In recent years, the Grizzlies, who have officially started to rebuild, in order to cultivate the 19-year-old star Jamorant, did not hesitate to clean up the meritorious veteran who played for the team for many years, Mike Conley, and sent the latter to the Utah Jazz, fortunately, Morant did not disappoint the team, in the first season of joining the team, He handed over an excellent statistic of 17.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.3 assists, and successfully won the best rookie of the 19-20 season, and last season, the Grizzlies defeated the Warriors in the playoffs under his single-core leadership, and embarked on the last train of the playoffs as the eighth in the West.
Although the first round was regrettably stopped in the end, but the tenacity of the Grizzlies is indeed a bright spot for fans, and Morant, who ushered in the third year of his career, shined in this year's preseason, playing a good performance of 21 points per game, entering the official regular season, Morant also proved himself with practical actions that he was not just short-lived, following the all-around data of 37 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the opening game against the Cavaliers, he scored a double-double of 40 points and 10 assists in the third game with the Lakers, and the state was extremely hot. And the Grizzlies are also under his leadership, still maintaining the top eight position in the West.
Just when everyone thought that Morant was expected to make an impact on the All-Star and Best Improvement Award this year, he suffered a knee contusion in last month's game against the Hawks, and has been watching for a long time since then, and before that, he averaged a career-best 24.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, the book data seems gorgeous, but in terms of plus and minus, Morant is only the second-to-last -4.4 on the team, second only to Kyle Anderson (-4.8). It is precisely because of the huge growth of personal data that Morant has at some times over-valued the data and ignored the chemistry of the team.
Originally thought that the Grizzlies would be without him, the army was defeated, but did not think that relying on Bane, Dillon, Melton and other inconspicuous role players, the Grizzlies in the absence of Morant, actually played a wave of 8 wins and 1 loss record, if it were not for the 8 points on December 9 to the Lone Ranger, the Grizzlies should have marched all the way and continued their unbeaten golden body, and after this loss, the Grizzlies also ushered in a wake-up call, in the last 3 games have successively cut the Lakers, Rockets and today's 76ers under the horse, Restarted a 3-game winning streak. At present, with a record of 17 wins and 11 losses, it is temporarily ranked fourth in the West, second only to the Suns, Warriors, Jazz, and even the Nuggets, Lone Rangers, and Los Angeles.
Similar to the situation with the Grizzlies, the Rockets also suffered a strong rebound in the recent strong rebound in the case of the absence of the leader Jaylen Green and another core Kevin Porter Jr., and the two teams in the Southwest Division, and both played a very different spirit from before in the absence of the list eye, which may be a coincidence in the dark. However, on another level, the Rockets and the Grizzlies should think hard about what kind of adjustments should be made after their respective returns.
The Rockets do not have any pressure, after all, they are in a rebuilding, whether they can enter the playoffs does not matter, but the Grizzlies are currently in the top four in the West, there is a great chance that they can reach the playoff stage for two consecutive years, and Morant, who pays great attention to his personal data, sees that his teammates on the sidelines are tenaciously showing their hard work, and indeed should consider changing their play style after returning, team-oriented!