0 of 5 Nick Wass/Associated Press You know the names because we’ve been talking about them for months: Ben Simmons, Myles Turner, Bradley Beal and all the rest of the hottest trade-block commodities. You’ve probably also seen 50 made-up trade packages for each by now, with more to come as the Feb. 10 deadline inches
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In Sunday’s 127-119 victory over the LeBron James-led Los Angeles Lakers, the Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant’s two-handed chase-down block on the Lakers guard Avery Bradley left both teams marveling at the play. “That’s probably the best block I’ve ever seen live,” the Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. said after the game, via
The Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James postgame talked about the Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant’s block: “It starts with timing. And stalking your prey. That’s exactly what Ja was doing that whole play … Didn’t know he was going to do it in that fashion. But, they got rockets in his calf muscles. It