Ja Morant panics the NBA with this counterfeit Superman against the Lakers – The HuffPost

NBA – We knew his enormous athletic potential, but Ja Morant still manages to surprise us. The young leader of Memphis grizzlies, although rather discreet offensively (16 points), achieved an anthology against during the victory of his franchise (127-119) against the Los Angeles Lakers of Lebron james this Sunday January 9.

As you can see in the snippet below, as Avery Bradley, the back of the Crimson and Ors, was about to register two points, Ja Morant spectacularly appeared above the basket to counter the ball with both hands, to the amazement of the public and his bench .

As a reminder, the height of the basket in NBA is 3.05 meters. The board measuring 1.05 meters, the 22-year-old basketball player, whose height is “only” 1.91 meters, has therefore risen to almost 3.50 meters in height, an extremely rare feat.

“The most athletic block ever?”

“It was great timing. It was like he was stalking his prey… I didn’t know he could do something like that that way. He’s got rockets in his calf muscles. It was really spectacular, ”said NBA star LeBron James after the game. The “King” is in a good position to talk about it. Impossible to forget his historic counter on Andre Iguodala during the NBA Finals in 2016 against the Golden State Warriors.

On Twitter, the player of the France team Nicolas Batum, winger of the Los Angeles Clippers, also went there for his comment. “Real question: is this the most athletic counter ever? (I did not say the best) ”, wrote the Frenchman, whose counter against Slovenia this summer had allowed the Blues to qualify for the final of the Tokyo Olympics.

It may soon be this kind of prestigious meeting that Ja Morant will play. Present in the NBA for only three years, the wisp of the Grizzlies, constantly growing and already the technical leader of its franchise, continues to impress across the Atlantic.

While he is running this season at 25 points per game, 5.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists, it seems almost certain (except injury) that he will be selected for the next All-Star Game, which will take place at the end of February. in Cleveland.

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