New baby giraffe at Memphis Zoo named Ja Raffe in honor of Ja Morant

Memphis has a keeper in Rookie of the Year Ja Morant.

The Memphis Zoo now has a keeper in its new baby giraffe, which they named Ja Raffe after the Grizzlies star.

LOOK AT JA RAFFE.

📷: @MemphisZoo pic.twitter.com/gZ2jyygHF5

— Drew Hill (@DrewHill_DM) November 19, 2020

Morant is down with this and went and visited his namesake.

“Ja”raffe was born a legend ‼️🦒

— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) November 19, 2020

The Link Up. @JaMorant x Ja-Raffe pic.twitter.com/1SW44eSI8e

— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) November 20, 2020

Grizzlies star Ja Morant meets @memphiszoo new giraffe calf Ja Raffe. @dailymemphian @memgrizz pic.twitter.com/K2NSVANrkJ

— Mark Weber (@markweberphoto) November 20, 2020

Morant also fed the tigers while he was at the zoo, because why wouldn’t he?

I have no additional commentary here. One of my personal credos is if I can get a baby giraffe picture into an NBA site, I will do it. So here you go.