JA MORANT says that the return to court was “terrible”, he should have recovered with a shoulder injury

With Jaren Jackson Jr. for weeks with a sprained left ankleJA MORANT was brought back after missing a few games with a shoulder injury to face Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. How did it go?

“Terrible,” said Morant, Via the Associated Press.

“Because it was. I should have been absent, “said more when he was in a hurry to develop his thoughts, saying he returned early despite his shoulder.” But I was there. Regardless. Outside, it’s going to be something that will be said. “”

MORANT led the grizzleas with 24 points in a defeat against the best classified thunder, but he pulled 8 out of 22 in the night (2 out of 9). This outing corresponds to a scheme for him this season: not only are his counting statistics down, but also his effectiveness has fallen – his real shooting percentage of 54.3 is lower than the average of the league.

Playing injuries was a large part of this, dating from the opening evening when he played through a bruise of thigh. MORANT has missed 24 games due to injuries this season and did not look like other sections. At points this season, he complained of criticism on social networks and elsewhere by saying that he does not play enough – morale hears it.

When he is entirely healthy for a large part of January, Memphis struck 11 victories in 13 games, but the team had had trouble since and the 38-24 grizzlymen find themselves like the seeded n ° 4 in the West and only one match ahead of Houston in fifth. More than clinging to the short term, if Memphis will take a race in the playoffs this year, he must have more than, Jackson Jr. and the rest of the nucleus entirely healthy and ready to play their aggressive style. Otherwise, there will be difficult questions that the front office has to face this summer.