“Ja is First Team, Jaren is DPOY, Desmond is MIP, Coach T is COTY”: Ja Morant and JJJ disagree with NBA’s year-end awards, declare their own list on Twitter

Akash Murty | 25/05/2022
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With no expectations from anybody, Ja Morant led-Memphis Grizzlies proved themselves to be one of the best teams in the NBA this season.

They were the second-youngest squad to start the 2021-22 season fractionally behind Oklahoma City Thunder who had the 27th best record in the league.

Grizzlies meanwhile, had the 2nd best record in the league behind the Phoenix Suns and dominated almost every top team throughout the regular season.

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And until Ja Morant got injured in their Conference Semi-finals against the Warriors, they really looked like the only team in West that had the chance to win a 7-game series against the Dubs.

That excellence and resilience of this young team surely have taken their confidence to the highest of highs. And although they have always been big-talkers, they have become much cockier than they’ve ever been.

 

Ja Morant and JJJ demand all the respect they deserve

Since NBA came out with their All-NBA teams on Tuesday, some Grizzlies stars went into a frenzy and sent a series of Tweets shouting out each other’s names for First Team, DPOY, MIP, as well as coach of the year award for Taylor Jenkins.

First, the team’s big man Jaren Jackson Jr. shouted out Morant’s name for All-NBA First Team after 22-year-old was named to the second team.

Ja followed it up by shouting out JJJ’s name for DPOY.

Desmond Bane’s name for MIP which he himself won earlier in the season.

And then Jenkins’ name for coach of the year which was won by Monte Williams before Suns’ premature exit from the playoffs in a major upset against the Dallas Mavericks.

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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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