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Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant[1] (born August 10, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019.

Ja Morant
Morant with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2021
No. 12 – Memphis Grizzlies
PositionPoint guard
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1999-08-10) August 10, 1999 (age 23)
Dalzell, South Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolCrestwood (Sumter, South Carolina)
CollegeMurray State (2017–2019)
NBA draft2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies
Playing career2019–present
Career history
2019–presentMemphis Grizzlies
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA All-Star (2022)
  • All-NBA Second Team (2022)
  • NBA Most Improved Player (2022)
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (2020)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2020)
  • Consensus first-team All-American (2019)
  • NCAA season assists leader (2019)
  • Lute Olson Award (2019)
  • Bob Cousy Award (2019)
  • OVC Player of the Year (2019)
  • 2× First-team All-OVC (2018, 2019)
  • OVC tournament MVP (2019)
  • OVC All-Newcomer Team (2018)
  • No. 12 retired by Murray State Racers
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Morant was only lightly recruited by NCAA Division I programs and unranked by recruiting services, despite having been named All-Region Most Valuable Player three times and earning All-State honors at Crestwood High School in Sumter, South Carolina. Nevertheless, he made an immediate impact at Murray State University, earning first-team all-conference honors in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) as a freshman. He had a breakout sophomore season; it saw him win OVC Player of the Year as well as lead the NCAA in assists. Also as a sophomore, Morant became the first player in NCAA history to average 20-plus points and 10-plus assists per game for a single season.

Morant was selected by the Grizzlies with the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft and named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2020. He was named to his first NBA All Star Game in 2022 as a starter, and won the NBA Most Improved Player Award at the conclusion of the season, Morant was also selected to his first All-NBA Team in 2022.


Early life and high school career


Morant was born in Dalzell, South Carolina,[2] to Tee and Jamie Morant.[3] His mother was a point guard in high school and a softball player in college,[4] while his father was a high school teammate of Ray Allen and played basketball for Claflin University.[1] After playing semi-professionally,[5] Tee considered playing pro ball overseas.[5][6] But when Jamie became pregnant with Ja, he abandoned his basketball career and stayed at home,[1][2][6][7] becoming a barber instead.[1]

Morant trained in his backyard with his father, who taught him step-back jump shots and bought tractor tires for him to practice jumping with a soft landing.[8] In his childhood, he often faced older opponents, telling his mother, "I'm not worried about the big kids."[5] Morant played in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) circuit with the South Carolina Hornets, a small grassroots team based in Columbia, South Carolina. For one season, he was teammates with Zion Williamson, who became one of the top players in his class.[9]

Morant attended Crestwood High School in Sumter, South Carolina.[3] He grew from 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) to 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) in his first three years with the team.[1] Morant left as its all-time leading scorer, with 1,679 points, and scored a career-high 47 points against Sumter High School.[3][10] In his last two seasons at Crestwood, he averaged 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists per game, earning South Carolina Class 3A All-State honors both years. Morant also left high school as a three-time All-Region Most Valuable Player (MVP).[3] He could not dunk until he was a senior.[8]


Recruiting


Morant was not ranked by recruiting services ESPN, 247Sports, or Rivals.[11][12][13] His only high major NCAA Division I offer came from South Carolina.[14] He was accidentally discovered by mid-major program Murray State of the OVC in July 2016, when assistant coach James Kane attended a camp hoping to see a player who was joining his team. While looking for a snack, Kane noticed Morant playing a three-on-three game in an auxiliary gym; impressed, he contacted head coach Matt McMahon, who soon offered Morant a scholarship.[15] On September 3, 2016, Morant committed to playing for Murray State during dinner at McMahon's house.[1][16][17] His father said, "Every parent wants their child to play at a big-time program, but what I realized is, don't go where you want to be, go to where they want you."[1] His other Division I offers included Duquesne, Maryland Eastern Shore, South Carolina State, and Wofford.[17]


