Ja Morant takes the hammer to another candidate for the dunk-of-the-year

Are you familiar with those award races that have two to three entries in each category of an actor for a movie or TV series everyone loves? This is what Ja Morant did in the dunkof the year race.

On Saturday, the Memphis Grizzlies star added another wild dunk on his ever-increasing highlight reel against the Indiana Pacers. He dropped the hammer as violently and then somehow levitated through the paint.

Take a look here.

Obscene stuff.

The Grizzlies won a win against the Pacers, beating them 130-112 to increase their record to 29-13. This record is tied with the Denver Nuggets as the best in the Western Conference. Morant ended with 23 points, on 7-of-17 shooting, with 10 assists and three rebound.

Since Morant joined the league, he has been a fan of such dunks. and for a while before itBut the point guard’s output has increased significantly over the last 12 months. There are plenty of amazing dunkers in the NBA — perhaps most notably Zion Williamson, the player picked before Morant in the 2019 NBA draft — but no one in the NBA is currently displaying a combination of athleticism, violence and showmanship quite like Morant:

Even his missteps are among the most entertaining plays that you will see every night:

Morant is still just 23 years old so don’t be surprised if he stops anytime soon.