Ja Morant to Vince Williams Jr. during their exchange at practice: “I don’t f*** with y’all. I’m with whatever.” When Williams Jr. says “Let’s go to the back,” Ja Morant replies with “You’ve been here for 5 minutes! You’re not like that!”
speedrun tanking trade value
Temetrius tanking time
He’s TOTALLY fine in the west
Kings licking their chops
respectfully, please shut the fuck up. do not wish that on us please man.
It was unbelievable. I walk in, and the first thing I hear from one of the players, they go, “Welcome to hell.” And I’m like, “Aw, s—. Damn.” I’m like, “What? Oh my god.” So, I sit down. Now, I’m just sitting there. I have my clothes on and Spud Webb comes down sits right next to me. Spud whispers to me and goes, “Man, I don’t wish this on nobody. But I’m glad you’re here with me.”
These type of shit is why I’ll never actively root against the Kings. That crowd deserves the 2002 type of teams instead of the usual shitshows they have had throughout the years.
The Arco-Cowbell combo is basically a staple of my childhood. Hope they’ll get there once again.
Goddamn, whatta miserable existence. Brutal.
Goddamn that’s not copy pasta LOL
I’m so sorry. I meant to say the Kings… Shit no um Clippers.
You think Vivek is watching these games thinking I knew it, we built a great team, we just beat 3 contenders, lets go all in and get Ja for our 2026, we are going all in? I think some part of him feels like that
He’s not over 30… Yet
Memphis will be lucky to get a meal voucher and a night at an airbnb in Hialeah
…Or increasing his trade value for the team really wants to go to: The Clippers
Grizzlies receive CP3, who actually wants to play basketball which doesn’t align with the team’s culture. Clippers finally get a 27 y/o to be the new face of the franchise, and continue their legacy of superstars who don’t want to play basketball like Wall, Beal, George, and Simmons. It’s perfect timing now that Kawhi is on the way off the bench since he’s decided to play.
I think it’s obvious this is the Clippers version on the LeBron-to-Luka transition.
Kawhi may have “decided” to play but he doesn’t actually want to play
The Vince Carter special. Next stop is sabotaging on the court
Speed running being out of the league lol. No one wants to put up with his shit on a max or near max contract.
this is so lame lol
Dude grew up with two parents in the suburbs but loves cosplaying like he came from the trenches
He is literally the 8 mile Clarence meme
And Ja’s parent have a real good marriage
This guy don’t wanna battle, he is shook.
Because ain’t no such things as halfway crooks
How many bitches have I slapped? Zero! And Martha Stewart happens to be my hero!
Best rap battle ever
I mean, they have a golden goose
His real name, Temetrius Jamel Morant, fits the Clarence meme to a tee
Does it though? I thought Clarence is a name that’s meant to “sound white”, while Temetrius Jamal, however you feel about it, definitely does not
It’s so annoying lol. His phony tough attitude only makes him look more like a brat
Yeah, it makes him look like a brat, but it also shows he has zero leadership or respect. The guy was a great player on an elite trajectory years ago. He’s still young, so maybe he can be salvaged, but it doesn’t look good.
When I question his leadership, I’m not just talking about the information in the video. It’s everything that has happened the last 3 years or whatever with him. It’s really such a shame.
Lukewarm take but I never bought the elite player hype with Ja. I saw a guy overly reliant on athleticism with poor fundamentals and low BBIQ. I didn’t see much defensively or shooting wise either that told me he’d grow much or age well.
He reminded me somewhat of Stevie Francis or so.
He’s a poor man’s DRose. Relied on his athleticism that once he got injured, his career regressed.
There’s more evidence to support your take, I just think there was something to hone back during his college days at Murray State, but I think all the things that can derail a player’s career at the NBA level did exactly that from ego, injuries, temptation, etc.
If he had somehow arrived there a season earlier, he could’ve had a vet like Conley, Noah or Gasol in his ear to try to steer his career in another direction. Veterans always have purposeful needs on a team’s roster across the league.
didn’t steven adams try but it fell on deaf ears?
he also had the literal drose as a vet
DRose wasn’t exactly a model citizen when he played. He once vanished on a team before tipoff. He also had that lawsuit against him because of a gang bang plus a few other things. I doubt he was much of a mentor.
