“They said I wouldn’t be able to finish at the rim vs the bigs in the NBA… Looks like I’m doing just fine.”: Grizzlies’ Ja Morant reacts to leading the league in Paint Points

Raahib Singh | 20/11/2021
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Grizzlies’ star Ja Morant talks about leading the league in paint scoring, shares he had a lot of naysayers in college 

We are a month into the 2021-22 NBA season. Each team has played around almost 15 games, and there have been some surprises, and a few shockers as well. One of the biggest surprises this season has been the dominance exerted by Ja Morant.

Playing in his third year in the league, Ja has been sensational so far. He’s been avergaing 26 points, 7.1 assists, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 steals, all while shooting 38.4% from 3s. Ja has been one of the leading scorers in the league, and a main reason behind the Grizzlies’ 8-7 start to the season.

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Recently, a graphic was released which highlighted the various leading scorers by zones in the current season. The lis had a lot of big names, as expected. It had Stephen Curry for 3 different zones of 3s, Paul George, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Tyler Herro, and more.

Ja Morant reacts to leading the scoring in paint this season

The paint area is one of the areas that is traditionally thought to be the strong areas for the bigs. However, this season, a Point Guard is leading the way. When Ja ran acorss this statistic on Twitter, he couldnt hold back, and had to share that.

He added along and said,

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Ja Morant is doing really well this season so far. If he keeps up, he’d be in contention for the Most Improved Player award.

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Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh

Raahib Singh is an NBA Journalist and Content Strategist at The SportsRush. A Computer Science Engineer by qualification, Raahib's passion for sports drew him towards TSR. He started playing basketball at 14 and has been following the NBA since 2013. His entry into the basketball world perfectly coincided with Stephen Curry putting the league on notice. Having followed the league for a long time, he decided to use his knowledge to become a sportswriter with The SportsRush in 2020. Raahib loves to put up some shots in his spare time, watch Cricket, Formula 1, and/or read a nice thriller.

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