Ja Morant: More Than NBA Highlight Gold

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🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Ja Morant is in the news for trading Twitter barbs as the NBA trade rumor mill runs amok. A shoe-in for Rookie of the Year, he's a growing presence in the league. And he's leading the surprisingly successful Memphis Grizzlies in a promising rebuild. ESPN's Tim MacMahon tells us how Morant almost got overlooked as a young player, and how his electrifying presence is lighting up Memphis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was doubted in high school, doubted some in college,
0:04.0	and I know it's still going to be some who doubted me in the NBA.
0:07.0	Going into the league, I'm trying to make a name for myself.
0:15.0	Memphis Grizzly's rookie John Morant has electrified the NBA.
0:22.1	But while expectations for him were high before the season,
0:25.5	few people thought he and his team would be this good this quickly.
0:30.2	Today, how a skinny kid from South Carolina became the odds-on favorite to win rookie of the year,
0:36.3	and why he's put the league on notice in more ways than one.
0:40.9	I'm Minikheims. It's Wednesday, February 5th.
0:45.0	This is ESPN Daily.
0:53.9	Hi, Tim.
0:55.5	Hello.
0:56.9	Tim McMahon is an NBA writer for ESPN.
0:59.9	He's been reporting on the unexpected success of the Memphis Grizzlies.
1:03.9	So Tim, we were planning to spend most of today talking about how incredible and brave John Morant is on the court, but he has proven to be
1:13.0	pretty fearless off the court as well, or at least on Twitter. Can you walk us through this
1:19.9	NBA beef he's gotten himself into and how it involves Andre Iguodala? The business of basketball
1:27.1	has Andre Iguodala on the Grizzlies roster,
1:30.4	but not on the Grizzlies team, if that makes sense.
1:33.6	The plan all along has been to take this player that they got a first round pick for absorbing the salary
1:39.6	and flip them for more assets.
1:41.8	All fine and dandy, but the Grizzlies in the locker room apparently
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