Sam Amick: “And man, Ja — like he was in a good place. Considering how much time we spent talking and writing about the stuff that happened early on in the season when it seemed like he was ready to get out of Memphis and he was frustrated with the coaching staff — you know, what I saw that night was a very different picture where he was obviously hurt, but he’s on the bench coaching guys up. Um, literally even engaging with Tuomas Iisalo about stuff, you know, on—on the playboard, um, things like that. So talking to people around the team, you know, Zach Kleiman, their GM, continues to not show much interest, if any, in moving Ja and to tell people that they’re trying to push this thing through. Again, you know, it seems like Ja and even his—his camp and his family are—are trying to make it work.”
