Ja Morant made it out the mud by tirelessly shooting on crooked rims, jumping on tractor tires, and dribbling through traffic cones in the steamy South Carolina heat. His skills as a high school baller only brought him so farit took an unmatched inner hunger to make the world see what he was capable of.When Ja wasnt picked first string at an elite summer camp, that might have been the end of his hoops career. But thats not how this story goes. He kept putting in work in an out-of-the-way gym, gr