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Morant gave an operation in last season's regular season finale, which was to customize that he was the league's top five point guard. This view is actually quite risky, mainly the pressure of public opinion. Westbrook, who played the first triple-double in regular season history, and Lillard, who was about to have an epic masterpiece in the first round of the playoffs, could find all the capital to suppress Morant. Judging from Morant's unhappy reaction after being turned down by home fans this season, his attitude towards bystanders is still more concerned. However, at that time, Morant was so open to create a momentum, which also showed that there was a certain strategic guarantee, and after opening God's perspective, it could still be considered constructive.
But when the Grizzlies are in the top four in the West this season and surpass the Jazz to become the third in the league, the positioning of the "top five point guards" is even seriously dwarfing Morant. Morant's current identity can be infinitely closer to the superstar, and the attributes that match him include but are not limited to: all-star starters and MVP candidates. Even the league's first point guard, if only in staged state, even Curry has to give way. So Barkley suggested that Curry play as a substitute for Morant in the All-Star Game.
Morant's feats have allowed him to start collecting glory, Western Conference Best of the Week and eleven consecutive Grizzlies, showing how far he cashs his talent into, as well as real assumptions about his future positioning. Celebrities, represented by magicians, are optimistic that he is now competing for MVP, and the attitude of discussion is beyond Doncic, who was considered to be able to suppress Antetokounmpo before the opening games of the past two seasons. Doncic pays attention to the background and the beginning, but Morant is a strong competition with a series of capitals worthy of praise.
However, there are still seniors who draw conclusions based on experience, making Morant aware of the multidimensional and uncertain career. Curry believes that talking about mission now must be presented at a higher level of competition, and no athlete just wants to have a verbal conversation about who he is in January. Curry's statement is certainly reasonable, the regular season is as strong as last season's league number one Jazz, as well as the Hawks and Raptors who were previously dominated by James in the East, can provide a good reference material for Morant and the Grizzlies. The difference is that Morant looks like he can change the Grizzlies by strength to avoid such a judgment.
The Grizzlies are a strong team that pays attention to both team and star performance, they can play the league almost did not lose in the absence of Morant, and even the defense can improve from the bottom to the first place in the league in the same period, so that even the home audience has the illusion that they do not need Morant. Morant teammates like Adams, Brooks and Bain offer some value that Morant doesn't have or can complement. Morant continued to expand the ceiling of the Grizzlies of this era, a kind of direct competition for the height of the first man in team history.
The Grizzlies were too poor, so Gasol Jr. and Randolph received the most nominations, Conley opened the door to the top, and Tony Allen was officially announced by the Grizzlies to retire the jersey when he was still playing in the NBA and was only traded. The Grizzlies have had talented players like Rudy Guy and O.J. Mayo in their history, but they have never cashed in on the trend. Morant has the opportunity to recreate James' mission in the Cavaliers with too much difficulty, becoming the first person in absolute team history. Morant was the first player in Grizzlies history to have the status of a shock supergiant and the strongest in the world, and in his third year, he at least put that assumption on the agenda worldwide.
Curry may seem to be a non-conversational reminder that Morant will have to wait until the playoffs to be domineering, but Morant does play high-quality basketball in some important games. He joined the Grizzlies' rookie season, suppressed the future first-man candidate Zion as the best rookie winner, and was very close to entering the playoffs, and lost in the final game in the way of Lillard, who was the league's first pure position point guard at the time, and strongly expressed that he was a top player. In last season's playoffs, Morant used the dominance of consecutive throws at key moments to eliminate Curry, the top three in the MVP, and led the Grizzlies to become the ninth in the West to enter the playoffs. The experience Curry said, Morant did have a little bit.
This season's Morant is clearly more powerful. His Grizzlies have beaten a series of MVPs, James, Durant, Curry, Harden, Westbrook and Jokic have all been named, and the record with the top four teams in the Suns, Warriors, Nets and Bulls is not bad. Morant has not yet been able to join the first-man competition in the league for James, Durant, Alphabet Brother and Curry, but he does satisfy a lot of the public's imagination of the first person in the league, including the way to circle fans, such as the visual impact of the partition and the chaser hat. So look at Morant, there are too many traces of predecessors, like Ross, Westbrook and Iverson. There's also improvement in leveling yourself: handling the ball after being wrapped up, and being able to throw three-point shots that you're not good at in a single game. This season, Morant could honor the first "future league first-man candidate" trend of his career: an All-Star start.