The Memphis Grizzlies 2021 offseason comes on the heels of their best season since the beginning of the team’s rebuild. The Grizzlies finished 38-34 on the season and made a push for the NBA Playoffs in the NBA’s Play-In Tournament. They’d eventually be knocked out by the Utah Jazz, but put up a fight along the way.
At the center of that fight was Ja Morant, who averaged 30.2 points per game in the contest and looked like a seasoned NBA All-Star when it mattered for the Grizzlies. Even in the play-in tournament, Morant made clutch buckets for his team and put up impressive stat lines,
Morant posted 35 points, six assists, and four steals en route to a Grizzlies victory over the Stephen Curry-led Warriors.