Who is Temetrius Morant?

Murray State’s star Temetrius “Ja” Morant was discovered on accident when Murray State coach James Kane stopped by a concession stand at a high school gym.

Kane’s curiosity led him to serendipitously lay eyes upon Temetrius “Ja” Morant, a skinny, 6-foot-3 guard from Dalzell, South Carolina, who was heading into his senior season. Nobody knew the kid then. Everyone, at every level of basketball, knows him now. Ja’s near-impossible ascent from unranked prospect to viral college sensation to potential top-five NBA draft pick began then and there, in an auxiliary gym off the beaten recruiting path.

– Pat Forde