Ja Morant about what he learned from his new teammates: “They ragebait a lot. They ragebait a lot, for sure.”
They definitely spamming the group chat with š«š«
Why he canāt shoot š
They took his gun emoji
āOh yeahā¦ well ur mom is gayā
The jerk store called, theyāre running out of you!
That would be funny.
POR Player 1: Hey guys we finally got a shooter
POR Player 2: [Posts Ja’s 3pt%]
POR Player 3: Welcome to the group chat Ja
prolly spammin with this instead š“ š“
fr tho it’s stupid ass that they switched real loooking gun emojis with this squirt gun garbage
oh Iām buying all stock in this teamās meme potential. might need to follow all the beat reporters
They have like 8 guards now idek whatās happening anymore, theyāre acquiring primary handlers like infinity stones.
Gotta hire Thibs. If you’re gonna be small you should probably have a fast offense as well
but thibs would only play half of them for 40 mins
Right. & then when they inevitably get hurt he has a whole slew of backups that can fill the exact role. It’s actually genius
I love Thibs but this statement is so true. He is a great coach but he doesnāt trust/utilize his bench like he should.
They’re going to fleece some team at the deadline. Probably the rockets
Probably load manage Ja/Lillard. Jrue can play with anyone. Then move Sharpe to dull time PF.
I felt confident Ja meant we were getting JB but noooo
Im gonna be watching this team on league pass for suuureee. Also Kevin Calabro is the goat.
Kevin and Lamar are a gift to basketball, one of the best duos in the league
It takes a special duo to make me to completely forgive the loss of Mike and Mike.
Indeed.. I miss the wild one. The crazy drunk uncle
Sometimes his blatant homerism was a little annoying to me, but Mike Riceās rants about subjects such as vampires were phenomenally entertaining.
He actually knew ball though so it wasn’t some utter nonsense 100% of the time on the basketball end either.
Oh I agree with that too. He was knowledgeable and entertaining, just too biased to my liking ultimately. I know people are supposed to love ātheir homers,ā and I did to a degree, but I kind of prefer a more level-headed assessment.
Kevin had pne of the goat homer moments for the Sonics in the 90s. A few bang-bang calls in a row, against the Sonics, and the last one was so bad he said it was against the other team then goes “What the hell!? Its against the Sonics?”
Oh he was the worst homer, the blazers could do no wrong but his random rants were priceless
Dundon better not fuck them up.
Oh no doubt, would be heart broken.. I’m hoping that if it was to happen it would have already but what the hell do I know
Hoping Dundon didn’t lay him off.
Iām kinda excited for him
He’s gonna drop a 22/4/7 season, theyre gonna win like 48 games
That’s kinda exciting for him
He has been on a 60 win first seed before. Not sure why we act like heās Zion who hasnāt even made the playoffs.
Edit: 56 win second seed my bad.
Because heās never available anymore, and when he is he doesnāt look like nearly the same player . Itās not rocket science
There was that game last season where he randomly went nuclear and dropped 40 against us
A 56 win 2-seed, PHX was the 1 seed that year with 64 wins
No he hasn’t, the Grizzlies franchise all time record is 56 wins (twice, and he was on one of those teams) and they have never been the first seed. And those playoff teams always either went into the playoffs without him entirely, or collapsed because he got hurt.
I’ll give him this at least though, he does ball out in the (very few) examples of him healthy in the playoffs.
grizzlies never won 60 games nor got the 1st seed with him.
How is blatant misinformation upvoted lmao when have the Grizzlies ever gotten the first seed?
bruh
I wonder if heāll help bring back the Jail Blazers era.
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Idk about Blazer fans, but the jail blazers played legit fun basketball.
Sheed, Mighty Mouse, Bonzi, the ghost of Scottie Pippen and Shawn Kemp, the semi-functional remains of Arvydas, Ruben āthe Kobe Stopperā Patterson, then they drafted Z-Bo who then broke Rubenās jaw.
The blazers had a fun 2000s.
I wasnāt joking, I was very serious
I mean he’s only said stupid shit on social media, not actually doing illegal stuff
Idk man Iād say this is pretty illegal. Ja made a big payout tho and they settled outside of court.
