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60 free Ja Morant trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Ja Morant was unranked by every recruiting service, discovered by accident in an auxiliary gym, and three years later was the number two pick in the NBA draft. This Ja Morant trivia quiz follows the whole arc: Dalzell and Sumter, South Carolina, his father Tee's tractor-tire jump drills, the AAU season alongside Zion Williamson, Crestwood High's scoring record, Murray State's Matt McMahon and James Kane, the first 20-and-10 season in NCAA history, the NCAA Tournament triple-double against Marquette and the OVC records that fell. Then the Grizzlies years: the 2019 draft, Rookie of the Year, the play-in win over Golden State, the first All-Star start, Most Improved Player, the franchise-record 52 points, the first playoff triple-double in Memphis history, the $193 million extension, the 2023 suspensions, the shoulder surgery, the coaching change, the injury-shortened 2025-26 season and the June 2026 trade to Portland. Forty-three questions run from easy for casual NBA fans to expert for people who follow the box scores. Every answer is checked against documented records rather than fan pages, so it works for a Grizzlies watch party or an NBA round.
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Q 01What is Ja's full given name?
Temetrius Jamel
He was born on August 10, 1999, in Dalzell, South Carolina.
Q 02In which state was Morant born and raised?
South Carolina
His hometown of Dalzell is near Sumter, where he attended Crestwood High School.
Q 03Morant's father Tee was a high school teammate of which NBA great?
Ray Allen
Tee gave up a possible overseas career when Ja was on the way and became a barber.
Q 04What did Tee Morant buy so young Ja could practise jumping with a soft landing?
Tractor tires
He also taught him step-back jumpers in the backyard.
Q 05Which future number one pick was Morant's AAU teammate for a season with the Hornets grassroots team?
Zion Williamson
Williamson went first and Morant second in the same 2019 draft.
Q 06Morant left Crestwood High School as its all-time leading scorer with how many points?
1,679
His career high was 47 against Sumter High, and he could not dunk until his senior year.
Q 07Morant's only high-major Division I scholarship offer came from which school?
The Gamecocks (South Carolina)
ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals all left him unranked in the class of 2017.
Q 08How did Murray State assistant James Kane discover Morant in July 2016?
He spotted him in a side gym while looking for a snack
Kane had come to the camp to watch a different player who was already joining his team.
Q 09Who was Morant's head coach at Murray State?
Matt McMahon
Morant committed over dinner at McMahon's house on September 3, 2016.
Q 10Murray State competed in which league during Morant's two seasons there?
The Ohio Valley Conference
Morant was first-team All-OVC as a freshman and OVC Player of the Year as a sophomore; the Racers moved to the Missouri Valley Conference in 2022.
Q 11Morant's first triple-double was only Murray State's second ever. Who had the first, in 1984?
Isacc Miles
Morant later became the first Racer ever to record multiple triple-doubles.
Q 12As a sophomore, Morant became the first NCAA player ever to average what for a season?
20-plus points and 10-plus assists
He finished at 24.5 points, 10 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals a game.
Q 13Against SIU Edwardsville in January 2019, Morant went a perfect how many from the free-throw line?
21 of 21
He scored 40 with 11 assists and 5 steals, an OVC record for consecutive free throws in a game.
Q 21Which team did Memphis beat in overtime in the 2021 play-in to reach its first playoffs in four years?
Golden State Warriors
Morant had 35 points in the 117-112 win.
Q 22How many points did Morant score in Game 2 of his first playoff series, against Utah in 2021?
47
Memphis still lost 141-129 and fell in five games to the top-seeded Jazz.
Q 23Morant's career-high 52 points in February 2022 came against which team?
San Antonio Spurs
He shot 22 of 30 and 4 of 4 from three, two nights after scoring 46 against Chicago.
Q 14Morant's 2019 NCAA Tournament triple-double came against which fifth-seeded team?
Marquette
He was the first player to record one in the tournament since Draymond Green in 2012.
Q 15Which fourth-seeded team ended the Racers' 2019 tournament run in the second round?
Florida State
Morant scored 28 in the 90-62 loss and set school records for career assists and single-season points.
Q 16Morant was picked at which spot in the 2019 NBA draft?
Second overall
He was the highest mid-major pick since Michael Olowokandi went first in 1998.
Q 17What was the value of Morant's four-year rookie contract with Memphis?
$39.6 million
He signed it on July 2, 2019.
Q 18Against which team did Morant make his NBA debut on October 23, 2019?
Miami Heat
He had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in a 120-101 loss.
Q 19Morant led all rookies in 2019-20 with how many assists per game?
7.1
He also led all rookies in total points with 1,138.
Q 20Which award did Morant win at the end of the 2019-20 season?
NBA Rookie of the Year
Moneybagg Yo released a song called 'Rookie of the Year' to celebrate.
Q 24Whose Grizzlies single-game scoring record did Morant break with 46 points in February 2022?
Mike Miller
Miller's record had stood since February 2007.
Q 25Which two honours did Morant collect in the 2021-22 season?
Most Improved Player and first All-NBA Team
He was also voted a Western Conference All-Star starter for the first time.
Q 26In 2021-22 the Grizzlies won their first ever what?
Southwest Division title
They also tied the franchise record with 56 wins.
Q 27Morant's 16-10-10 line against Minnesota in April 2022 was a Grizzlies milestone in what sense?
The franchise's first playoff triple-double
He followed it with a game-winning layup with one second left in Game 5.
Q 28Which two players did Ja Morant join in 2022 with multiple 45-point playoff games before turning 23?
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James
He scored the last 15 Memphis points in that Game 2 win.
Q 29How much guaranteed money was in the five-year extension Morant signed in July 2022?
$193 million
It could rise to $231 million if he made an All-NBA team.
Q 30Whose Grizzlies record for career triple-doubles did Morant pass in December 2022?
Marc Gasol
He tied it against the Knicks and broke it ten days later against Oklahoma City.