Adams is definitely a man to be respected, but I don’t think he’s the type to give that kind of advice – he just goes about his business and doesn’t try to step on anyone else’s toes.
he doesn’t have an agent and is surrounded by people who leech off him. at the same time he doesn’t seem to have learned and grown from the mistakes he’s made either.
i don’t think he will be able to achieve the kind of growth that’s required if he stays in Memphis
Like why does he bother, he doesn’t need to be ‘tough’, just play basketball and he’ll get the respect from everyone just based on his talent alone Lmao
I know this gets spread around but it’s a suburb in the poorest county in a very poor state. He wasn’t living in poverty but he was living right next door.
It looks like he was reasonably well off based on pictures of him when he was younger and his dad has said he was. That said, I’m a suburb black kid too and lemme tell you, us suburb kids, once we get exposed to the hood a little bit, we often lean the fuck in lol. In high school I was very much pretending to be from the Baltimore streets when I was a million miles from it lmao. I saw a gun flash after school one time and that was it for me. Hell naw but that’s my line. It would not shock me at all if Ja picked up a lot of real street shit from people around him. That kind of thing happens
Oh so like the good girl that gets exposed to the street dude/bad boy and now starts skipping classes and choir practice?
It’s not even a suburb, it’s a poorer unincorporated quasi rural community outside of a very small city.
No you don’t understand he grew up in a two parent household AND HE’S BLACK THAT BASICALLY MAKES HIM A MILLIONAIRE
/S BTW DON’T BAN ME MODS
While it might be dumb, I also think people underestimate how “hood” someone can be from the suburbs, just like someone from the hood can be not tough at all.
Plenty of kids choose the streets when they don’t have to. Or they’re closer to the streets than you think.
I have no reason to believe Ja is tough or isn’t tough, and I don’t know what happened in this clip. But you do not have to be from the hood to be involved with certain shit. You likely aren’t going to be rich doing it but you don’t have to be poor either. Suburbs aren’t all safe.
Listen Ja has made some terrible terrible mistakes but Sumter South Carolina is not a suburb or safe place at all.
yeah but have you considered he grew up with 2 parents in the household? something nobody hood has ever done
He grew up in Dalzell, which is outside of Sumter, and not a wealthy place at all.
Yep. I’m from SC and always look for this when “Ja is suburban” shit pops up. Its not anything specific to SC and many states are like this, but there are lots of places in the state that aren’t “hood” to most people but are plenty poor and plenty rough. Dalzell is one.
And his real name’s Clarence! And his parents had a real good marriage.
You can have both parents, be from a good neighborhood and still be A/anti social lol
Yeah I think this argument is so stupid. He’s just an idiot. People from good upbringings can 100% be idiots. It’s irrelevant to his idiocy.
He’s gotta be just the most annoying ass player in the league. Just nothing redeemable about him
Let’s please make it a normal thing for people to start calling ja Clarence, especially at games I’m tryna see him crash at a fan 🤣
Just play basketball man 😭
Can’t stop shooting himself in the foot
Jaxico Morantess
Chedda Ja
jawayne carter
Jaqib Malib
Shouldn’t play with guns.
I don’t think Ja does that anymore (at least not that I can remember)
Legit all he had to do was put on a smile, make a witty funny joke once or twice a year at a presser, give away a few pair of shoes to kids post game. And shut the fuck up. And he’d have been encouraged by everyone to be the face of the league.
Instead he thinks he is gangster growing up in the burbs. Cringe asf
Or check back into counselling
Somehow this idiot is gonna end up on the kings. Somehow we are gonna trade 3 firsts for him. I don’t know how it’s even possible, but Vivek will find a way.
Condolences and congratulations
From a potential face of the league to whatever the heck he’s doing now
Feels like a Superstar to Jack Doherty speedrun, tbh.
Damn. This is like that scene in Band of Brothers where the soldier says he feels no fear because he’s accepted that he’s already dead.
this accurately describes what it feels like to be a kings fan
With Vivek, all things are possible
Jot that down
if it makes you feel any better, kings are beating the knicks 40-53 right now!
Dont worry, the third quarter hasn’t happened yet 😒
You must not have watched the Knicks over the last 10 games we are playing like a play in team.
Is there a consensus why your FO decided to destroy its core and imitate my failure Chicago bulls squad immediately after breaking a multi-decade playoff drought?
Ja seems like an annoying little bitch.
Nah. He a big bitch
He’s not that big. Back to lil bitch
ay ayy, don’t let him whip out his finger guns..one of the few genius to make it to NBA and then try to qualify for the hood.
The dumbass apple doesn’t fall far from the dumbass Tee.
Incredible fall from grace. Dude was supposed to be one of the faces of the nba.
There were moments when I wondered if he’d be the best active American player in the league. Now I’m just thinking to myself the grizzlies need to ship him to the pelicans or something.
