MrBuckBuck [OP] | POR

7 | 4 hours ago

I love Rob.

Timelord was supposed to be one of the league’s best centers, if not for the injury issues, which sucks.

He is an underrated passer, too (with great BBIQ).

gotpez | POR

93 | 5 hours ago

Rob was an incredibly important glue guy last year, played with discipline. I’ll take his word for this.

CarBallAlex | BOS

40 | 5 hours ago

One of my favorite Celtics, my king Timelord can do no wrong. I trust him too

Give_me_soup | POR

7 | 4 hours ago

I am so glad we brought him back. Didn’t think it was gonna happen.

shangalang69 | TOR

1 | a minute ago

hes a raptor come february 🙏

Dusty_Negatives | POR

13 | 4 hours ago

I love RW3. Dude is a real one.

onefootback | TOR

67 | 5 hours ago

i believe him. idk why this sub hates ja so much, it’s bizarre

BurnieTheBrony | MEM

8 | 4 hours ago

Out of the stadium he’s an idiot, but every teammate he’s ever had has had nothing but good things to say about him, about his leadership and whatnot.

We traded him because of the nonsense and the worry of injuries, but if he’s healthy he’s a positive locker room presence and will still be a positive on the court.

Whether he’s worth that contract still… well, that’s a different question

AfroManHighGuy

34 | 5 hours ago

People can’t see when a person matures and changes from his mistakes. Just keep spamming the same jokes about Ja on here over and over again.

Dgwdum

13 | 4 hours ago

people will criticize someone with the excuse that its bc they want to make them a better person or the world a better place BUT then they never let that person live it down and allow them to completely move on and grow from it.

its mostly all just performative bs to put someone else down while propping themselves up to feel superior.

with that said, ja pointed a gun at other nba players so its not something small so i do hope hes genuinely matured

StattPadford

2 | 4 hours ago

Kinda related, but not for the same reason, people do this with Jared Goff. It’s kinda crazy. Dude is like top 5 in so many stats over the last 4-5 years and people still say “the Rams had to trade a first round pick to get rid of him.” Or whatever talking point that was valid 6 years ago. At some point we gotta give guys credit where it’s due. People didn’t wanna give Brock Purdy credit either and he’s got the best passer rating of all time. At some point it’s gotta be more than the coach/teammates.

The “We’ll never believe in you because of that thing you did awhile back” all-stars:

Lamelo

Ja

Randle

Embiid

Luka (defense only)

KhonMan

17 | 4 hours ago

Let’s see if he matured or not first.

ExpertOnion3756 | GSW

5 | 4 hours ago

This

genius-baby

1 | 4 hours ago

His off the court stuff would have blown over if he was playing at the level he was early in his career. It became a referendum on him because he never got back to form after. But most of that was due to injury and change in play style. If he’s not gonna be dominant at the rim anymore he needs to get that 3 point

Jonathank92 | ORL

1 | 4 hours ago

*insert gun joke that’s been used 10,000 times*

rocpilehardasfuk | GSW

-18 | 5 hours ago

He hasn’t matured.

Unless he kills Tee Morant on live TV, I will believe more in Ben Simmons jump shot than Ja Morant maturity

When I called out Tee for being a drunk asshole on live TV, woke 1.0 Mfs said I was hating on a successful black father wtf

SwizzGod | LAL

7 | 4 hours ago

Seems like you need more help than Ja. You sound like a piece of shit

movingunderbraking

2 | 4 hours ago

how can you possibly say he hasn’t matured when his teammates are saying the opposite? i get that he was an idiot in years prior, but i think it’s fair to give credit for growth when it is due. everything i’ve seen from media day today instills confidence that he’s turning a new leaf

rocpilehardasfuk | GSW

3 | 4 hours ago

How many Grizzlies teammates publicly announced that Ja was immature? Teammates aren’t very wise usually

Banner_Hammer

2 | 4 hours ago

Because players will defend players regardless of the truth. Harden was just seen rooting for Watson. Are we to believe Deshaun is a standup guy now?

InevitableAd2436 | SEA

2 | 4 hours ago

No way you really talk like that 😂

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0 | 4 hours ago

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ObiOneKenobae | NYK

4 | 4 hours ago

Aside from the off court antics a few years ago, people are hyper-fixating on the bad start and being injured last season. But he was great those last 2 stretches of games he came back for, so IMO it’s being read into too much.

DrPuzzle

8 | 4 hours ago

I mean I think they hate him because historically he’s kind of been a little dumb but even I admit like that’s no reason to hold a grudge

The guns and stuff just nonsense and immaturity, it’s not like he killed anybody. He’s also a good player and we’ve never heard anything bad about him from previous teammates either so I don’t know I think it’s just a case of people running with a narrative and not letting it die

TotalEmployment9996 | TOR

4 | 4 hours ago

Just a little dumb?

