Is Ja Morant really worth the #2 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft?
Morant looks like a worthy #2 pick in a weak draft, but will his game translate to a winning NBA style?
JA MORANT IS A HOUSEHOLD NAME NOW. You’ve seen the highlight dunks. You watched him put up a triple-double in March Madness, then follow that up with 28 points against Florida State in round two. Morant is the top point guard in the draft, and he’d be the likely #1 pick in the the draft were it not for the existence of a 285-pound superfreak named Zion.
Instead, Morant seems to have settled into #2, where he’ll likely head to the Memphis Grizzlies as the point guard of the future. But is Ja Morant really the second best player in the 2019 NBA Draft? And what sort of player are the Grizzlies getting if they take him second overall?
Let’s do a full scouting report of Morant’s strengths and weaknesses, then size up his NBA value to figure out what a successful Morant team looks like going forward…
Morant had a season unlike any other for Murray State — quite literally, in fact. He became the first player in NCAA history to average 20 points and 10 assists a game, hitting the 10.0 on the nose and adding…
