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Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
First look: Grizzlies' Ja Morant debuts new Nike Ja 3 signature shoe in NBA playoffs vs OKC
First look: Grizzlies' Ja Morant debuts new Nike Ja 3 signature shoe in NBA playoffs vs OKC OKLAHOMA CITY ― Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant walked into the Paycom Center on Sunday morning with a new Nike shoebox in his right hand. Inside the box was Morant's new Ja 3 signature sneaker. A day after unveiling his third shoe model, Morant is wearing his new Ja 3s for the first time during Game 1 of a playoffs series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Advertisement Morant told Nike that he wanted his third sneaker to be "rugged" and "different." He walked into the arena on Sunday wearing a hoodie that stated, "block out the noise." The "Max Volume" Ja 3s are mostly a dark pink and purple colorway. Morant first debuted the Nike Ja 1 on Christmas in 2022. Then came the Ja 2 in July 2024. A release date has not been set for the public for the Ja 3, but Morant will likely continue to unveil colorways during the Grizzlies' playoff run. Memphis opens its playoff action against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday (12 p.m., ABC). Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Grizzlies' Ja Morant debuts Nike Ja 3 in NBA playoffs vs OKC Thunder
Associated Press
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Ja Morant goes sky-high for a big dunk only to clank the ball off the back rim
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two-time All-Star Ja Morant took to the air and pulled the ball back in his right hand ready to throw down a massive dunk during the third quarter. The ball clanked off the back of the rim Sunday night. Morant fell to the floor. So much for not dunking to avoid injuries. Morant also knows exactly what went wrong against the New Orleans Pelicans with Trey Murphy III getting in his way with 6:12 left in the third. 'The way we're going towards the rim, a spot where I can take off and dunk from pretty easily,' Morant said in the locker room. 'But had somebody in between me and the rim. Still got to finish it though. Another almost.' Morant finished the Grizzlies' 107-104 win with 32 points and now has strung together back-to-back games scoring at least 30 for the first time this season. The guard has been sidelined at times by an injured hip and is working through a right shoulder injury, limiting him to 40 games this season for Memphis. Morant was at his best in the fourth quarter helping Memphis finish off the win with 11 of the Grizzlies' 18 points. Desmond Bane also had 30, and Morant said his teammate is in an incredible rhythm. That's why they keep telling Bane to just keep it up. 'I feel like I'm getting there,' Morant said of himself. 'Still some struggles, but I'm just making the best of it. I'm out there on the floor, not trying to make too much excuses but just trying to go out there and get a win. ... I don't think I'm all the way there yet. I got some room to go. Just trying to get healthy.' Memphis (40-24) currently is fourth in the Western Conference with back-to-back wins and need Morant healthy and at his best once the playoffs start. Morant left the court shoeless. The man with his own Nike Ja 1 shoe played in a pair decorated to honor New Orleans with the title of a local song on the back that Morant danced to during a win over the Pelicans in December 2023. He autographed the shoes for the song's artist. ___
