NBA Legend Reacts to Ja Morant's Devastating Injury

If there's one player in the NBA that fans universally have sympathy for right now, it's Ja Morant. After missing 25 games to start the season, Morant found himself missing the season after only playing 9 games. The injury was so devastating, that even NBA legends couldn't believe it.

On the newest episode of Ticket and The Truth, Kevin Garnett made sure to give Ja Morant a shoutout for how he performed this season. In Garnett's eyes, Morant's return galvanized the team.

"You saw Ja, man," Garnett questioned. "Shout out to Ja, man. Damn, I hate to see that, man. But you, guess what the Ja effect has done? It's activated Memphis."

“Two laps behind.” 😭@paulpierce34 doesn’t think the Grizzlies would’ve made the playoffs at this point in the season, with or without Ja.

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Paul Pierce has a bit of a different perspective on the injury than Garnett does. In Pierce's eyes, Morant's injury could have some silver lining because it could force the Grizzlies to realize that they weren't making the playoffs this year. To Pierce, Memphis wasn't making the playoffs, with or without Ja Morant this season.

"It's not a good thing to get hurt," Paul Pierce said. "But maybe him just being out for the franchise to move forward, for next year, may be good. Because they wasn't going to the playoffs this year, I don't care what Ja did. They wasn't going to the playoffs. They was too far back."

While Pierce is right in some respects, it's also far too early to write a team off at the beginning of January. With Ja Morant in the lineup, the Memphis Grizzlies definitely had a chance worth respecting.

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