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Murray State point guard and projected No. 2 overall pick Ja Morant says he learned how to handle “ball-screen situations” from Houston Rockets All-Star guard Chris Paul at the CP3 camp last summer.
Paul is one of the best guards in NBA history, so Morant made sure to learn everything he could from Paul.
Article Continues Below“I loved how Chris Paul was hands-on with everybody,” Morant told Sean Deveney of Sporting News. “And what I learned the most was handling the ball-screen situations. I know at Murray we run a lot of ball screens. So we watched film. He showed us how he attacked screens, what he was trying to read on the floor, and that's what I took most from that camp.”
The Memphis Grizzlies are widely expected to take Morant with the second overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, which is on June 20.
Morant averaged 24.5 points, 5.7 rebounds and 10.0 assists per game this season at Murray State while shooting 49.9 percent from the field, 36.3 percent beyond the arc, and 81.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Anytime you can get advice from Paul, you take it and run with it. Paul is universally recognized as the best pure point guard of this generation. The Grizzlies are hoping Morant becomes a “point God” for them.
