How good is Ja Morant right now?! 

Can you do gianis and the wall part 2 and see how he has improved against it

Can u do lebron james this season

Great video! And thank you for touching on him keeping his dribble alive deep in the paint. Of course this allows him to pass or shoot at the last second, I’ve been trying to get my daughter to notice this and add it to her game as a junior in high school.

Love your channel. Could you please make a video about the growth and utility of the floater shot and please rank players using the floater today based on accuracy and frequency. I have a crazy friend who believes Ja Moron has the best floater game in the NBA, but I'm sure players Trey Young, Quickley, Holmes, Luka etc use the floater at a higher frequency and with higher accuracy the Ja 43% Morant.

So I had a realization earlier today, people wanna know how good wilt Chamberlain would be nowadays….. add 3 or 4 inches of height with a wider wingspan and more athleticism to Giannis Antetokounmpo….THAT’S what Wilt would be! 😳 scary ain’t it?

No doubt! Huge shout to Motown Noah tho. Very different stuff, both as good.

So true

Agreed, it’s embarrassingly good compared to some “hot take” stuff on ESPN

I would've thought this type of analyst can get paid hundreds of thousands to go over film and stats for an actual NBA team, let alone do it for TV segments.

Facts

FAX PLAYS LIKE DONOVAN MITCHELL

Ye ur right 💯

@@tmzteaspill6005 interesting! Care to expand the comparison? Would love to hear it!

I agree....most no Coach would ever put up w/ this...but good thing he's making it happen down there.

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I thought he was 28 idk why

Is he being efficient? Genuine question

Yeah ik he was good. Sometimes I would watch mavs games, and Brunson was the only one who could shot create effectively with Luka on the bench. He got a jumper too.

I think he’s the most underrated point guard in the nba. He can score, pass and his game is so crafty and entertaining to watch. He’s amazing at finishing at the rim for his size and he gives me Chris Paul or Tony Parker vibes

@@cantripleplays yeah he was a 4 year player I thought in his like 6th year

Same. The only difference is that Ja is thinner than drose. But once he starts to add muscles, that could be it. Praying for the longevity of his knees.

I hope he prioritizes the midrange more so he does not get injured like D Rose.

He put on more weight and muscle he’ll be aight

Personally, I think the way Derrick Rose was playing in his youth he was bound to get injuries. As athletic as he was there was a lot going on with his body mechanics that put a ton of strain on his body. Perhaps if he had the same information we have today in bio-mechanics, he could have laster longer or played even better than he actually was (which is wild. MJ 2.0?) but it is what it is. What I think is more extraordinary is the fact that the man can still play at a high level even without his insane athleticism rn. Derrick Rose has been watching all the crafty PG's close to his size (Nash, Rondo, Kidd, Paul) and taking their moves and incorporated it into his game. I think even without the injuries, he'd end up playing the same way he is now, but only using his athleticism as a get out of jail free button. Considering what Westbrook has done through hai career, Rose could have easily been a MVP candidate level player if he hasn't had his injuries.

@@nathanielgomez8350 I see Morant uses his atheticism to do most of the work. Do you think he could end up like Rose? I mean, sometimes I see him land funny after an alley oop, etc.

i agree, there is no derrick rose without injuries because his early success was predicated on abusing his joints. not saying he’s not talented obviously but even just the way he used to run, you watch the footage and you kind of have to conclude that it was never going to be sustainable

@@tropicarls Morant I think is a lot more fluid than Rose was at that age and has a better chance of developing that healthy amount of restraint. Then again, hindsight is 20/20, but I can't help but feel optimistic about the guy. I don't know if he will reach Rose-like MVP numbers, but I can say he will definitely be a great piece to add to championship level team if he just becomes more consistent on defense.

@HipHopTalk Oh yeah, Im not disputing that Morant and Rose play differently, they are very similar players. There are a few minor differences, strength, ball handling, favoured spots etc, but D Rose when going for a lot of his highlight finishes had some booster fuelled extra potent jump juice, but often landed terribly (small stuff like not aligning hips, no proper bending of knees, extremely abrupt dispersion of momentum etc. play a huge role in the wear and tear of his body) Morant on the other hand, does have a few of these odd landings, but overall his landing technique is a lot better than Rose. I'm not saying that Morant is better than Rose, far from it, it just that I think Morant will probably be in his prime for longer.

Baskets are success. Opportunities are skill. Continue to make opportunities, and you leave yourself open to success.

Easily 🗣💯

Checks the guards in the west... nope

@@johnmcm7690 he’s still a All star he’s playing better than than most guards this year

@@johnmcm7690 Who do you think he won't make it over?

