Ja Morant From Unknown to NBA All Star & Joined by Celebrity Trainer Mo Wells

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🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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FOLLOW THE PIVOT PODCAST: MERCH | https://pivotpodcast.com YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/thepivotpodcast INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/thepivot TWITTER | https://twitter.com/thepivot TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/@thepivot FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/thepivotpodcast FOLLOW HAPPY DAD: https://www.instagram.com/happydad FIND HAPPY DAD: https://www.happydad.com/find From unknown and unranked to NBA All-Star, Memphis Grizzlies Point Guard Ja Morant joins The Pivot to share his journey to stardom, his family's influence on success and what his goals are for this upcoming NBA season personally and for his team. Sitting down with Ryan, Fred and Channing, the conversation spans everything from family to basketball to legacy. Ryan opens the conversation, inquiring about Ja's father, Tee Morant and his influence on Ja's career. Known for his infectious energy and continuous encouragement court side during Ja's games, the Morant Family is no stranger to the public eye. And with the increasing spotlight, comes increasing scrutiny...which Ja attributes to navigating by keeping his circle small and being loyal to the ones who've been with him from the start. Getting into basketball talk, Ja reflects on his accomplishments this past season which include NBA All Star, Most Improved player, post season semi finals but also acknowledges falling short of his two main goals- winning Most Valuable Player and the NBA championship with his team. Focusing on staying healthy and being available for the season, especially as it gets into the postseason is most important for Ja who is joined by his trainer Mo Wells. The two discuss how they are using this offseason to maximize his availability, overall health and continued focus on being the best player on the court. From transparency about the NBA’s competitive environment to the inspiration Ja receives from his fellow brothers in the league, Ja doesn't hold back opening up about his go hard and ask for forgiveness later mentality as well as the trash talking he does to keep himself and teammates in their opponents heads. Foreshadowing to the game against the Warriors on Christmas Day, Ja says his gift came early and that playing on Christmas is every NBA player's dream and to have this match up again is everything his team is looking forward to. Join our new DraftKings partnership, get ready for football talk and sports conversations throughout the coming months and for us to bring you some can't miss opportunities to make free money by downloading the DraftKings Sportsbook App and checking out the special offers using the promo code PIVOT. Don't forget to like and subscribe to our youtube channel and check out https://www.thepivotpodcast.com. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY) 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA(select parishes)/MI/NJ/NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Void in ONT. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min $5 wager. $200 issued as eight (8) $25 free bets. Sponsored by DK. Ends 9/19/22 11:59 PM ET. Eligibility restrictions apply. See T&C at sportsbook.draftkings.com/footballterms. #1 Rated Sportsbook App based on Eilers&Krejcik (2Q22). Product Analysis: Testing, Scoring, and Ranking U.S. Sports Betting Apps Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What up? What up? What up? Are you good, man? I'm all good, yeah, sir. This is a moment
0:25.3	way no, bro. Man, that's crazy. What up? Yeah, they talk that talk. What up? We're seeing
0:31.9	them all, though. That's crazy, bro. Anybody got me by two inches. I can't talk on
0:38.0	nobody. Good, man. All good, man. I don't all season good. Good. Get him back
0:46.0	into the groove, man. I'm out. Y'all boys play so long, no doubt. 82 plus. Yeah, you
0:53.7	know what I'm saying? 16 was different, right? You play one. You got the rest of the week.
0:58.1	Get yourself together. Go again. I got back the backs. Traveling. Five and seven. This
1:04.4	is a little time you get back in it, though. Yeah. For now, I set up like runs, like pick
1:10.4	up runs with the team in September. So like, we get like three weeks before training camp
1:15.8	start getting a shape. And then, you know, once training camp starts, you're out in the
1:19.7	preseason, like three days. And then you got your first preseason game. Most of the guys
1:23.9	show up. Yeah. And then I'm getting y'all about, uh, my running outside the facility.
1:28.6	No, not to get in the pickup game, because I've been seeing them down programs and all
1:32.6	that. Yeah, they're like, they allow it. But, you know, most people down be where I know
1:37.7	it for the grids because I don't, I can't speak on other teams. Yeah. Yeah. They don't care
1:41.8	so much. They love us being in the gym honestly, so. But see, though, that's the thing that's
1:46.3	different about basketball, too. It wasn't fun to train for football. Yeah. Like, you
1:52.2	weren't feeling like, hey, y'all, let's go play throw a tackle. You know what I'm saying?
1:56.5	Pick up my bus and, you know what I'm saying? It's cool to go.
2:16.3	Well, say, man, welcome to the pivot, bro. Um, it's an honor for us for sure. We have
2:27.5	different milestones on this show that I think we all, we all remember we sit around talking
2:32.5	about our favorite, favorite shows. But when we first got together, we started talking
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