It was announced tonight on TNT’s Inside the NBA that Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has been named a starter in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. This is luka doncic jerseys Morant’s first All-Star selection.
In 33 m Kyrie Irving inutes per game across 37 games this season Morant is averaging 25.8 points per game on 48.9% shooting. He is posting luka doncic jersey city edition career highs per game in three point percentage (35.8%), rebounds (5.9), and steals (1.3). His advanced numbers are also elite – he is currently 10th in the NBA in PER (Player Efficiency Rating, 25.0) as well as assist percentage (34.6%), and 8th in Box Plus/Minus (+6.2) according to b luka doncic jersey blue asketball-reference.com. He’s never carried more of a burden for Memphis – his 34% usage rate, also a career high, is in the 95th percentile in the NBA per Cleaning the Glass – but he’s also never been more effective as a scorer (80th percentile in Field Goal Percentage at 53%) or disruptor of offenses (middle of the pack in steal percentage, up to the 52nd percentile from 20th last season).
From highlight plays night after night to the numbers backing up what your eyes are telling you, Ja Morant is a superstar. He has led the Memphis Grizzlies to a completely unexpected 33-17 record – on pace for 54 wins this season – and the unlikely place they currently hold in the NBA standings. Memphis is 3rd in the Western Conference entering Thursday’s games, almost 8 games out of the play-in tournament they have competed in the last two seasons and closer to the #1 se luka doncic jersey mens ed Suns (6.5 games ahead of the Grizzlies) than they are to falling back in to the #7 seed. The Memphis Grizzlies have the 3rd best win percentage in the NBA, and if they were in the Eastern Conference they would be the #1 seed.
Many players and coaches have played a role in this remarkable run. But one player is at the center of it all. And come February 20th in Cleveland, he will be able to display his skills on the bi NBA Tank Tops ggest in-regular season stage the NBA has to offer.
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