Ja Morant NBA Draft Profile

NameHWPSchoolC
Ja Morant6-3175PGMurray St.So.

Bio:

Was dominant all year averaging 24.5 ppg and 10 apg in a lower level D1 conference. Yet he showed he could still ball against the top tier teams in the NCAA tournament putting up a triple double in round 1 vs Marquette and 28 points vs Florida State. He has good height and length but will need to get up to 190 pounds to compete and stay healthy in the NBA, which shouldn’t be a problem. Crazy potential here to be an athletic dominant point guard in the NBA who can also shoot consistently.

NBA Comparison: Russell Westbrook / John Wall / DeAaron Fox

The athleticism and playmaking ability is right up there with these 3 current NBA point guards. The thing that is scary about Morant is that he can shoot too. His 3 point percentage was 36% and FT was 81%. Wall has had one season over 36% from three and Fox also has one while Westbrook has none. Morant could potentially put up better numbers than Wall ever has in his first season (23 and 10).

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