Ja Morant progressing towards return, upgraded to doubtful for Saturday's game
Matt Infield: 🚨 Ja Morant has been upgraded to DOUBTFUL for tomorrow night’s game against the Bulls 🚨 He won’t play tomorrow in all likelihood, but this sets the table for his return possibly as soon as Monday night at home against the Blazers.
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Ja Morant hasn’t dunked (successfully) this year. Anthony Edwards’ dunk rate has been sliced in half. But they love shooting 3s. Should dunks be worth three points? sports.yahoo.com/the-nbas-shot-… - 2:24 PM
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Draymond Green: "In Ja Morant’s situation, loyalty—the way he’s raised, the way he’s cut—you’re gonna be loyal to a fault. But it’s hard to win with a coach that’s gonna run and cry about a play on the 7'3" center that just made him touch the floor a little bit. And you got the winning coach in the NBA, that’s won championships, talking about, 'Hey, we need to allow fighting.' So, you got the winning coach saying, 'We need to allow fighting,' right? Right. And then you got the emotional coach that can’t ever really hold it together." -via YouTube / November 20, 2024
The force of the fall caused Morant's hip to partially dislocate out of the ball of the socket. It was a subluxation and not deemed a dislocation since the ball slid back in on its own. “That being said, it’s still very painful,” Gerhardt said. “A lot of ligaments and things can get stretched in that area and can create problems in there, even though it wasn’t a full dislocation.” -via Memphis Commercial Appeal / November 15, 2024
When all return it would mean the Grizzlies' preseason projected starting lineup is only missing one — Ja Morant. The superstar point guard is listed as week-to-week while dealing with right hip subluxation and pelvic muscle strains. Morant is still using crutches while he's with the team on the current three-game road trip. -via Memphis Commercial Appeal / November 15, 2024
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