As Murray State guard Ja Morant arrived at the Chris Paul Elite Guards Camp last August, he met at a table with one of the other 19 collegiate guards at the camp.
The player introduced himself as Markus Howard from Marquette. The meeting was hardly planned. Morant chose a random table, and Howard was there.
“Markus actually was the first person I talked to,” Morant said. “We had a meeting that night when we got there.”
“It was just like any other conversation,” Howard said. “You just say, ‘Hey,’ and then you just start talking ball.