What did Ja Morant actually supply in 2025-26 for MEM?
Ja Morant's strongest evidenced functions are creation, passing, rim pressure; the weakest available areas are shooting, rebounding, event creation. The profile is tied to MEM for 2025-26.
Medium Mixed Coverage333,680 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
7 of 7 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
MEM · 2025-26Small lineup sample159 possessions
Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Santi Aldama, Jaylen Wells, Cedric Coward produced 112.0 offense and 122.7 defense over 159 possessions (-2.6 shrunk net). 1 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
MEM · 2025-26Small lineup sample156 possessions
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jock Landale, Ja Morant, Jaylen Wells produced 106.4 offense and 118.8 defense over 156 possessions (-2.9 shrunk net). 2 player function profile(s) are full-season multi-franchise aggregates; exact lineup performance remains valid, while those function attributions are season-level and caveated.
MEM · 2024-25Small lineup sample470 possessions
Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells produced 128.7 offense and 102.1 defense over 470 possessions (12.9 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
2Left ankle1Left elbow · open
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
withheld: falsesalary rows: 15resolved player: trueseason profiles: 7medical episodes: 4lineup rows returned: 18current acquisition signal count: 1current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
71
Rim pressure
57
Shooting
37
Passing
68
Screening*—
Interior finish
52
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
49
Event creation
48
Rebounding
48
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+0.7 net per 100
on -4.7 · off -5.4 · 1,074 possessions
RAPM (single season)
-0.2 per 100
2,156 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+1.8 per 100
O +0.7 / D +1.1 · 4 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
MEM · 2024-25Small lineup sample223 possessions
Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke, Desmond Bane, Jaylen Wells produced 121.3 offense and 113.5 defense over 223 possessions (2.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MEM · 2022-23Small lineup sample430 possessions
Dillon Brooks, Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Xavier Tillman, Desmond Bane produced 101.4 offense and 106.5 defense over 430 possessions (-2.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MEM · 2022-23Small lineup sample328 possessions
Steven Adams, Dillon Brooks, Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, John Konchar produced 116.5 offense and 104.2 defense over 328 possessions (4.8 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MEM · 2022-23Small lineup sample258 possessions
Steven Adams, Dillon Brooks, Jaren Jackson Jr., Ja Morant, Desmond Bane produced 114.1 offense and 101.6 defense over 258 possessions (4.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
MEM · 2022-23Small lineup sample194 possessions
Steven Adams, Dillon Brooks, Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, Santi Aldama produced 114.4 offense and 101.0 defense over 194 possessions (3.8 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 18 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2019-20
cap hit
$8.73M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$9.17M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$9.60M
canonical
2022-23
cap hit
$12.1M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$34.0M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$36.7M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$39.4M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$39.4M
provisional
1
Right calf
+ Injuryleft left elbow UCL sprainJan 21, 2026 → open
+ Injuryleft left ankle sprainDec 16, 2025 → Dec 22, 2025
+ Injuryright right calf strainNov 12, 2025 → back Dec 12, 2025
+ Injuryleft left ankle sorenessOct 23, 2025 → back Oct 24, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
