Is Ja Morant 'the Most Athletic Guard' in NBA?

cool007 · Post #21 » by **cool007** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:05 pm

3 most athletic guards in the NBA today - Zach Lavine, Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards. You can pick either one of those and you wouldn't be wrong.

Jadoogar · Post #22 » by **Jadoogar** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:32 pm

idk about most athletic (edward and Lavine as other have pointed out) but man is he fun to watch.

beeshma · Post #23 » by **beeshma** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:41 pm

Ja is like a Roger Federer. Russell Westbrook is like a Djokovic.

I prefer to watch the artist rather than the bulldog.

DelAbbot · Post #24 » by **DelAbbot** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:42 pm

When are we going to talk about Ja's one-leg-landing and raise enough awareness so he doesn't become D Rose 2.0?

LastNameEver · Post #25 » by **LastNameEver** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:46 pm

I saw him make a block that looked almost superhuman, hes up there with peak Rose

TheAlchemist · Post #26 » by **TheAlchemist** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:59 pm

I mean, I don't know how to qualify that aside from anecdotes and hot takes.

BUT,

He's top 5-10 for sure.

tarantism · Post #27 » by **tarantism** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:15 pm

Shocked that it took nearly 20 posts to mention Fox. Ja is up there though.

I'm assuming this meant small guards or guys like Edwards come into play.

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madmaxmedia · Post #28 » by **madmaxmedia** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:20 pm

Imon wrote:There are probably guards in the league who can run faster and jump higher than Ja but I think the reason why Ja gets a lot of attention is he has a IDGAF attitude that other guards don't have. Ja will try to dunk over anyone - he tried dunking over Gobert once and was denied.

Not saying he's more athletic as Ja is definitely next level, but had to post this in response 8-)

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Dacost · Post #29 » by **Dacost** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 5:23 pm

Ja is skinny af.That's why he won't get injured like rose who was carrying a lot of muscle weight.

BK_2020 · Post #30 » by **BK_2020** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 6:35 pm

Ant

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Ruma85 · Post #31 » by **Ruma85** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:02 pm

JN61 wrote:I hate twitter videos. It takes half of video for software to send HD picture and if you try scroll it back or rewatch it still shows really bad picture.

Huh??

Ruma85 · Post #32 » by **Ruma85** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:04 pm

I don't know it's tough, truth be told I still think Westbrook can get up if he really needed too.

timO · Post #33 » by **timO** » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:52 pm

Russ did that like +100 times

LakerLegend · Post #34 » by **LakerLegend** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:32 am

Watch on YouTube

alebaba · Post #35 » by **alebaba** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 4:03 am

Westbrook was way more explosive at his peak.

gorz · Post #36 » by **gorz** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 2:50 pm

Anthony Edwards 6'6 220 strong can get up just as well of 2 or 1 ft vs Ja Morant 6'3 180 wiry better leaper off 2 ft

bstein14 · Post #37 » by **bstein14** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:29 pm

For sure Ja Morant is #1 in leaping ability and quickness combination. He doesn't have a strong upper body though like Anthony Edwards so as far a pure athleticism I'm not sure I would rank Morant #1. Anthony Edwards is probably #1 when factoring in everything.

A few years ago with would have been Zach LaVine and Westbrook but I haven't seen as much ridiculous athleticism out of LaVine lately. Saw his opening game against Detroit a few days ago and will watch him again tonight. He's still super athletic, just probably not tops in the league anymore after the last two drafts.

Honorable mention goes to Green out in Houston... he doesn't deserve it yet but could very well in a year or two after seeing what he throws down this season.

HumbleRen · Post #38 » by **HumbleRen** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:39 pm

Lavine and Fox imo. They just aren't as hellbent on dunking on people like that anymore.

Dacost · Post #39 » by **Dacost** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:08 pm

Morant is faster no explosive.

LakerLegend · Post #40 » by **LakerLegend** » Sat Oct 23, 2021 5:56 pm

Jalen green looks like he’s at least as good of an athlete.