College career



Freshman year


On November 10, 2017, Morant debuted for Murray State with 7 points and a team-high 11 assists in a 118–61 victory over Brescia University of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).[18] He recorded his first career double-double on December 12, 2017, with 10 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 assists in a 69–55 loss to Saint Louis.[19] He posted his first triple-double on December 28, recording 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 14 assists in an 80–52 win over Eastern Illinois. It was the second triple-double in school history, the first coming from Isacc Miles in 1984, and was also the record for most assists at a CFSB Center game, surpassing the old mark of 12 established by Aubrey Reese against Alabama State in 1999.[20] Morant also had the third-most assists in a single game by a Murray State player.[21] On February 1, 2018, he scored a season-high 23 points against Southeast Missouri State.[22] After averaging 12.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game, Morant earned first-team All-OVC with his teammates Jonathan Stark and Terrell Miller, and OVC All-Newcomer Team accolades.[23] His 6.3 assists per game ranked 14th in the nation his freshman season.[24] He became the seventh freshman in 25 years to accumulate 150 assists, 150 rebounds, and 10 blocks while shooting at least 42 percent from the field.[14] Morant and Murray State advanced to the NCAA Tournament his freshman season after capturing an OVC Championship in a 68–51 win over Belmont. Morant had 15 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds in that game. Murray State would lose in its opening round game to West Virginia, however, falling 85-68 despite Morant's 14 points.[25]


Sophomore year


Ja Morant began to register on the radar of some scouts the summer of his sophomore season in 2018. He was one of 20 players invited to Chris Paul's Elite Guard Camp, which Morant called, "an honor."[24] When his sophomore season began, Morant assumed a leading role for Murray State with the departures of key players Jonathan Stark and Terrell Miller.[26] In his season debut, he recorded 26 points and 11 assists in a 74–53 win against Wright State.[27] On November 24, 2018, Morant posted 29 points, a season-high 13 rebounds, and 12 assists in a 77–66 win over Missouri State, becoming the first Murray State player to ever record multiple triple-doubles.[28] In his next game, he scored a season-high 38 points in a 78–72 loss to Alabama, the 12th-most single-game points by a player in school history.[29] By around December 2018, Morant was almost unanimously projected as a top-five selection in the 2019 NBA draft, and in late January 2019, at least one outlet forecasted him as the first overall selection.[30] At that time, then-Yahoo Sports journalist Pat Forde wrote, "He seems almost certain to be the first top-ten pick from a mid-major school in five years (Elfrid Payton, Louisiana-Lafayette), and could be the first true mid-major pick in the top five since Michael Olowokandi of Pacific went No. 1 in 1998."[30][lower-alpha 1]

On January 10, 2019, Morant was named to the midseason top 25 watch list for the John R. Wooden Award.[31] On the same day, he broke the school record for most assists in a single game, with 18, while scoring 26 points against UT Martin.[32] He established a new scoring career-high nine days later on January 19, when he recorded 40 points, 11 assists, and 5 steals, shooting 21-of-21 from the free throw line, in a victory over SIU Edwardsville.[33] He broke the OVC record for most consecutive free throws made in a game, and he became the tenth player in Murray State history to record a 40-point game.[34] Morant also became the first NCAA Division I men's player in 20 years to tally at least 40 points, 10 assists, and 5 steals in a single game.[33] On February 2, Morant collected 28 points and 7 assists in a 67–63 win over Tennessee Tech. He broke the school single-season assist record of 212 set by Chad Townsend in the 1996–97 season.[35] After posting 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 14 assists in a 102–70 victory over Eastern Kentucky, Morant became the 46th Murray State player with 1,000 career points and eclipsed the OVC record for single-season assists previously held for 32 years by Duane Washington of Middle Tennessee.[36]

At the end of the regular season, he was named OVC Player of the Year and first-team All-OVC, while leading the NCAA Division I in assists.[37][38] He later earned first-team All-American honors from the United States Basketball Writers Association and second-team All-American honors from Sporting News.[39][40] On March 8, in the semifinals of the OVC tournament versus Jacksonville State, Morant scored 29 points, including a game-winning three-point play.[41] One day later, he recorded 36 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists in a 77–65 upset victory over the Belmont Bruins, who were playing without injured first team All-OVC center Nick Muszynski, for the OVC Tournament title.[42] Morant was subsequently named the tournament's MVP.[43] On March 21, in an 83–64 win over fifth-seeded Marquette in the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament, Morant posted 17 points, 11 rebounds, and 16 assists. He became the eighth player to officially record a triple-double in the history of the tournament, and the first player since Draymond Green in 2012.[44][lower-alpha 2] In the second round, he chipped in 28 points in a season-ending 90–62 loss to fourth-seeded Florida State. During the game, Morant set school records for career assists and single-season points.[46] He closed his sophomore campaign averaging 24.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 10 assists, and 1.8 steals per game.[47] Morant became the first NCAA player to ever average at least 20 points and 10 assists per game in a single season.[48]

Following Murray State's loss in the 2019 NCAA men's basketball tournament, Morant announced his intention to forgo his final two seasons of collegiate eligibility and declare for the 2019 NBA draft.


