{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_nwp7hzj2wqdtz3to7teq","title":"Blazers’ Ja Morant drops ego-less answer when asked if he’s a starter","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/blazers-ja-morant-drops-ego-less-answer-when-asked-if-hes-a-starter-nwp7hzj2wq","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_nwp7hzj2wqdtz3to7teq","seq":545401,"kind":"article","title":"Blazers’ Ja Morant drops ego-less answer when asked if he’s a starter","url":"https://clutchpoints.com/nba/portland-trail-blazers/blazers-ja-morant-drops-ego-less-answer-when-asked-if-hes-a-starter","summary":"Portland’s guard rotation raises an immediate question for Ja Morant: Does he need to start? His answer on Monday put winning ahead of his place in the lineup. “I think winning is the most important thing for me,” Morant told reporters, per Bleacher Report. Asked whether starting mattered, he said he would accept whatever role […] The post Blazers’ Ja Morant drops ego-less answer when asked if he’s a starter appeared first on ClutchPoints .","published":"2026-09-28T23:26:51Z","seen":"2026-09-29T00:01:04Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-clutchpoints-com-38a68c","name":"clutchpoints.com","domain":"clutchpoints.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q104844864","name":"ClutchPoints","type":"website","country":"US","designations":["website"]}},"via":"kite-clutchpoints-com-38a68c","topics":["nba","portland trail blazers","ja morant"],"authors":["Burtland Dixon"],"entities":[{"id":"Q59656031","name":"Ja Morant","type":"person"},{"id":"Q134479","name":"Croatia men's national football team","type":"org"}],"image":"https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Blazers-Ja-Morant-drops-ego-less-answer-when-asked-if-hes-a-starter.jpg?crop=1&h=150&w=150","story":"st_nwp7hzj2wqdtz3to7teq","category":"sport","category_p":0.9700000286102295,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.17000000178813934,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}