NBA’s latest breakout star walking on air in Memphis

Grizzlies guard Ja Morant had been lightning up the US basketball scene before Monday night’s milestone 52-point performance

Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies in action against the San Antonio Spurs at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.

I’M not sure if it’s ever completely appropriate to let sport be a distraction from the crushing reality of war but I’d like to respectfully present the case of Ja Morant as one escape from the doom and gloom.

The 22-year-old Memphis Grizzlies point guard has been muscling his way into the top tier of NBA stars over the past couple of seasons but for people like me who don’t quite have the time to consume every quarter of action, every day of the week, his achievement this past
Monday unlocked the next level of Morant’s mainstream notoriety.