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Grizzlies Insider: Morant calls for ‘The Rock’ to come to Memphis
Ja Morant wants Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to come to Memphis for a playoff game. Will the point guard have to flip the former wrestler’s NBA allegiance?
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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Ja Morant wants Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to come to Memphis for a playoff game. Will the point guard have to flip the former wrestler’s NBA allegiance?
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The goal now is to be playing the best basketball possible as they wait for Ja Morant to return from injury and look to the playoffs.
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Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the latest with Ja Morant’s injury and reveal their current MVP ballots.
Coach Taylor Jenkins said Wednesday’s MRI on Morant’s knee showed no structural damage.
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The Grizzlies center was 13 when he met and played for Kenny McFadden in New Zealand after Adams’ father died.
“It doesn’t worry me a lot, we just have to get the group whole and build that chemistry as quick as possible,” coach Taylor Jenkins said Wednesday.