“Just moving forward, once his jumper is basically automatic, trouble.” Allen Iverson on Ja Morant “Only thing that might be anything less than a A, and I would say that probably a A- or B+ … the only thing you probably could say is his jumper. In an interview with Bleacher Report, Iverson said of Morant: Morant is shooting himself into the NBA MVP conversation The Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come has been replaced by the Ghost of Christmas Present as Morant puts himself squarely in the discussion of best point guards in the NBA. No longer are those flashes things that might be. He’s scoring more while also becoming more efficient. Morant has been a revelation this year, though, scoring 35.0 points per game with an effective field goal percentage of 50.3.
The 6-foot-3 point guard averaged better than 30 points and eight assists in that series on 48.7% shooting.
Morant also led Memphis to the playoffs last year and faced the No. The South Carolina native averaged 17.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 7.3 assists in his first NBA season. While the NBA world continues to pay attention to the charismatic Duke product, his 2019 draft mate has been working and showing flashes of what could be. Even when Ja won his Rookie of the Year award, the thinking was that Zion had missed too many games to qualify, and Morant won by default. Morant wasn’t necessarily an afterthought in his draft class, but Williamson certainly got all the attention. He’s averaging 19.7 points, 6.9 assists, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.7 steals a game.Īlso read: Dwyane Wade talks about the Warriors superstar being a generational talentĪlthough he did not talk about Kobe’s mentality on the podcast he sure has that toughest of mentalities in him which has made him keep up the work ethic through which he climbed up this far in his career.Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies warms up before Game 5 of the 2021 Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Utah Jazz. Well deserved for the guy who went to 18 different teams for tryouts before the NBA Drafts in 2016, went undrafted, got to sign with the Raptors, played in their G-league affiliate, then helped them win an NBA championship, and now leads that franchise. VanVleet along with Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam led them there and as a reward earned a 4-year, $85-million deal which ended up being the best deal for an undrafted player. But they finished second in the Eastern Conference. Since playing a big part from the bench for the Raptors in winning their 2019 Championship, which came as a surprise to many, VanVleet has seen a much bigger role.Īgain after their Finals MVP, Kawhi Leonard’s departure nobody expected Toronto to be even in the playoff contention rather they thought they’ll be going under a rebuild. The guy gives his hundred percent on every possession on both ends of the floor. That’s what you’ll see when you watch Fred play on the basketball court. He also remembered something from an Allen Iverson where the Philadelphia legend talked about “playing every game like it’s my last game”. And then add something from each of those players’ games when he was out playing in the streets.
He went on to describe how he would get the cut outs from Slam magazines and put Kobe, Jayson Kid, Allen Iverson, Chauncey Billups up on his wall.