Ja Morant athletically eviscerates Jakob Poeltl at the rim (2022)
joshua primo spurs legend
He changed Spurs history because he showed off his meat lol
And he’s still 23đź’€
Wait wtf rn he’s 23.
He’s been 23 for 7 years
Has he? Because he’s literally only been 23 right now lol
Untrue, he was also 23 a week ago.
He showed flashes but never revealed his true potential
He was a flasher for sure
That caught my eye, and so did Brandon Clarke jumping up for a piggy back ride :/
For 2~3 seasons, he was the most aerodynamically exciting player since at least Blake Griffin and possibly Vince Carter. Such a waste of talent…
I would put Westbrook in that conversation, even though he’s behind all of them he was for me the most exciting player to see take off. Just so much raw athleticism and speed on those dunks
Westbrook is my favorite dunker ever. The speed and ferociousness is insane. Had to bring the roof down everytime he did it at OKC, especially in those playoff games.
He dunked like he hated the rim
He dunked like he was trying to intimidate the other team almost. I just loved it. Flashy dunks are whatever. I love ferocious, rim shaking ones.
I hate his ass, but Kenyon Martin was an underrated great at violent, ferocious dunks
“THE RIM … IS CRYING” is an all time call on his dunk over Thon Maker
“THE RIM, IS CRYING!”
Westbrook and DRose just made PG dunking look so glorious
Yeah totally, no one made me jump off my couch more often than him. He looked like he teleported near the free throw line to the rim, and he always dunked WAY harder than he had any reason to
I wouldn’t. Great dunker but there are levels to this.
Attacked the rim like a reporter
Derrick Rose comes to my mind too. Maybe not quite VC, Westbrook level but damn close.
yeah we had new gen derrick rose now we have old derrick rose :(
I think Morant was a more aesthetically pleasing dunker than Rose, who had lots of gritty posters, but yeah both of them played with reckless abandon
DRose was more athletic but Ja jumped like he was jumping off a trampoline lmao
Sure, I can roll with that argument. Athleticism is about more than just dunking, and Rose was better at accelerating and changing the direction of his movement
Rose could go up straight then turn sideways. The guy was a feather. Sadly his knees were lighter…
It was the way he landed that did him in, same with Ja
Yah I know. Same as them it’s hard to watch guys who dunk and land straight legged rather than bending. But I guess it’s hard to adjust in the moment
Sad to see players get injured, especially high flyers. Hope it gets better in the future
Its the sort of thing kids need to be learning from the time they are just starting to play, make it so ingrained you simply wont get it wrong.
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a player accelerate as fast as Rose did. In his prime, he was unstoppable in transition.Â
He literally got me into the sport, and everyone can call me a casual or whatever but if it wasn’t for Ja I wouldn’t be in love with basketball today
Such a waste of money in RC card ! Rip my $$$
what a fall from grace, in 2022 definitely thought he would be one of the defining superstars of the league y now. just needs a fair shot no pun intended
He had his fair shot and ruined it
In what way has he not had a fair shot? His whole career has been a fair shot that he’s squandered. Could have been the most popular player in the league and the NBA’s golden child if he wanted to be
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No one is stripping anything off him. He’s just playing shit.
lol he’s not a victim dude, nobody has taken anything from him
man that dunk was insane at the time. feels like a lifetime ago honestly, really hope he can get his head straight and get back to this level on the court
I’ll never forget the dunk on Wemby
I hope he can bounce back man. The league would be much more fun with this version of Ja
For real. When he’s locked in and healthy, there’s not many guys more electric to watch. Just needs to stay on the court.
Ja’s agent desperately trying to remind us of what he used to be
What agent?
Frankly I see a reckless play where he’s going to injure himself 10-25% of the time for 2 points.
Look back at his play through the lens of his injuries and you’ll see why the league isn’t interested in that style and why even a best case Ja is not worth close to a max contract.
Lol Grizz put their PR team to work
I’m not sure if I’m insulted or flattered that you think our PR team is capable of astroturfing. We legit need to add another 0 to the budget before we deserve these accusations lol
Nice try, Grizz.
Nobody wants your shit.
Peak Ja was one of the most explosive athletes the leagues has ever seen.
He was so much fun to watch and those Grizz teams had so much potential
Then it all turned to shit
I blame Steph Curry
He has some of the most visually aesthetic dunks I’ve seen this decade. Too bad things are where they are right now
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Great work now the raptors have to give jakob another 100 mil. Please stop doing this
I just want to see Ja Morant on a different team and see what happens as a little experiment
This season Ja will be the first player to win two Most Improved Player award ever
I do feel bad for Jak that he didn’t even get the chance to really contest. 🤣
But this was an all-time postering.
Bro sacrificed his knees for this
His major injuries have been to his elbow and shoulder btwÂ
No he always looks funny
Everybody athletically eviscerates zjakob Poeltl
Saw a guy on anime twitter say that playing Hinata at middle blocker because of his bounce/athleticism/offense would be like playing Ja at the 5 for his max vert, and that seemed like a funny joke when I read it-
but then you see clips like this and remember what he was doing not that long ago and it doesn’t sound quite as ridiculous lmao
The days of ethical tanking for Wemby
It feels like you can see the moment he decides he’s just gonna go for it and annihilate him
He really had it out for Jakob for some reason, he dunked him even worse the year after
Give me this Ja back.
Jalen Green for Ja Morant, let’s do this.
His best dunk is the first one featured in this video where he cocked back and unleashed a nuclear warhead on Indiana Pacers center Jalen Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZdwtvsqQE
someone should post his dunk on wemby. didnt count but that was a MOMENT
It’s insane how people believed this man would not go the same route as Derrick Rose in terms of his athletic feats eventually costing him.
Mans was trying to jump out the roof every time and now he’s a walking hospital bill.
Outside of sprained ankles it’s been mostly upper body stuff for Ja. Torn pec while lifting and sprained elbow for banging it on the blackboard during a chase down block
Sprained ankles that get reinjured over and over I think would do a number on a person that’s as athletic as Ja, don’t you think?
No way those ankles would hold up taking the force of landing from as high as Ja would go.
I think he’d have to go the Rose route of just being craftier and way smarter with his body.
Ankles are pretty resilient but I’m no doctor. I’m just saying he hasn’t had any major surgeries to his lower body that would limit his athleticism like Rose
Every team hanging up when the Grizz mention his guns are included in the trade deal
To bad he’s an idiot and threw his career away. Such insane talent and athleticism. Seriously one of the most gifted athletes in the league but has the brain of a literal child
Poeltl is the most unathletic center in the league. I hate how much we pay this man.
All I see if two washed players lol.
random spurs hate for jak đź’”
That’s super nasty.