The NBA’s Electrifying New Superhero

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Published by Slate.com on Jan 19, 2022

Memphis is one of America’s great cities, a bastion of culture and history and Morant-levels of civic charisma. For much of their existence the Grizzlies have been something like the opposite, a relocated expansion franchise with a nonsensical name and a grand total of one Conference Finals appearance on its resumé. Ja Morant and his teammates are bringing a world-class basketball squad to a world-class city, and no one deserves each other more.

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