Recently, Morant talked about his ranking in the league point guard in an interview, he did not hesitate to say that he is the top five point guards in the league, and said that the other four players in the top five are Curry, Paul, Lillard, and Westbrook. As soon as this remark came out, many fans discussed it, and many people thought that he could not rank in the top five at all, but some people expressed support and felt that young people should be crazy.
In fact, from the analysis of Morant's current strength, he is still a bit reluctant to rank in the top five point guards in the league. From the top five lists he gave, it can be found that Irving, Trae Young, Doncic, Simmons, etc. are not listed, and Morant also has certain questions in his answers, mentioning Paul's name, he expresses: "I am a fanatical fan of Paul." This sentence seems to suggest that if he wasn't a fan of Paul, then Paul might not be on the list either.
Morant also said the position of point guard is so talented that some people will just be forgotten. This sentence is also very controversial, personally think that young people are very confident in their own strength is a good state, but it is better to be modest, after all, there are many excellent people in the league. In the case of Irving, in the eyes of fans, Irving has long been one of the best point guards in the league, and his scoring ability is unquestionable, averaging 26.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in the regular season last season.
Morant averaged 19.1 points, 4.0 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game in the regular season last season, which is actually a very good statistic, but it is still a lot inferior to Irving. And Irving's teammates are Harden and Durant, need to share the ball with them, Morant basically has unlimited firing rights in the Grizzlies, so on the strength of Morant is still not in the top five. In addition to Irving, there are also players such as Trae Young and Doncic, who are equally good, and Trae Young's success in bringing the team to the Eastern Conference Finals last season is enough to prove his strength.
Morant is indeed a very talented player, and he may become a top five point guard in the league in the near future, but not now. Morant also tweeted today to encourage himself that after hard work, there will be gains, in a previous interview, Morant revealed his two goals for the new season. The goal of being an All-Star and being named to the NBA's All-NBA Team is not too far away for him.
In both the playoffs and playoffs last season, Morant excelled, successfully eliminating the Warriors in the playoffs to bring the team into the playoffs. In the playoffs against the Jazz' G2, he scored 47 points, and although he lost the series in the end, Morant's performance proved that he was the boss of the team.
After the start of the new season, if Morant can continue his performance in the playoffs last season, he will not be very far from the All-Star, and may even be selected to the Best Team. The most important thing is to hope that he can play healthy, because he has tried to block the center many times, but all of them have failed, and once injured, it will not be worth the loss.
Youthfulness is a good thing, but doing what you can is the most important thing.