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Ja Morant's return isn't a redemption story, but his basketball brilliance is why NBA still embraces him

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NEW ORLEANS — It’s so easy to get drawn in by Ja Morant, almost impossible not to acknowledge how spellbinding he is on the floor and charismatic off it.

The NBA loves its own mythology, but it’s even better when the participants write their own script. Morant, with the game in his hands after missing more than a quarter of the season, staring down the barrel — of a defense, not that other thing.