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Ja Morant

Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant (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. He 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. Morant was only lightly recruited by NCAA Division I programs and unranked by recruiting services; this was 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.

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I missed a layup I normally make all the time.

– Ja Morant

Found on CNN 2 years ago

Our goal is to win the championship, and I feel like as long as we stay locked in, continue to grow together, play together, that goal can be achieved, we just got to stay the course, take it day by day and let it play out.

– Ja Morant

Found on FOX News 2 years ago

I felt like I played terrible, if you asked me that was probably one of the worst games I played in my career.

– Ja Morant

Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Pretty much from our legs being heavy and our shots were short.

– Ja Morant

Found on FOX News 2 years ago

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– Ja Morant

Found on FOX News 2 years ago

Starting out early, I feel like we didn't come out ready to play, we allowed them to get comfortable, which led them to get a big lead, but everybody knows the The Memphis Grizzlies, The Memphis Grizzlies : Lakers blows 26-point lead in loss to Thunder.

– Ja Morant

Found on CNN 3 years ago

I feel like we let our offensive struggles affect us on the other end of the floor, it was missing assignments, really wasn’t locked into the game plan too much. We just let mistakes turn into more mistakes and they got hot and won the game.

– Ja Morant