Why Ja Morant’s Grizzlies Are the Most Entertaining Team in the NBA

ESPN Daily

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🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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If you’re not paying attention to the Memphis Grizzlies this season, you might want to start now. Led by the electric Ja Morant, the Grizzlies have the NBA’s third best record, and have earned a reputation for their swagger and fearlessness. Tim MacMahon shares why things are finally clicking in Memphis, tracks Ja Morant’s rise, and explains what makes this team so entertaining - and if they can make a run in the NBA postseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	ESPN Daily is presented by supercuts, the smarter, easier way to get a haircut.
0:06.3	It's not just any haircut, it's super cuts.
0:10.8	Tim McMahon, I need your help here because I'm on this quest, it turns out,
0:15.7	to find out on behalf of a very confused national media,
0:19.7	how it is that the Memphis Grizzlies are
0:21.6	suddenly one of the hottest teams in the NBA right now? Like, they have the third best
0:26.4	record in the entire league. And I just need you to start by telling us about one particular
0:32.8	game from January against the Los Angeles Lakers. What happened?
0:41.7	Another Ivy League guy needs my guidance, needs my wisdom.
0:44.3	This is my life.
0:44.8	Yes.
0:53.3	This is January 9th, building formerly known as a Staples Center.
0:57.7	The Grizzies, this is a bunch of young guys who like a stage.
1:00.7	Tim McMahon covers the NBA for ESPN.
1:03.2	The lighting, the scene, the brawn.
1:05.1	I mean, you know, it feels like a big game.
1:13.4	And you'll remember this game as the one where John Morant took off on a trampoline and snatched Avery Bradley's layup attempt out of the air.
1:16.5	I saw there was a stolen basketball by Bradley.
1:19.3	Oh, Joe Moran!
1:21.4	What a play!
1:22.6	The most outstanding guard in the league by far is John Moran.
1:28.2	He's six foot three, chased him down on a fast break,
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