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Ja Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. He played college basketball for Murray State, where he was a consensus first-team All-American and won numerous awards as a sophomore in 2019, including OVC Player of the Year. Morant was lightly recruited out of high school but had a breakout sophomore season at Murray State, becoming the first player in NCAA history to average over 20 points and 10 assists per game. He was selected second overall by the Grizzlies in the 2019 NBA draft.

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Ja Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. He played college basketball for Murray State, where he was a consensus first-team All-American and won numerous awards as a sophomore in 2019, including OVC Player of the Year. Morant was lightly recruited out of high school but had a breakout sophomore season at Murray State, becoming the first player in NCAA history to average over 20 points and 10 assists per game. He was selected second overall by the Grizzlies in the 2019 NBA draft.

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Ja Morant

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Ja Morant

Morant in July 2019

No. 12 – Memphis Grizzlies

Position Point guard

League NBA

Personal information

Born August 10, 1999 (age 21)

Dalzell, South Carolina

Nationality American

Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Listed weight 174 lb (79 kg)


Career information

High school Crestwood (Sumter, South Carolina)

College Murray State (2017–2019)

NBA draft 2019 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall

Selected by the Memphis Grizzlies

Playing career 2019–present

Career history

2019–present Memphis Grizzlies

Career highlights and awards

 Consensus first-team All-American (2019)

 NCAA season assists leader (2019)

 Lute Olson Award (2019)

 Bob Cousy Award (2019)

 OVC Player of the Year (2019)

 2× First-team All-OVC (2018, 2019)

 OVC Tournament MVP (2019)

 OVC All-Newcomer Team (2018)

 No. 12 retired by Murray State Racers

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant[1] (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.
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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