灰熊新秀Ja Morant再進化？休賽期間增12磅！

競逐年度最佳新人的孟菲斯灰熊隊新秀控衛Ja Morant覺得他在NBA休假期間進行身體改善後要準備起飛了！
Ja Morant身高6尺3寸，體重175磅。他說在三個多月的休賽期間裡增加了12磅。他還相信自己在去年6月的右膝蓋小型關節鏡手術已經得到了修復，現在的扣籃比以往要強得多。

引用Morant在星期四接受媒體採訪表示：「我的膝蓋感覺好多了，沒有疼痛。實際上，我感覺自己能輕易跳得更高。在這段時間我專注於自己的身體，確保一切都感覺良好，所以當我再次上場時，一切如常。」

"My knee's feeling way better -- no pain," Morant said during a virtual media availability Thursday. "I actually feel like I'm Ieaving the floor easier and jumping higher. I've just been taking this time to focus on my body, make sure everything's feeling good, so when I go out and play, I'll be fine."

Morant的新秀賽季打出令人驚訝表現，為灰熊場均貢獻17.6分和6.9助攻。在休賽期間他一直在孟菲斯地區進行的周邊比賽，從中得益。

引用Morant表示：「我已經更強壯，能接受碰撞。現在能夠更多地利用我的身體，通過不同的單擋。這就是我一直想要去奧蘭多復賽的目的，以便我能夠做到以前做過的事情，而且會做得更好。整個季度以來，我們一直受到質疑我們的人所激勵。我們只是繼續打我們的比賽，生生不息。努力取得勝利。我們現在以第八位進入奧蘭多，這是更多的動力，為我們的火上加油。」

"I'm stronger, can absorb contact and those things," Morant said. "Able to use my body more, get through different screens. That's what I was looking to build going to Orlando, to be able to do the things that I've been doing before but better.""We've been motivated by the doubters all season long," Morant said. "We'll just go out and continue to play our game; don't live and die by the game. Just play together and try to come out with the win. We've been doing that. We're in the 8 position right now, so going into Orlando, it's just more motivation, fuel to our fire."

Morant將因為參加佛羅里達州的復賽而錯過女兒的一歲生日，這表明了他要確保帶領球隊打進季後賽的決心。孟菲斯灰熊以32勝33負排在西岸第八位，領先波特蘭拓荒者隊，新奧爾良鵜鶘隊和薩克拉曼多國王隊3.5場勝場。