Ja Morant Will Likely Sign A $186M Max Extension And Could Boost His Total Deal To $223M If He Wins The MVP Or Makes The All-NBA Team

"Ja Morant and the Grizzlies are likely to agree on an $186M max extension in the off-season. Morant can boost his total deal to $223M if he were to make All-NBA again or win MVP."

Thanks to his All-NBA selection, Morant can sign a designated player extension, which would mean he can earn an additional $37 million over that $186 million, provided he makes another All-NBA team next season or if he wins the MVP. The Grizzlies will happily give him all the money he wants if he can have another season like he just did or if he goes one better and wins the MVP award.

Morant was a contender for MVP this season too, as the Grizzlies played well above anyone's expectations of them. The team also made it past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2015 before bowing out to the Golden State Warriors. Morant missed the last 3 games of that series and he felt that the Grizzlies would have won the championship provided they had been healthy.

They will have a lot more opportunities to contend for a title in the years to come thanks to Ja with the only concern being if he can stay healthy. His style of play is very taxing on the body and Morant needs to keep working on his shooting to ensure that he can keep playing at a high level for a long time. The sky is the limit for the Grizzlies as long as he is around.