Kirk Goldsberry

$0.25 on the dollar for Ja Morant versus, hey, we'll continue to sell jerseys and tickets and keep the fans happy because Ja Morant remains very popular in Memphis in a way that, say, Trey Young wasn't at the end in Atlanta.

So I think that's really relevant here, too, Zach.

Yeah, I think so.

And look, nobody's ever doubted this guy's ceiling, man.

He's like a Tyrese Maxey, Donovan Mitchell, one of these guards that can score 40, make big plays when other players can't, and in clutch moments, get into the paint at will, finish with dunks and floaters.

Nobody's questioning that.

The ultimate NBA cliche with this guy is the best ability is availability.

Are we getting that?

And for one reason or another, he's just not.

And if you look at his last calendar year, two years in that uniform,

It's the exception, not the rule, that we get that game that we got in London.

A previous example a lot of people talk about, he was great against Philadelphia earlier this year, looked like the best player in a big, close game.

It's like, damn, that guy can do that.

That's your point, right, Zach?

That's your point, right?

It's like, let's not look at the two games.

Let's look at the other, what are we, halfway through?

Let's look at the other 40, because that's really what we're getting.

And all the off-court shit, by the way, too, is...

there's not a lot of general managers that want to invite that kind of headache into their lives, into their careers.