{"id":686538,"date":"2026-03-29T19:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686538\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:21:14","slug":"former-nba-star-names-perfect-landing-spot-where-ja-morant-could-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686538\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Star Names Perfect Landing Spot Where Ja Morant Could Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if given a chance, nobody would want to be Ja Morant in today\u2019s time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Imagine averaging sub-20 points per game while also shooting mid-range, and despite giving all he had, the Memphis Grizzlies superstar was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies-injury-updates-ja-morant-kentavious-caldwell-pope\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sidelined for a prolonged period with an elbow injury<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, amid all the chaos, Morant\u2019s future has quietly become a talking point across the league, and former NBA guard Joe Johnson believes he knows exactly where the Memphis star could rediscover his best form.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Nightcap podcast, the former Miami Heat guard pointed to South Beach as an ideal destination, emphasizing both structure and culture as key factors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie, I think he would thrive in that Miami situation,\u201d he said. \u201c I want to see Ja back out there throwing grenades, covering his ears\u2026 I never went to the club when I played for the Heat. We worked so hard I couldn\u2019t wait to go lay down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even if given a chance, nobody would want to be Ja Morant in today\u2019s time.\u00a0 Imagine averaging sub-20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,293,177,4070,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-686538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-memphis","11":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","12":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116314091374748035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}