You shut your goddamn mouth
Sorry bro. Can’t defy the basketball gods. He’s destined to be a pelican.
The prophecy must be fulfilled
Like if you combined Allen Iverson’s practice interview with Raymond Felton’s drive-thru order
you keep Charlotte bobcats legend raymond felton out of your mouth
I wish y’all would stop acting like there wasn’t a whole ass 2nd part to the interview after the “practice rant”
With Gilbert Arenas locker room behavior
Zion for Ja would go crazy. Zion already built like a bear 🐻
man i’d take a fat injured zion for ja in one tenth of a heartbeat
Zion’s problem is weakness with food and women. You can steer him away from those. The type of problem that Ja brings comes with him.
This honestly sounds like the best deal Memphis could get tbh. If they kept JJJ, a frontcourt with him and a locked-in Zion would be lethal.
Now he’s one of the asses of the NBA.
Him and Zion were supposed to be can’t miss prospects. 7 years is a loooong time ago. Must be a lesson here somewhere about athleticism as your only attribute.
I’m not a glazer but these kind of situations keep reminding me why LeBron deserves his flowers.
Yeah, for sure. I can admire Lebron’s style of play, even if I’m not a fan of his. His longevity is unreal. Like Ja and Zion’s careers show how difficult it is to stay on top, whereas Lebron kinda makes it look like the top picks should always be there.
Zion is usually good when he does play at least.
I’ll never forget the way he completely dominated every aspect of the Murray St-Marquette game in March Madness his last year. I’d never seen anyone control a game like that at that level. I thought for sure he was gonna be running the league.
Ja Morant is an internet gangsta. He’s not like that either.
He went to cranbrook, that’s a private school!
What’s the matter, dawg, you embarrassed? This guy’s a gangsta? His real name’s Clarence!
Jarence
And Clarences lives at home with both parents, and Clarence parents gotta real dope marriage!
This guy don’t wanna battle—he’s shook, Cause ain’t no such thing as a halfway crook
Temetrius is like the modern day Clarence!
What’s the matter dawg, you serious? This guy’s a gangsta’? His real names Temetrius!
Ja Reminds me of one of the dudes from this scene in Fear of a Black Hat
“Why would I go to the back? I’m right here!” he said, surrounded by cameras and the coaching staff
Exactly. Hall of fame bitch.
I’m unwell in the West.
Couldn’t bust a cream puff in a food fight.
So basically everyone hates Ja
There is not a single thing you can even like about this clown lol
Idk I thought the grenade celly was pretty funny. Immature, but funny.
Idc that shit was objectively funny, even funnier was seeing Dirk do it
I like his shoes
this is what listening to nothing but YB does. i understand why it’s referred to as CIA music now
he hasnt gotten close to embid or harden hate. well maybe hes not good enough to be gotten that yet. basically gotta be the rival of the most liked player. kd. bron. kobe. ya he cant be.
I’m not talking about Reddit or Twitter. He’s hated by guys who actually spend time with him
No. You don’t get it. You don’t have to be so good in order to be hated. Ja may be or has been good, but he’s hated because it’s repetitive shit behavior. Hard to root for.
I would like to get off this ride
The Conley, Randolph and Gasol years seem so long ago.
Z BO
It’s wild that the Grizzlies went from grit’n’grind to the softest, most immature man-child in the league.
Hopefully they can make him someone else’s problem in the next few days. Whatever team he ends up on needs to keep his dad away. I feel like hes part of the problem and I also just hate seeing him talk shit during games like hes the one playing
Ja fails the character test. Any team trading for him is pissing their money up the wall
Down the wall.
Ain’t nobody got the energy to length it up for corn ball morant
Heat culture will set him straight
Putting Ja in a city with an unlimited supply of hoes, internet influencers, cloud chaser and crazy people. Seems like an science experiment.
Yeah, but no easy access to guns in… checks notes… ah, Miami. Carry on, then.
Pat Riley will be his Godfather
Maybe give him cement shoes in Biscayne Bay
Zero character, zero heart, just like his whole family.
You guys always take it too far lol
His whole family? Chill out
His whole family though? Been waiting to get that one off your chest huh
Ja’s been there 7 years and won…. One playoff series. Being the best on your team ≠ being a superstar
“I’m fine in the West”
Should have been “I’m fined in the West”
you’re right
but “you’ve been here for 5 minutes” doesn’t look like it means “you’re new to the team,” in this video it appears to mean “why would we go to the back if we’ve already been having this discussion here”
I will never forgive Brandon Clarke
The dynasty starts after you.