Professional career



Memphis Grizzlies (2019–present)



2019–20 season: Rookie of the Year

Morant was drafted second overall during the 2019 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies.[49] On July 2, 2019, he signed a four-year contract worth $39.6 million with the Grizzlies.[50] On October 23, 2019, Morant made his NBA debut, starting in a 101–120 loss to the Miami Heat with 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and a block. On November 13, he recorded his first career double-double with 23 points and 11 assists, and hit a game winning layup in a 117–115 victory over the Charlotte Hornets.[51] On February 9, 2020, he recorded his first career triple-double in a 106–99 win over the Washington Wizards.[52] Morant was selected to the Rising Stars Game for the 2019–20 season.[53] In the 2019–20 season, Morant led all rookies in assists with an average of 7.1 assists per game, as well as total points scored, with 1,138 (17.8 points per game).[54] At the end of the season, he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year[55] and earned the NBA All-Rookie First Team honor.[56]


2020–21 season: First playoff appearance

On December 23, 2020, Morant recorded a then career-high 44 points, alongside nine assists, two rebounds, and two steals in a 131–119 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[57]

On May 21, 2021, in the newly implemented play-in tournament, with the eighth and final playoff spot on the line, Morant recorded 35 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists to lead Memphis to a 117–112 overtime win over the Golden State Warriors, securing the Grizzlies’ first postseason berth in four seasons.[58] Two days later, he made his NBA playoff debut, scoring 26 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists to help lead the Grizzlies to a 112–109 upset victory in Game 1 over the top-seeded Utah Jazz.[59] Morant followed that up with 47 points and 7 assists in Game 2, but Memphis fell short, 141–129.[60] The Grizzlies were eliminated, losing the series in five games.[61]

Morant against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2022
Morant against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2022

2021–22 season: First All-Star and All-NBA selections

On October 20, 2021, in the Grizzlies' season opener, Morant recorded 37 points and six assists in a 132–121 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.[62] On October 24, he scored 40 points while dishing out 10 assists in a 121–118 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.[63] On December 29, Morant put up a season-high 41 points, behind a career-high six made three-pointers, to lead Memphis to a 104–99 victory over the Lakers.[64]

On January 26, Morant tied his season-high 41 points, alongside 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals in a 118–110 win against the San Antonio Spurs.[65] On January 27, Morant was selected to his first All-Star Game as a West Starter.[66] The next day, Morant logged his fourth career triple-double with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 119–109 win over the Utah Jazz.[67] On February 16, Morant tied his then career high with 44 points, including a career high 20 points in the first quarter, grabbed 5 rebounds and delivered 11 assists in a 123–119 loss against the Portland Trail Blazers.[68] On February 26, Morant scored a then career-high 46 points in a 116–110 win over the Chicago Bulls. The total was the record for most points in a game by a Grizzlies player, breaking Mike Miller's record set in February 2007.[69][70] On February 28, Morant bested this total, scoring a career-high 52 points, on an efficient 22-of-30 shooting, including 4-4 from beyond the arc, in a 118–105 win over the San Antonio Spurs.[71] On March 18, he tweaked his right knee against the Atlanta Hawks and missed nine games.[72][73] Morant led the Grizzlies to their first Southwest Division title in franchise history. Memphis also tied their franchise record with 56 wins.[73][74] Despite missing 25 games during the regular season, he was named the winner of the NBA Most Improved Player Award.[75]

On April 21, 2022, during Game 3 of the first round of the playoffs, Morant posted 16 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in a 104–95 Game 3 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was the first postseason triple-double in Grizzlies franchise history.[76] In Game 5, Morant scored the game-winning layup with one second left, finishing with 30 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists in a 111–109 win. He scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.[77] On May 3, during Game 2 of the second round of the playoffs Morant put up a playoff career-high 47 points along with 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals in a 106–101 win over the Golden State Warriors. He scored the last 15 points for Memphis and also became just the third player in NBA playoffs history to have multiple 45-point games before turning 23 years old, joining Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.[78][79] On May 7, Morant injured his right knee in game 3 of the series and Memphis would go on to lose in 6 games. In the three games he played, he averaged 38.3 points per game on 50.6%/43.3%/85.7% shooting splits.[80][81]


