been a two way threat and well. This game wasnt good and he shoulda played better, but lot of people saying he hasnt stepped up yet this season, when he was one of the main guys doing so recently
you can’t tell me he’s been worth the contract he was given though. Guy is like 7ft with a long ass wingspan and averages 5 rebounds. he should be an easy 20-10 every single night.
If he plays like he did last season he would be imo. Hes been struggling but has been catching a rhythm the past couple of weeks outside of tonight
Part of his poor rebound comes down to his kind relativitely unorthodox role in as a floorspacing big who is roam-heavy, mobile defender although i dont disagree he needs to be stronger on the boards when he happens to be in position.
Thats why guys like Edey and Adams made the team more formidable. He alters a ton of shots but often isnt in position to grab them himself.
Yeah I agree his weird role puts him out of position for rebounds pretty often, but man, less than 6 rebounds a game for a big is still bad
All of his inconsistent stuff was fine when he was a young project pick figuring it all out, now he’s supposed to be one of our top two players and it feels like every game has a 40% chance of him totally disappearing
12 rebounds though
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Braindead take. Last year was easily the best of his career. Not even remotely close
I have never seen much Grizzlies ball but decided to check in tonight. Coward was incredible.
2022 Ja
Reddit told me he was trash though!!
He is.
Nice cope bro.
How’s that cope? One game makes him amazing again? You have to have insane worth ethic to maintain being a top level player in any sport, and ja has proven he does not. How many teams are lining up right now to trade for ja?
One game huh? He’s been to the all star game and made an all nba team. But I guess you get those achievements from playing one game. Like I said nice cope bro
Talking this year and this recent stretch of games? I mean, what do you see?
Yes he has regressed. But that doesn’t make him trash I’m not even a Ja fan but peoples hate really blinds them into saying stupid shit
Did I or the guy you comment use the word trash or even insinuate trash?
I wasn’t trying to saying ja was trash at all he made an all nba team which is higher achievement then anything ill ever do in my own life. But I personally feel that he’s completely fallen off a cliff as a player and there’s an argument for injuries, but I think it’s obvious that he lacks work ethic and character.
Fuck I mean damn I just checked and you in fact say “He is”
I’m not trying to trash talk him as a basketball player or anything, no need for the hostility just having some discourse. It just seems like he doesn’t have the work ethic to keep up with other top level guys year after year. And he has been horrendous Lately with the contract he’s on no?
You called him trash. Make up your damn mind.
OP: “I’m not trying to trash talk him, I just want to have a friendly discussion!”
Also OP: “he is (trash).” lol
literally the Wolves lol
Always love to see Ja balling out
Yeah monster game for Ja
Stay on that side
My fanbase wouldn’t trade Quickley for him
man fuck them trades
Some raptors fans wouldn’t trade for X player because they don’t play defense.
Meanwhile the offense still struggles along to get paint touches.
Tbf Ja’s concern is availability not ability
Then take your time, baby.
A Raptors fan oh here blocked me because I said he’s better than Quickley. Not even saying that was a trade that should be made, just saying he was better lol.
as we shouldn’t. he isn’t the solution.
Ja can be All-NBA, I still wouldn’t trade for him.
Because Ja is a headcase and theres genuinely no guarantee he won’t do something that wont get himself suspened for an entire year. Especially when the league is extra strict with him because of his past history and the bad rep the league gets for it? There are celebrations Ja does that gets him in trouble that other players will do multiple times a game without issues. He also gets injured a lot which is a risk.
He still has it
He was crazy ngl
Crazy efficiency
2022 Ja 🤩🤩
Looked like his old self tonight.
Best he’s played in a long time
Turned back to 2022
Talent level too high to stay down, love to see it
I haven’t been following the grizzlies much and happened to catch ja balling the fuck out this game. It was awesome. Good game overall too, although I thought the no call on the last shot in regulation was kinda messed up.
That’s my guy🐻✊🏾〽️
All of a sudden the Hawks and Bucks are now interested
🔫 💉 ☠️
Bro clearly doesn’t wanna be in Memphis ngl
He’s too good of a player to also be as dumb as he’s been the past few years.
Commentators even said it was a vintage performance like he’s 35 years old…
If someone has 2 rebs and 3 asts to go with their 40 pts, you can just sidestep those stats, they’re not adding any juice here.