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Grizzlies' Ja Morant is delivering a career's worth of highlights in one season

Gilbert McGregor

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Grizzlies budding superstar Ja Morant is a box-office sensation.

On a nightly basis, the 22-year-old All-Star is a threat to turn in the highlight of the night, whether it's a gravity-defying dunk, an ankle-shattering crossover or an algorithm-altering (I'll explain later) buzzer-beater, Morant has delivered a career's worth of highlights in the 2021-22 season alone.

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His latest submission? Defying gravity once again, this time with an off-handed alley-oop finish in transition against the Celtics.

This one deserves multiple looks.

Seriously. 

And Kyle Anderson clearly approves.

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Morant's left-handed dunk came just days after he quite literally broke social media with a series of highlights in his 52-point performance against the Spurs.

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There was the dunk:

And there was the buzzer-beater: 

With those two plays, Morant drove record engagement on NBA social media channels, including a record number of Instagram views on his buzzer-beater.

Even we're running out of ways to quantify Morant's highlight-making ability as he's made multiple appearances on our Vinsanity Scale, earning a 3 out of 4 with his poster in Orlando.

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 He even opened the calendar year with a 4 out of 4 in Brooklyn.

Vinsanity Scale: Ja Morant hits the jetpack in Brooklyn with high-flying dunk

If there was a Vinsanity Scale for below-the-rim finishes, this one would probably get a 4 out of 4, too.

Morant's highlight-making ability isn't bound by the 48 minutes of a regular-season game, either. He pulled this off during warm-ups in Brooklyn.

All-Star Game? You should know by now.

When you pay for a ticket to watch the Grizzlies in action, Morant alone will ensure you get your money's worth, and then some. And if you're undecided on which team to tune into on NBA League Pass, going with Morant and the Grizzlies is always the right choice.

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With the Grizzlies bound to earn a top-four seed in the West, the highlights will continue in the NBA Playoffs. Knowing that Morant gets up for the big stage, the best is yet to come.

Just remember, in the words of Grizzlies social media via comedian Druski: y'all be safe — you know 12's out here.

Gilbert McGregor

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Gilbert McGregor first joined The Sporting News in 2018 as a content producer for Global editions of NBA.com. Before covering the game, McGregor played basketball collegiately at Wake Forest, graduating with a Communication degree in 2016. McGregor began covering the NBA during the 2017-18 season and has been on hand for a number of league events.