{"id":816,"date":"2022-07-01T06:08:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T06:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ja-morant-to-sign-max-extension-in-memphis\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T06:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T06:08:41","slug":"ja-morant-to-sign-max-extension-in-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ja-morant-to-sign-max-extension-in-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant to sign max extension in Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ja Morant has agreed to a five-year designated player contract extension with the Memphis Grizzlies that could pay the All-NBA point guard as much as $231 million, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Morant all but confirmed the deal on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Morant’s $193 million maximum salary rises by $38 million over the life of the contract if he makes a second All-NBA team next season or wins league MVP. The NBA’s most popular young player is worth every penny.<\/p>\n

Morant, who turns 23 years old in August, averaged 27.4 points (on 49\/34\/76 shooting splits), 6.7 assists and 5.7 rebounds in 33.1 minutes over 57 games last season, leading the 56-win Grizzlies to the league’s second-best record. Morant trail a bone bruise in his right knee midway through the second round of the playoffs, as his Grizzliesed the eventual champion Golden State Warriors in a series they lost 4-2.<\/p>\n

Morant’s arrival as the No. 2 overall pick in 2019 changed Memphis’ fortunes from a franchise trying to find its way from the rubble of the Grit and Grind era to a team that now embodies its nascent superstar’s brash athleticism. The Grizzlies give you nothing, because Morant wants to take everything and often does.<\/p>\n

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