Ja Morant

Club

Portland Trail Blazers

Position

Point Guard

Nationality

United States

Date of birth

1999-08-10

Birthplace

Dalzell, South Carolina

Height

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight

174 lb (79 kg)

Shirt number

1

Temetrius Jamel Morant ( JAH mə-RANT; born August 10, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019.

Morant was only lightly recruited by NCAA Division I programs and unranked by recruiting services, despite having been named All-Region Most Valuable Player three times and earning All-State honors at Crestwood High School in Sumter, South Carolina. Nevertheless, he made an immediate impact at Murray State University, earning first-team all-conference honors in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) as a freshman. He had a breakout sophomore season; it saw him win OVC Player of the Year as well as lead the NCAA in assists. As a sophomore, Morant became the first player in NCAA history to average 20-plus points and 10-plus assists per game for a single season.