Last Updated on November 1, 2025 12:50 pm by Mike Passador | Published: November 1, 2025

Ja Morant scored eight points in 31 minutes last night, shooting 3-of-14 from the field in a loss to the Lakers. And yet, nobody is talking about his on-court work last night.

Is it 4-D chess if everyone is ignoring your poor play to instead talk about your postgame media availability? No? Oh.

Morant was listless throughout Friday’s loss and decided to point fingers at the coaching staff after the game, with every question he faced leading to some variation of “go ask the coaching staff.” We also got this one: “According to them, probably don’t play me, honestly” when asked what the team could’ve done better.

Whatever it was must have been recent, because Morant was on fire and hit a game-winner on Wednesday night against the Suns. Last night he played the final 5:33 without taking a field goal.

Morant’s usage spiked after the coaching change was made late last season but he was not even close to good enough last night, and for things to boil over that quickly suggests that there’s real problems at play. That was the story of last night — while the Grizzlies try and put out that fire, let’s check on the stories of today.

Top Pickups

This is the “general must-add” section regardless of the slate. If these players were overlooked in your draft or remain chilling on the waiver wire, consider adding them to your squad.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

This is far from a news flash but Alexander-Walker has been hooping for the Hawks, and now gets to step into the starting lineup with Trae Young sidelined by a knee sprain. Sometimes more usage is actually worse for a player’s fantasy prospects but NAW has delivered to the extent that you deal with that problem if it arises. Young left the Hawks to go back to Atlanta for an MRI, meaning he’s also going to miss Sunday’s game at an absolute minimum. Alexander-Walker belongs in all lineups until further notice.

Jarace Walker

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