He’s gonna get injured, get offended, then malinger his way to playing 35 games total averaging 15/3/5 and playing his normal team cancer role he’s accustomed to.
I 100% see this happening
Who handles the ball between him and Lillard
And scoot and jrue. I would say let ja run point with dame ofc getting some run at it both with and without ja. If ja and deni can get dame wide open 3s it’s over. If they don’t help off dame, deni and ja have a good shot at the rim
I feel like yall need to trade a guard lol
We need to trade FOR a guard
Yep
League is not ready for a squad of 39 lil ball handlers
Agreed
yea, someone’s gonna be the odd man out there
Why not just run Ja and Jrue as the starters and Dame and Scoot off the bench? Neither Jrue nor Dame seem incapable of playing the 2
because Dame is the best player out of those 4
Yeah dame off the bench is unlikely unless he really doesn’t come back the same. Dame should be able to play sg but I feel like he doesn’t really want to play off ball much.
Best approach imo is to be match up dependent so start Ja/Dame against teams with weak defensive guards. Start Ja/Jrue when thereās an elite scoring guard. Start Scoot/Dame when you play lottery teams. Ofc this is going to take all of them to check their egos and buy in with strong coaching which is a big ask.
I donāt know. But Dame and CJ was a thing for a long time, so Iām sure theyāll figure it out.
Dame will be off ball.Ā
Lillard isn’t healthy. It’s Ja Jrue Scoot to begin
Why do you say lillard isnt healthy? Itāll be 1.5 years since his injury when the season starts. He is older, yes, but not injured
Lillard and Morant are 100% going to be the starters opening night
Ja is the best playmaker on the team currently
As a Grizz fan, me too. He needed change. Hope Dame can spread the floor for him to remind the league heās a legit all star.
Iām not even a grizz fan but I think itās kinda crazy how quickly everyone completely gave up on Ja. To me it was pretty clear his struggles related to personal issues with the team and injuries. I think he might be nasty with a change of scenery
honestly ja in a different situation could go either way but the raw talent is undeniable. hope he gets the right environment to put it all together
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What part of him excites you the most
I’m telling y’all Memphis turn people for worse.
LeBron James burner. Lol no but I do believe Ja is kind of an āenvironmentā person. And heās probably going to be different living in Portland
When Brandon Clarke passed away I lost all respect for this organization.
They could help him after prior arrest but they did nothing, eventually killing him by their ignorance.
He passed away about a month after his arrest, what the fuck do you expect the organization to have done?
Took him under surveillance and help him.
They had a WHOLE month to take care of him and they did not.
the third punch gonna come from portland
4th.Ā Draymond, Gobert, Bam.Ā If Donovan Clingan wants to take that All-defensive, all-nba jump, we know what he needs to do.Ā
How can you forget the Heats crazy eyed Bobby Portis, who put Mirotic in the hospital with a broken face??
Are we really gonna call Gobert’s mild shove a punch now?
Yeah but he did it live during a game so it’s gotta be worth more
Lol
No, his best friend thatās super problematic stayed back in Memphis last I saw. Heās coaching with Rasheed Wallace(not joking)
Edit: JK, the team removed their coaching page, so itās not confirmed anymore.
That Davonte Pack dude? Damn lol, what an interesting connection
Same guy.
Shot*
He’s setting up his justification for when he rages on them
Portland owner might punch Ja for keeping the water running for too in the facility.
Deni didn’t teach him about occupying the lane and not settling for jumpers?
Taught him about occupying land and not settling for coexistence
Your joke but worse
Drat
Nothing but NetanyahuĀ
the free throws were promised to him 3000 years ago
this joke was told to me 3000 times already
The joke was funny 3000 years ago
Unfunny redditors for the 3000th time:
cool adam
do people even do the nose-exhale laugh at these jokes anymore or do we just upvote out of moral agreement atp
Moral agreement personallyĀ
i mean it’s always good to shit on zionists even with mid jokes
I don’t like the fit with all the guards in Portland but I think Dame could be a good mentor for Ja. He has an opportunity to rehab his rep if he puts in the work and not record another stupid wannabe gangsta vid but thats tbd.
Kinda weird we are still thinking of mentors for Ja, when he’s already in his “nba middle age” phase.
