Grizzlies star Ja Morant provided a young fan his game-worn jersey and Ja 1 sneakers from Wednesday night’s face-off versus the Spurs … after her autographed basketball was unfortunately stolen Monday night at the FedEx Forum.
Ellie Hughes, an 11-year-old Grizzlies fan, was at the Grizzlies-Spurs video game Monday night … and was attempting to get Ja’s attention when she laid the signed basketball down.
When Ellie recalled up, the basketball was gone. Ellie has actually been to every Grizzlies’ house video game with her grandpa because she was 5, and the ball had a lots of nostalgic worth because she had actually been gathering signatures from gamers after video games, according to actionnews5.com.
Enter Ja … the 23-year-old found what occurred to Ellie and wished to assist make things right for her and her household.
The Hughes household was at FedEx Forum once again Wednesday … and after the video game, Morant got some facetime with the child, where he talented her his jersey and sneakers.
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“I was attempting to get in contact w the fam,” Morant said in his postgame interview. “I connected & provided them 2 of the courtside seats that I offer to my fam & informed them after the video game I would provide my jersey & shoes.”
“Definitely a good feeling to have them there supporting us and see that smile on their face at the end,” he included.
In addition to the jersey and Ja 1 kicks Ellie got, she likewise got to enjoy Morant drop 38 points … en path to the Grizzlies’ 135-129 win over San Antonio.
Way to go, Ja!!