On Friday night, Ja Morant came very close to having one of the greatest dunks in basketball history.
The Memphis Grizzlies’ rookie guard tried to throw down an absolutely absurd dunk over Kevin Love. When we say “over” Kevin Love, we mean Morant — 6’3″ — literally (almost) jumped over Kevin Love — 6’10” — and tried to throw down the dunk with ridiculous elevation and extension.
Morant was unable to complete the dunk, but it was still an unbelievable effort that he almost converted.
Ja Morant tried to take Kevin Love's soul. He missed though, lol!
STREAM @Cavs: https://t.co/H4dxKpnpiR pic.twitter.com/lFJHkbyHlX
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) December 21, 2019
Sure, Ja.#BeTheFight pic.twitter.com/GJPxevj1bh
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) December 21, 2019
JA MORANT ALMOST SUBMITTED A LATE ENTRY FOR DUNK OF THE DECADE 😳 pic.twitter.com/rtTw6kt0Rp
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 21, 2019
After the game, Love tweeted that Morant “almost ended [his] professional career” with the dunk try.
Ja almost ended my professional career with this dunk…that kid is something special 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 https://t.co/5SxCItAMba
— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) December 21, 2019
"I'm so glad he missed that dunk." 😅@KevinLove thankful Ja Morant didn't posterize him with a made-dunk. pic.twitter.com/15wUszcLeL
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) December 21, 2019
This dunk attempt comes just a week after Morant threw down an incredible poster dunk in the final minute of a Memphis win over the Phoenix Suns. The Murray State product is a remarkable athlete and basketball talent, and will be a joy to watch in the NBA for a long time.