Grizzlies are closer to being the worst team in the league to being anywhere close to a contender
Once Ja leaves for chips and dip and JJJ (potentially) asks out…..then what?
It’s almost a miracle they’re almost .500 instead of near the bottom of the league right now
You tank for a couple years and add some lottery picks to Edey, Coward, Aldama, and Wells. It seems like the old guard is mostly responsible for the bad vibes there. A fresh start is in order.
They already have bonus picks because of the Bane trade.
They also have to get back decently paid players because how big Ja’s contract is.
Gonna be kinda like the Jazz, only it comes down to the drafting, if they pick their own version of Cody Williams or Taylor Hendricks, well it is gonna be like the Jazz.
Wasn’t that actually said to Brooks by Draymond?
It’s a quote from his podcast. Yes, he said it about Brooks after the Memphis series in 2022. It also applies to Ja…and Bane…and JJJ? As it turns out, the dynasty starts after all of them. We don’t have a release date for the Grizzlies dynasty yet. Maybe whenever The Winds of Winter drops?
Lesson is to never talk shit to GSW during your first playoff run. Dismantled the Kings and Grizz
Oh yeah they gunna get him out of there.
Who on the team releases this footage lol
Steve Kerr is absolutely sick right now
Broke the code
waterboy fs
For part of the training in berlin media was allowed to be there and film, so might be from that
Lol so vince williams was right why we arguing here infront of the media, lets go back to the back.
Ja knew what he was doing.
All my heroes have failed me
i knew this guy wasn’t it after the second gun incident. like, the first one can MAYBE be chalked up to a youthful error.
but the second one is indicative of some serious inability to be mature no matter what the stakes or consequences are. literally losing more money than most people will ever make just to make a dumb gesture on an livestream.
bro is a studio gangster
You rang?
Lol
Ah shit, here we go again
Oh boy
Wow such a talent so much drama. He has such a high ceiling and was gonna be the face of the league.
Really feel bad for the Grizzlies fans.
I’m tired boss…
this suburban ass goofball is so embarrassing…
VIVEK DON’T DO IT, I SWEAR TO GOD
Bro there is no context at all. How do you even know what they were talking about
The context is everything everyone knows about Ja Morant
Anything that might be remotely ambiguous about Ja will be shared and misrepresented for clicks
Ja does look frustrated but they could literally be talking basketball
I mean come on dude this was clearly an argument and them discussing going to the back or Ja saying i’m right here?
While I agree with Ja that I have no idea who Vince Williams is, much respect given for stepping up and calling Ja out on his bullshit.
Vince, welcome to being captain of the Grizzlies 🫡
I’ve been in Ja’s corner from the beginning and absolutely refused to entertain any notion that he wasn’t our guy. I’ve got the jersey, the autographed card, whatever. I am/was a fan.
But man… Fuck him. Trade this bozo and let’s start building a real team.
“Team shoot around” lmao
This guy is hoping to make everyone from every angle dislike him eh?
Jasef
“I’m right here”?! Williams trying to keep it discrete, and Ja trying to take more people down with him. A true crab. Good on Williams to keep his composure.. while also offering Ja the fade! 😂🤣
Enjoy him Miami!
Hold on now. The raptors aren’t out of the race yet
He can learn Torontonese.
no he can’t fam don’t cheese me crodie
Not even Pat Riley can fix this clown
“I’m with whatever”
“Let’s go to the back”
“Why?”
He’s so embarrassing
He didn’t wanna fight Vince
His real name is Clarence
These players now a days man don’t want to work for fucking anything. He’s going to burn out and be out of the league in 3 years
Dunno about that but he could be a bench player soon if he doesn’t develop some miracles
Send this dude to the pelicans
Genuinely insane how fast he blew his face of the league opportunity, what a headache.
It’s crazy how Ja Morant truly just seems like he wants to ruin his career
Ja makes draymond and Dillon seem likeable
Ja “fine in the west” is not even fine on his own team 🫠🫠🫠
Trade him to china for 6 pairs of starbarys shoes
Bros gonna get his shit rocked if he keeps this up
No chance can he play for Riley
Remember the 70s & 80s when all these young dudes were falling off like flies, then we learn it was the cocaine?
What in the actual FUCK are we going to learn caused dudes to lose their minds in the 2020s?
The internet.
The 2019 draft really took a sharp turn and plummeted. I legit thought that zion and ja were going to be the face of the league
The amount of money some of these guys make and how they act would make me feel zero sympathy if nba players lost guaranteed contracts some days.