How Ja Morant Has Led Memphis Grizzlies To Undefeated Record In Return From 25 Game Suspension
On today’s show John Mor has returned for the Memphis Grizzlies after a 25 game suspension and leading them to a 3 and0 record in his first week back how his jaw looked since stepping back onto the basketball court what are some of the things that John Morant brings to
The table that don’t show up in the box score and which of jaw’s teammates benefits the most from his return it’s all coming up right here at locked on NBA you are locked on NBA your daily n NBA podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day
What’s up and welcome to another edition of locked on NBA the biggest stories with the local experts I’m your host Jackson Gatlin also host of locked on Rockets right here on the locked on podcast Network your team every single day joining us now is the host of locked
On Grizzlies Joe mulena you can track down wherever you’re listen to your podcast or on YouTube just search locked on Grizzlies which is absolutely something you’re going to want to be doing now that John Morant has returned for Memphis the Memphis Grizzlies 3 and0 since John morant’s return after his 25
Game suspension wins over the Pelicans the Pacers and most recently over the weekend the Atlanta Hawks Joe Walk us through just how his jaw looked since stepping back on the court for this Grizzlies team like he hasn’t missed a beat right and it’s wild Jackson how
Many people forgot all it took was 25 games for people to just you know lose out of their minds the reality of johnar being one of the top 10 to 15 players in the National Basketball Association oh well surely jaw is not gonna have that
Big of an impact was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard when it was said by numerous people and it remains dumb today as we sit here and watch this Grizzlies go this Grizzlies team go three and 0 since John morance returned you know Jackson I don’t want to go to
Fourth wall breaking here you and I we we get money to talk about basketball so people want us to analyze things break down film look at the numbers we’re doing D digging digging digging deep Dives we have a lot of things that we do to build our audiences all this sort of
Sometimes it’s a really freaking simple game when you have a dude who’s super fast and can handle the basketball and can control his body in such a way he can pass out of these very quick dribble penetration movements to open players your offense is going to score more
Points and when that happens you usually win more basketball games sometimes this job is easy we obviously it’s easy if I can do it I don’t want to speak for you Jackson but it shouldn’t have taken rocket science for us to be able to understand and comprehend why the
Memphis Grizzlies are all of a sudden better it’s because one of the best basketball players on the planet is back in the lineup and he has been able to be with the team the entire time that’s the reason why he has to leave or he had to
Leave uh two hours before games that was the nature of the suspension but he was traveling with the team he was practicing with the team over the last two weeks he’s been playing and getting reps with the twos and the ones he just got inserted in and has been a bull in a
China shop dominating opposing defenses creating opportunities for others taking attention away from Desmond Bane and jiren Jackson Jr and they continue to play well it’s almost like the Memphis Grizzlies got their best player back and now they’re playing better who to th it you know it you you mentioned it being
Easy right and and simple here in kind of analyzing what’s going on with the Grizzlies with jaw’s return but sometimes but but what what is what you talk about things looking easy what jaw makes look easy is some of these like the the the toughness on some of these
Plays the the game winner at the end of that first game back against the Pelicans his ability his Poise his body control gets the exact spot on the court that he wants to what is it about those moments that that seems to that jaw seems to thrive in almost and against
One of the best one-on-one defenders in the NBA and Herb Jones he did that he did it to him I think it was three times in the last 90 seconds of the game in a in a clutch kind of situation only Luca donic has done something similar in the
Last five years I wish I knew EX exactly where I got that stat I apologize but I know it’s out there I saw it numerous times um I think that what what is the most fun thing about watching jaw is you literally expect anything to happen
Right he he has this control of his body that someone that moves as quickly as he does should not have like there’s guys in the NBA that are almost as fast as John Moran right they can run up and down the floor with him we’re talking about the most elite athletes in the
World that are professional basketball players at least in my opinion so there’s guys that can that can run with him the fact that he can do it while handling the basketball while making moves on top of moves he did something to Herb Jones that I’m not sure there’s
Any other player in the NBA that can do in terms of coming back across his body on that game-winning shot Jones played it the way you’re supposed to if you watch the NBA like you and I do and I’m sure our listeners and viewers do you know he was defending what normal NBA
Players do in terms of those types of dribble penetration moves down the center of the lane Morant came back across the body in a way that I don’t think anybody else can do he is that quick he is that elusive with his movements he is someone who is
Impossible to game plan for other than going under screens and making him shoot threes if he ever figures out that part is unguardable right that’s kind of the difference between him and Alca donic and those types of guys right now is he doesn’t have that three-point shot consistently but he isn’t just an
