Ja Morant Gets Honest About His Viral Dunk Over Victor Wembanyama

Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies may have had the best dunk of the NBA season, but, sadly, it didn’t count.

A few nights ago, Morant caught air over Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs with a massive dunk that people will be talking about for a long time.

Morant opened up about his thoughts on the dunk and doing such an incredible thing against a tall, powerful, seemingly unstoppable player like Wembanyama.

“It was just another person at the rim,” Morant said according to Michael Wallace, per Legion Hoops.

Ja Morant on his poster dunk over Wemby:

“It was just another person at the rim.”

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— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 18, 2025

During his game against the Spurs, Morant was driving his way to the bucket in the fourth quarter and committed this monster dunk.

But he had drawn a foul just seconds before, meaning the dunk came after the whistle.

Still, people were blown away by seeing Morant get air over Wembanyama, who is constantly talked about as Defensive Player of the Year.

It was a shocking moment, made even more shocking by the fact that Morant recently said he wasn’t going to be dunking anymore.

In order to keep his body in pristine shape and avoid injuries, Morant said he wouldn’t be performing such epic feats of air.

But when an opportunity like this one presents itself, Morant just can’t help himself.

Morant and his Grizzlies are having a strong season, with Morant averaging 21.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 7.5 assists, and the Grizzlies sitting as the third team in the West with a 27-15 record.

It doesn’t matter if this dunk didn’t count because people loved every second of it and it was further proof that Morant really isn’t afraid of anyone in the league.

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