Ja Morant isn’t known for sticking his tongue in his pocket when asked regarding the weather, cooking a steak or even the best backcourts in the League. New example with this punchline-like statement, to all those who still doubt the boy’s self-confidence.
When he declared more than a year ago now that he was a Top 5 leader in the League, we laughed a little – a lot –. Today ? We hardly dare to assume being among those who sneered. At the start of the season Ja Morant took the plunge by putting his colleague Desmond Bane in the loop, ensuring that the two men formed the best backourt in the NBA (“we are in the Top 2 and we are not second). Today ? Injuries are perhaps the only obstacle to a new truth… Two examples that prove how much the Grizzlies point guard has a loose tongue but, above all, thatit seems that the kid is the type very good at assuming following speaking. The last of his declas will perhaps go in this direction, in any case the tone is set:
Malika Andrews: “Who do you look at around the league as you’re studying and say, ‘We’re gonna have to run through them?’”
Ja Morant: “Celtics”
Malik Andrews: “No one in the West.”
Ja Morant: “Nah. I’m fine in the West.”
(h/t @_Talkin_NBA )
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) December 21, 2022
To make it short and without falling into the literal translation? Basically Ja Morant cites the Celtics as serious competitors, and when Malika Andrews points out to him that he didn’t cite anyone in the West… Ja Morant confirms that he does not seem to fear anyone in his Conference. The Clippers, the Suns, the Pels, the Nuggets is water, the Lakers, the Mavs and the Warriors are bars, and so Ja Morant gives us a new confidence demo, with that dirty smile kid who characterizes him so well and whom we appreciate so much in the family of trashtalkers.
The sequel to this episode? Not before spring of course. As usual Ja has spoken, is Ja, as usual, going to… assume?
