Tag: Ja Morant
The Memphis Grizzlies have fired head coach Taylor Jenkins despite a 44-29 record and being on the verge of making the playoffs. After a 35-16 start to the season, the team has been a mediocre 9-13 since. Injuries have been a factor all season, though, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Ja Morant among them. There is […]
Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant feels his return to action was a bit premature. After a week on the sidelines, Morant played in the Grizzlies’ 120-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night. He finished with 24 points, three rebounds, and six assists. He also shot 8-for-22 from the field and had five turnovers. […]
Memphis Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. has been ruled out for at least a week with a Grade 2 left ankle sprain. He is officially considered week-to-week. Jackson suffered the injury during first quarter action against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. He landed awkwardly on his left ankle after contesting Dyson Daniels at the […]
Half the NBA season is complete and there is already a big list of stars ineligible for awards at the end of the season. In case you need a reminder, the league mandated a 65-game minimum rule last year in order to be eligible for awards such as Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the […]
This past season, Grizzlies’ all-star PG Ja Morant was in the news for the wrong reasons. He was issued a 25-game suspension to start the 2023-24 season. The 24-year-old won’t be able to return until December. Over the weekend, his father Tee Morant was speaking to the youth at a basketball camp. He told them […]
The Headlines Just Haven’t Been Great for the Grizzlies’ Star The outcome of a lawsuit accusing Ja Morant, a star player for the Memphis Grizzlies, of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game will depend on whether Morant can argue self-defense and receive immunity under Tennessee law. In a recent ruling, a judge allowed […]
Over the course of the 2022-23 NBA season, Ja Morant has had to deal with a number of off-the-court issues. Back in March, he was suspended for eight straight games after a video surfaced of him holding a gun. He played the rest of the season and then was seen in a second Instagram live […]
During the offseason, Memphis’ Ja Morant has already been dealing with off-the-court issues. The two-time all-star was suspended during the regular season for flashing a gun on his Instagram Live. He was seen recently on Instagram Live doing the exact same thing. There were some rumors that Nike might move on from their partnership with […]
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the LA Lakers 116-99 at home last night to force a Game 6. Memphis’ backcourt pair of Ja Morant and Desmond Bane showed out last night in their season-saving win. Both players recorded 30/10/5 in the Grizzlies’ Game 5 win vs the Lakers. Morant and Bane are the first pair of […]
The Memphis Grizzlies got some good news when it was reported that there were “no breaks or fractures” in Ja Morant’s right hand. He went down in the fourth quarter of Memphis’ game on Sunday vs the Lakers and did not return. NBA insider Sham Charania reported today that this is believed to be a […]