He’s almost 27 in a month.
Zach Randolph was 28 when he got to Memphis. It wasn’t until he had the vet leadership there that he settled and became a reliable, winning player.
Z-bo took awhile to develop mentally, but he also had a physical gameplay and size that aged gracefully in the dead-ball era.
Ja is still looking for a new identity to his game, after he decided he wanted to preserve his body and stop recklessly charging the rim.
i mean, i feel like sticking him with one of the greatest shooters in history helps him with finding his identity
And as a Blazer fan, you know as well as I do that Randolph’s conduct and behavior was far and away more problematic than Ja’s. Ruben Patterson, Qyntel Woods,shit was rough. That entire era makes this current pill so much easier to swallow. Low stakes, low risk, high reward.
Yea it is a bit weird, but getting older =/= more mature, plenty of examples of this in the world.
Dame seems like a solid dude from all the interviews I’ve seen and has actually grew up in the neighborhoods Ja cosplays like he’s from and figured shit out.
You can use a mentor at any age
That’s true, except most people become less receptive as they age.
And for Ja it’s less about finding a mentor, he has access to countless of them with his connections and wealth.
It’s whether he’s in the right headspace to change.
Reporter: What kind of parental role does Dame play for you?
How many people have their lives figured out at 27. For an NBA player, thatās middle-aged, but outside of basketball, heās only 27, still very young.
Its later than you want but not everyone matures at the same rate. That’s the risk we are taking with this trade but no time like the present.
100% agree. If Ja canāt grow up and take every single piece of advice Dame has to offer then heās beyond a lost cause.Ā
Not just Dame, but Jrue. That’s a stellar mentor combo.
I can’t believe we just missed out on Ja x Beef Stew. That would have been legendary.
It really would have been
Bro, we have Ant and Lamelo on the same team
is it just me or does he look MUCH older and sadder than before? like look at his eyes
Noticed that too. It looks like heās a big drinker
dude was drinking tequila from the bottle like a beer for awhile so that probably didnāt help
coming soon Old, puffy, unathletic Ja - “Hey D! They want me to come off the bench! Ha ha”
Well he did just move to Portland.
The eyes, they never lie chico
ja’s situation isnt nearly black and white as described. He is incredibly talented, and for all the off court mess, his real sin was not playing. many in our sub are happy he’s gone, so new vibes can take root. Still, he is 1 of 1- and if he plays, the redemption arc will be legendary. im only rooting for ja.
They were just talking a little shit to him.
A little hee hee ha ha
“Get a brain, Moran(t)!” - Yang Hansen
I shudder to think what Deni rage baits about.Ā
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Deni about to get a gun pulled on him during the season haha
He’ll respond with a missile.Ā
Aimed at ja’s familyĀ
Nah even Ja kno better than to try some shit like that with Deni of all people lol
BREAKING: Portland Trail Blazers superstar Ja Morant Is Hospitalized for āPsychiatric Emergencyā following disturbance call by his personal trainer Harley Pasternak
What are concealed carry laws looking like in Oregon?
Pretty permissive actually. You just need to take a short course, apply online, show up to get IDed and pass a background check and you’re set.
It’s like the joy has left Ja. 2023 was such a great year for the Grizzlies and since then it’s been flushed away unfortunately.
You mean 21-22?
Couldn’t dunk until his senior year, unranked for his class of 2017 by ESPN, 247Sports or Rivals, a chance encounter led to playing for a mid major, defies expectations as an unranked HS player and goes #2 in the draft, after two seasons at Murray State, goes on a meteoric rise and becomes one of the faces of the league and making a fortune.
No true joy? Seriously?
He was an idiot and earned the criticism. Might still be an idiot, only time will tell. But ‘no true joy’ during that absolutely insane run from unknown to star… that is a wild, wild take.
Me in my 20s? Ā I would have flopped sooooo hard under any pressure lol. Heās really grown thru a lot.Ā
May Joyful Ja shine Ā on all his doubters!Ā
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nah he studied at IDF school of genocide and being an absolute piece of shit
11 day old account that posts nothing but anti Israeli comments on here
This is gonna go greatĀ
Straight outta prep school
He looks changed.