@@johnmcm7690 stop. Maybe check social media. And stats and records

Yup that's an error -- it should be way over to the left. The dot is in like the 88th percentile :/

And then Tony calmed down a lot, switched most of his game to midrange shooting and made better decisions end up in several championships. So not the worst future for Ja and Memphis if you ask me ;)

He's showing way more than Westbrook on offense, as far as awareness and playmaking goes

No way is Ja like Westbrook outside of athleticism. You’re seriously reducing ja’s handle touch and Iq

@@dan_gotchops westbrook made the finals at Ja Morant’s age and that wasn’t even his prime yet. win a playoff series first

@@tako4mvp719 I think their offensive play styles are actually extremely similar but Ja is a much better shooter and thus allows him to be much more more efficient player. Ja is in the mold of Rose/Westbrook/Wall but the thing that separates him from them is being a much better jump shooter. His floater game is coming along too which Rose was a master at during his MVP-ish years. Defensively Ja is almost exactly like Westbrook, he makes the same mistakes Westbrook does now but luckily Ja is only 22 and with good coaching and dedication to that side of the floor he can end up being a plus defender. I don’t think he’ll be Wall level but it’s not impossible.

Ja a WAY BETTER SHOOTER Russ ever has been better IQ better body control just BETTER gtfoh lol

That's what teammate does. What is your point?

It was obviously rebuild time in Memphis, it was important to get value from Mike while we still could and try and get younger. A small market team like Memphis can’t get big free agents unless they’re an elite level team so they had to build through the draft and needed pieces to fit the timeline of their younger assets. I’m happy that Mike was put in a perfect situation while we moved in a newer direction.

I mean he has about the same impact on winning a given game as Mike did kinda like they traded in for a younger cheaper version

@@skeletor398 True. A much cheaper option in Ja.

@@skeletor398 dont forget you comparing prime mike and 22 yearld Ja, i agree with you but i think Ja will surprass that level

You mean a chip… maybe

Make sure that's at least per 100 or Ben is going to be pissed 😂

@@steelwall4396 per 75*

@@steelwall4396 Per 75 poss adjusted for the year is the way to go but considering that Ja played 32.6 minutes per game last year, and is playing 32.4 minutes per game this year, I decided not to. Also, I'm too lazy to do that in a simple youtube comment.

Second this.

Was unique....he doesn't play anymore

@@theretrosavage isn’t this the same channel that has done greatest peaks on players like Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain? What does him not playing anymore have to do with anything?

Jadon said "his play style is very unique" is very unique means he's still playing in the NBA....it should've said "his play style was quite unique"... it's not that hard to figure out

@@boricua9071 he doesn't play in the NBA anymore...his comment is worded as though he still plays and that's not accurate....

Absolutely love Desmond Bane, knows what he’s good at, and does it to perfection, could tell coming into the draft that he was a very safe and good pick, but didn’t expect him to be THIS good

Can’t believe my mavs passed up on Bane for Josh Green

Ehh, I think the Warriors are the most fun team. However, Grizzlies are N.2 for me.

I dig Adams contribution as well, but I always did. He helps when he's useful, and doesn't sweat when he isn't engaged.

@@aaronghunter Adams IMO is in the argument for the best screen setter in the entire league, I thought Morant would suffer a little without Valanciunas’ pop threat and spacing but that hasn’t been the case at all

Yeah they’re coach really has the perfect system and philosophy to maximize Ja’s talents. If they add more shooters to the roster things will get even more deadly.

I would say that it's elevate his level in it, but Ja was already deadly at it, watch some highlights of his rookie season when he is taking an supposed-to-be-bad Memphis to the 7-8th seed before the lockdown, he was already capable of taking these looks in the paint by himself, the coaching just give him a little boost with these screen in the paint

@@paquinraino8180 yeah Ja has been elite on the pick and roll since college. But their coach does a great job of getting him in pick and roll in different ways that doesn’t allow the defense to always set up to guard it.

He’s been up and down you can see the flashes hopefully he can make an impact but he was getting mins b4 the injury

lol

Man I remember how Kobe used to impose rotation to his body in mid-air, to access the basket. There are some guys, but not that many.

guess you never saw DR J

@@destructhor77 go watch Allen Iverson. Dude was a freak about that. Still not Jordan levels though with either of those guys. They couldn't quite get up the way Ja and Jordan do.

@@juliansearcie1758 Dr J could fly and hang with the ball and hold it with his go-go-gadget arms but he isn't contorting mid-air. Just flying. Different.

I'm starting to think that Morant was the real deal in that draft

That’s retarded honestly like I get what your going for but at one you can still take whoever the fuck you’d want and even if you “fucked it up” I’d still take the opportunity at whoever I want over the scrutiny any day lolz

lol Right!

@@GameChanger-xi4iy Everyone fans always hated Zion except Zion fans

@@GameChanger-xi4iy people hate him because he got paid millions to plays the sport but he let himself fat and can’t play sport

He’s shooting 40% at 4.4 attempts. When he ca get to the rim at will, he shouldn’t be jacking up to a of threes. Right now he’s shooting well enough for defenses to be scared about sagging off too far. So now Ja has them in his hands and he can get to the rim even easier now. That’s why he’s still sound good without being a sharpshooter. Also russ is only a comp for ja’s athleticism. Ja already has a floater in his game with a handle, jumper and touch on the rim that Westbrook never really had. He’s more drose or super athletic tony Parker or something like that.

@@tako4mvp719 thanks for all the info!! I saw in another video that Ja's 3 pointer form is much more smoother now so his % doesn't surprise me much (but 40% seems pretty amazing tho).

yeah it reminds me of d rose 😢