Athlete again the NBA has a ton of athletes he has an underrated handle he has an underrated ability to create shots for others and he does things with the ball in his hands that very few people in this league and on this planet can do I know you mentioned you know uh
Briefly there you know what jaw does for for Desmond Bane for uh for Triple J now that he’s back but but who would you say benefits the absolute most for from jaw’s return to the lineup Desmond Bane I think Desmond Bane does because jiren Jackson Jr is 6 foot1 250 pounds you
Know he’s leading the league in isolation scoring per possession I believe uh and he is a a a physical freak like he is Giannis light and again oh Joe thinks jiren’s Giannis that’s not what I’m saying okay I’m acknowledging that Giannis is better than jiren
He’s a tier or two down but he he’s unguardable because of how he can handle how big he is he’s going to have a mismatch in almost every single game he plays against guys like Giannis um I think Bane benefits he has such an a impressive or unimpressive bag of tricks offensively
Now again another guy with an underrated handle he has gotten quicker over the last few years he has been more decisive with his downhill movements to the basket he’s not just a three-point shoter he’s evolved in that way but he doesn’t have that Elite athleticism that if
You’re the number one target of an opposing defense he’s gonna get slowed at times he’s just going to he doesn’t have that length he doesn’t have that ability to Rise Above the Rim and force teams even when they’re defending him well to not be able to defend him just because he’s
That athletic so I think it’s Bane because now he’s got even more room to operate again he has an extensive basketball skill set at his disposal he just can’t always finish when he’s the main priority against a long Defender for example now Moran’s going to draw that assignment and unless you have
Numerous dudes like that like in fairness the Pelicans do have unless you have numerous guys like that it’s going to be curtains for your uh for your defense and the Atlanta Hawks found that out on Saturday night to the tune of 67 combined from Bane and morance for my
Money they’re they’re the best backcourt in the NBA especially if you want to include young back court uh but I I think they’re the best period because offensively at least they complement each other just almost perfectly you you at least hinted maybe a couple of these
Things here but but I’m curious what are some of the things that jaah brings to the table for this Grizzlies team that don’t necessarily show up in the box score that you have to really be watching and paying attention to uh you know throughout the course of a 48
Minute game well his defensive energy is better than he gets credit for at least it has been these last three games and you know I I don’t want to make it sound like I think he’s an above average Defender because he’s not the goal for has always been to be an average
Defender because his offense is so Elite that he’s not AET he’s not bringing about negativity at any point on the basketball floor um he these last three games these first three games for him at least he has been much better defensively you know there was a questionable goal tending call on the
Saturday game it wasn’t called for goal tending maybe it could have been but the fact that morance had a chase down Block in the first place um numerous steals in these first three games attacking passing Lanes he is doing a better job of showing effort and energy he seems to
Be in the best shape of his career to be honest with you his wind has been impressive he’s giving a hell of a lot of effort and he’s doing it on both ends of the floor but as as silly as it’s gonna sound and again we we have a job
Here to do in terms of analyzing basketball sometimes it’s just as simple as being out there and being that dude right and and if you’ve ever played Sports before if you’ve ever been in that environment and you have a guy on your team that just goes out there and
Oh hell you guys are screwed now right like that there’s something to that even if you are a multi-millionaire professional athlete who maybe it shouldn’t be that way mentally but these guys have played basketball their entire Liv since they were children all the way to now and at every level of basketball
A lot of times it’s been them right A lot of times it was jiren Jackson that was that dude but now he’s on a team and he sees this guy get on the floor and it immediately raises his and confidence because he’s seen John Morant do amazing
Things to help the Memphis Grizzlies win and seeing is believing both in basketball and in life they know what this man is capable of and because of that they think they have a better chance to win now than they did this time last week and that speaks volumes
For a team’s confidence Grizzlies are three and0 since John morance return now 9 and 19 on the season sitting 10 games under 500 and they still have and injury report long enough to field a fiveman lineup and a sixthman on top of it no John conar Marcus Smart Luke canar
Derrick Rose Brandon Clark and of course Stephen Adams so how far will this Grizzlies team ultimately go this season what will they look like when they’re ultimately fully healthy you’ll have us cover for all of that and more over at locked on Grizzlies Joe thanks for
Stopping by locked on NBA with me of course buddy thanks to you and yours Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everybody out there thanks for hanging out with us here on lockon it’s appreciated W
How Ja Morant Has Led Memphis Grizzlies To Undefeated Record In Return From 25 Game Suspension
Jackson Gatlin (@LockedOnRockets) is joined by Joe Mullinax (@LockedonGrizzlies) to discuss Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s return after his 25 game suspension, the different ways in which Ja impacts the game, and who benefits most from Ja’s return.
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