I feel like the last couple of years mightāve been the reality check he needed to just grow a bit more, coz heās been sounding much more grounded in these interviews. Hope he turns his career around in Portland
Does anyone think Ja can get back to the levels/heights he was at before?
Heās only 26 years old. Heās arguably entering his physical prime. His issues is he canāt get out of his own way.
Injuries seem to have impacted him as well. Not saying he cant come back but its not just father time hes fighting
His issues is he canāt get out of his own way
Statistically speaking this is 17% of the issue as he has missed 35 games due to off the court issues vs. 166 to injury
Right, like I’m not particularly worried about Ja’s personality. He ’s dumb but so is a lot of the NBA, he just needs to be dumb off camera.
The most games he’s played in a single regular season is 63. That’s pretty grim.
Grizzlies players seem to exist in constant rotation of injury lol.Ā Just my impression as a fair weather fan that hasnāt kept up.
As a Grizz flair-level fan, do u think the training staff sucks??? lolĀ *or am I off base and the team is regular nba injured
Theyāve fired two training staffs in 5 years. So yes, but idk about this one. Time will tell.
The old GNG teams were iron men though. Rarely ever injured
True but we’ve also seen when players don’t play for a whole season (he only played 20 games last season) it’s like they lose themselves or just never have it again.
I hope dude has all his past troubles behind him and can focus on basketball and getting back and continuing to develop into a good player.
Heās arguably entering his physical prime.
He’s 27 in a month, and when it comes to players who depend solely on athletic speed, their peak age is around 22-25.
Players that extend their stay in nba, usually transition to a mix of strength or craftiness.
Ja hasn’t shown much of either.
Nope. Memphis whole offense was built around Ja. He was injured so much so we moved away from that system.
I think he will still be good when healthy. Possibly another All Star if the team will be good. But im not so sure Portland wants him to be the man
When players lose athleticism they usually donāt get it back
You say this like heās 36 and not 26 š
I don’t mean it in any type of way. He played 20 games last season, 50 the season before that and 9 the season before that. And may not be the main guy on Portland.
raises hand me! Ā I. BELIEVE!!!!Ā
Ja’s about to pull a gun on his teammates LOL, want to see a rdcworld skit on this
A change of environment can really influence a man.
Sounds like they are all making fun of Ja.
ofc the israeli ragebaits
Ja might not be the one you want to ragebait lol
I feel my age when I read shit like this.
He sounds like he’s gonna put a gun on someones head if they continue to ragebait him throughout the season
Modern day Gilbert Arenas. Straight shooter.
Interested to see how this goes for the blazers. I think if theyāre willing to sacrifice and play defense they can be decent.
Dame is 100% behind most of it, that dude apparently is the friend in the gc who is literally always active. Also think about when he and CJ were on the NBA official IG live, those dudes are unserious outside of the game š
Excited for his get back.
This next season has a ton of storylines to follow. I can’t recall being this interested in multiple teams since the 90s.
getting ragebaited as a gun owner might’ve been the scariest thing for the blazers
Im sad that this is where Jaās career is at this point. As a basketball š fan it sucks š
dont let deni take him to the westbank
everything wrong has nothing to do with me “JA”
If you get ragebaited easy it means you have a fragile ego.
If you think everyone is rage baiting you, I think you just have a rage problem.
I bet they do non stop gun jokes and puns loool
They must be telling Ja he be playing 3rd string pg or something
Do you think the IDF baller will help take Jaās shooting to the next level?
Someone should interview Jaās dad. Lol
Whoās the coach?
insanely weird seeing him w that logo on
s/rage/master/g
y’all literally can’t help yourselves when Deni is mentioned in any post. Wonder why I never see these comments when it’s a Chinese or Russian player.
Yeah the league really is crawling with those high profile Chinese & Russian players at the moment.
Ragebait?
“Hey Deni… free Palestine right?”
That kind of ragebait?
deni’s self-victimization would peak after hearing that
This locker room isn’t surviving past December
A locker room with Dame and Jrue holiday in it will be fine.
They like to throw grenades?
Same demeanor in his voice and on his fave that I’ve watched the last few seasons. Sorry portland but ja is gonna suck this year.