2022–23 season: Contract extension

On July 6, 2022, Morant signed a five-year extension with the Grizzlies.[82] The deal includes $193 million of guaranteed money, increasing to $231 million contingent upon his selection to an All-NBA team.[83] On October 21, in the second game of the season, Morant recorded 49 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks on 17-of-26 shooting from the field in a 129–122 win over the Houston Rockets. He set the Memphis franchise mark for most points scored through the first two games of a season (83).[84][85]


Career statistics


Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA



Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Memphis 676731.0.477.335.7763.97.3.9.317.8
2020–21 Memphis 636332.6.449.303.7284.07.4.9.219.1
2021–22 Memphis 575733.1.493.344.7615.76.71.2.427.4
Career 18718732.2.474.327.7544.57.11.0.321.2
All-Star 1115.0.500.000–1.03.0.0.06.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021 Memphis 5540.6.487.323.7754.88.2.4.030.2
2022 Memphis 9937.6.440.340.7478.09.82.0.427.1
Career 141438.6.458.333.7566.99.21.4.328.2

College


* Led NCAA Division I
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017–18 Murray State 323234.0.459.307.8066.56.3.9.412.7
2018–19 Murray State 333336.6.499.363.8135.710.0*1.8.824.5
Career 656535.3.485.343.8106.18.21.4.618.7

Personal life


Morant has a younger sister, Teniya, who grew up playing basketball with him in their backyard and now competes for Hillcrest Middle School in Dalzell.[1][86] He has the words "beneath no one”, advice his mother gave him, tattooed on his left arm.[1] Morant's favorite artist is rapper Lil Baby. His athleticism often draws comparisons to Russell Westbrook, who Morant said is his favorite player because Westbrook is often overlooked, just like he was by college recruiters in high school.[87]

Morant has a daughter who was born in 2019.[88]


Media


Morant received a shout-out from rapper J. Cole on the song "My Life" from Cole's 2021 album The Off-Season.[89] On June 1, 2021, rapper Moneybagg Yo released the song "Rookie of the Year" in celebration of Morant being named NBA Rookie of the Year. The song reflects on Morant's "underdog mentality and praises his rise from a little known college freshman to being named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2019–20".[89] On June 3, Morant released a six-episode documentary, Promiseland, focusing on his first NBA season.[89]


Footnotes


  1. Forde did not consider two top-five selections between 1998 and 2018 from schools outside the traditional power conferences to be "true mid-majors", saying "Lamar Odom, the No. 4 pick in 1999 out of Rhode Island, really doesn't fit the mid-major profile. He was a hugely celebrated recruit who took a rather scandalous route to a second-tier program. Neither does Adam Morrison, the No. 3 pick in 2006 out of decided non-mid-major Gonzaga."[30]
  2. The NCAA's official Division I record book only recognizes triple-doubles that took place in seasons in which the NCAA kept track of the relevant statistical categories throughout Division I. Assists were recorded in the 1950–51 and 1951–52 seasons, but were not recorded again until 1983–84. Blocked shots and steals were first officially kept in 1985–86. Some listings of tournament triple-doubles include games that took place in tournaments in which the official scorers kept count of all relevant statistics, but the NCAA did not.[45]

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Temetrius Jamel „Ja“ Morant (* 10. August 1999 in Dalzell, South Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler, der seit 2019 bei den Memphis Grizzlies in der NBA unter Vertrag steht.
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Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant (Dalzell, Carolina del Sur, 10 de agosto de 1999) es un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que pertenece a la plantilla de los Memphis Grizzlies de la NBA. Con 1,91 metros de altura juega en la posición de base.

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Теме́триус Джаме́л «Джа» Мора́нт[1] (англ. Temetrius Jamel «Ja» Morant; род. 10 августа 1999 года в Далзелле, штат Южная Каролина, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, выступающий в Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации за команду «Мемфис Гриззлис». Играет на позиции разыгрывающего защитника. На студенческом уровне выступал за команду Мюррейского государственного университета «Мюррей Стейт Рейсерс». На драфте НБА 2019 года он был выбран под вторым номером командой «Мемфис Гриззлис».


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