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Ja Morant★

Portland Trail Blazers · #1 · Plus starter
PG6'2"174 lbage 267 yrs expMurray StateDalzell, SC
1st best of 14 on PORworth +3.8 wins to the rotation
OFF84DEF72
Capable scorer & playmaker
POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Western · Northwest · proj. 54-28 (▲+11.1)
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All-NBA2× All-StarRookie of the YearMost Improved Player

The face of the franchise and one of the most electric guards in basketball — a downhill blur with elite vertical pop and a flair for the spectacular. He missed enough of 2025-26 that there's no full sample to rate here, but at full health he's an All-NBA-caliber engine the Grizzlies' whole offense bends around.

23.2
PPG
4.1
RPG
7.3
APG
1.2
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 50MPG 30.4FG% 45.43P% 30.9FT% 82.4TS% 56.3USG% 32.2PER 19.3BPM +2.4VORP 1.7EPM +2.8
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Scoring84
Playmaking82
Rebounding79
Inside finishing78
Perimeter defense76
Shooting67
Rim protection65

Skill ratings are 2024-25 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
22.4
PPG
4.6
RPG
7.4
APG
327
GAMES
Points 7,331Win Shares 24.3Starts 325Best season 2021-22 · 27.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons32%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 24 → 26
▼Declining

Ja, at 26, is trending downward — +3.1 → -1.5 box plus-minus over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 7.0 wins (+5.6)
Assumes a normal season; he played 20 games last year. Range 4.6–9.4 wins.
Production (BPM)+3.1 → -1.5-4.626-27 forecast +1.1
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +3.1 · 9 games2024-25: +2.4 · 50 games2025-26: -1.5 · 20 games2026-27: +1.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.9 → 1.4-0.626-27 forecast 7.0
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.9 · 9 games2024-25: 4.3 · 50 games2025-26: 1.4 · 20 games2026-27: 7.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $37.9M vs $42.2M salary−$4.3M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$42.2M salary2023-24: $4.4M · 9 games2024-25: $11.8M · 50 games2025-26: $3.4M · 20 games2026-27: $37.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $42,166,510 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$42,166,510Guaranteed
22% of the club’s payroll · 1st of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$37,900,000 /yr
Surplus−$4,266,510
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.