The Grizzlies had plenty of concerns after Ja Morant's wee-hours decision-making at Shotgun Willie's ignited a firestorm of controversy that resulted in a nine-game hiatus. Most of them, understandably, focused on the future, centering on the longterm well-being of the face of their franchise — the player to whom they'd just committed what could be nearly a quarter-billion dollars over the next five years to serve as their standard-bearer.
than the Grizzlies, who have won 10 of 12 to keep Sacramento at bay in the race for the West's No. 2 seed.
One neat wrinkle to Jackson's cranked-up role, though, is that Jenkins hasn't leaned overly hard into the skill set that often gets JJJ described as a. In fact, he's been more than happy to deploy his mismatch nightmare as a more traditional war horse … and, sometimes, as a Trojan horse. When the Grizzlies are at full strength, Steven Adams and Brandon Clarke handle most of the screen-and-dive duties in the Memphis offense. Before Morant stepped away, Jackson was averaging just under 12 screens per 100 possessions, according to Second Spectrum’s tracking.
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