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Ja Morant Goes Viral With New Instagram Post Before 2024-25 NBA Season

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is excited for the 2024-25 NBA season

Joey Linn

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) looks on during the first half against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) looks on during the first half against the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Center. / Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
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The 2024-25 NBA season is right around the corner, as many teams will begin their respective training camps at the end of this month.

For the Memphis Grizzlies, this season will be about reestablishing themselves as one of the premier Western Conference teams after an injury-riddled season a year ago. Playing just nine games last season, star point guard Ja Morant may be the league’s most motivated player right now.

Via Grizzlies PR on January 8, 2024: “The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the following medical update for guard Ja Morant: At Saturday's training session, Morant suffered a subluxation of his right shoulder. Following ongoing soreness and instability, Morant underwent an MRI that revealed an underlying labral tear. Morant will undergo season-ending surgery and is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25.”

As the Grizzlies stated in their initial announcement, Morant has been expected to be fully healthy for the 2024-25 season, and that looks to still be the case.

Sharing an Instagram post on Wednesday, Morant showed off some exclusive workout footage:

This post went viral on Instagram, tallying over 400,000 views in just one hour. One of the NBA’s most popular players, Morant has 9.8M followers on Instagram.

This footage shows Morant seemingly moving at game speed which is a great sign as the new NBA season approaches.

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Joey Linn

JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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