FlatulenceConnosieur | LAL

2 | 3 hours ago

I mean, has he developed a jumper or decided to put any effort into defense? I don’t care much about the offense court stuff, I just care that he hasn’t been very good when on it.

onefootback | TOR

1 | 2 hours ago

it’s fine to not think he’s a very good player, i’m talking about the people who hate him for off the court reasons

SwizzGod | LAL

1 | 4 hours ago

Bunch of lames in this sub who like to pretend like they’re perfect. Want to crucify someone for life for mistakes made when they were young. The nature of reddit

Saucy_Totchie | NYK

5 | 4 hours ago

Can irresponsibly flashing a gun a second time after you got in trouble for doing the same exact thing before really be considered “mistakes you make when youre young and dumb”? Like come on now. Kind of like saying Ron Artest and Ben Wallace had a little disagreement back in the day.

SwizzGod | LAL

-3 | 4 hours ago

So you gon bring it up for the rest of his life. Spare me your holier than thou bullshit

Saucy_Totchie | NYK

5 | 3 hours ago

I’ll admit that I’m not a saint but I can’t say I can relate to flashing a gun at a 17 year old kid over pickup basketball. Guess I’m too sheltered if this is normal acceptable behavior. And you know what? Unless he does something else more noteworthy, hopefully for something positive, this is the rep he built on his own. You lay in the beds you make.

theDoinItPart | SAC

7 | 4 hours ago

Okay I totally agree with you but these “young mistakes” was a guy in his mid 20s growing up in the suburbs touting glocks on his IG story and beating up high schoolers in pickup games be so fr 😭

SwizzGod | LAL

0 | 4 hours ago

When you’re the caliber of talent as Ja it might take a little more time to mature. Plus that was what 2-3 years ago? People need to let it go

FlyChigga | SAS

-2 | 4 hours ago

A lot of guys have done worse tbh

theDoinItPart | SAC

3 | 4 hours ago

You got a rabbit hole of an account lmfao

KhonMan

-4 | 4 hours ago

We are not making the same mistakes and the magnitude of the mistakes are amplified by the amount of money and influence that a person like Ja Morant has.

SwizzGod | LAL

0 | 4 hours ago

Right. Every on one reddit only makes a mistake 1 time and never again. /s

KhonMan

2 | 4 hours ago

If you also were waving around guns and pointing them at 17 year old kids, you too are an idiot.

ProfessionalCLA | SAS

1 | 36 minutes ago

Don’t you know? In this sub, no one can change for the better, what you are from the beginning of your career is what you’ll truly be until you die.

guidethyhandd | MIN

1 | 33 minutes ago

If I say it..

UnbracedConsecration

1 | 4 hours ago

He has a pretty obnoxious personality and has not lived up to his potential. Don’t see what’s so confusing about that.

beefJeRKy-LB | Lebanon

1 | 4 hours ago

I think for them it’s a show me the change to believe it thing. I hope he’s really ready to show something new

onefootback | TOR

4 | 4 hours ago

i also think the “show me the change” attitude is strange. it’s been years since the incidents and since then, we haven’t heard of ja engaging in those behaviours. that should be enough

anonymous32880649 | POR

-1 | 4 hours ago

Portland might be perfect for him tbh. Tons of strip clubs, but none of the grimey side like in Memphis. Ja can live in Lake O or West Lynn, absolutely tear up Stars in Bridgeport, and as long as he plays pretty good we will all love him. We have a million guards so he can load manage and stay healthy.

erichama | MEM

1 | 4 hours ago

Grimey side…? What does that even mean?

PeregrineFaulkner | GSW

6 | 4 hours ago

Wasn’t the club he was waiving the gun around in Denver anyway?

Thunder-ten-tronckh | MEM

4 | 3 hours ago

Shotgun Willie’s is an institution

anonymous32880649 | POR

0 | 4 hours ago

Routinely one of the major US cities with most homicides? Like actual, actual gang violence? Every Pooh Sheisty song that Ja seems to be trying to emulate? Like he was threatening people and shining lazers. Living in a boring Portland burb town seems like a better place for him.

erichama | MEM

3 | 3 hours ago

Crime problems in Memphis have literally nothing to do with Ja or the stupid things that he did in the past, though. There’s zero correlation.

If you knew anything about Ja, you’d know that he was into the same music and culture before he ever came to Memphis. It’s something that he’s always tried to “emulate.” The only difference was that once he actually made it to the NBA, he had real money and fame.

Ja lived in a boring place while on the Grizzlies, too. He hardly ever spent time in the actual city. He lived in Eads—a mostly white, affluent, and rural suburb outside of Memphis.

aiden3buckets | CHA

-1 | 4 hours ago

Well he’s not the brightest and his play has fallen off, I hope he does well

allaboutthatpace | POR

8 | 4 hours ago

Rob seems like the chillest dude

pinhead-l | TOR

7 | 5 hours ago

Rob we’re on live

EqualCheap2974

3 | 4 hours ago

“I don’t give a shit”

Few_Alternative_6372

21 | 4 hours ago

Was Ja flexing a gun ( in America btw) that big of a deal looking back? Seems overblown looking back

vinceswish

11 | 4 hours ago

Idk about you but I had a bigger issue with him assaulting the teenager.

younghplus

14 | 4 hours ago

At the time there were a ton of stories out about him and his crew beating people up or intimidating them by pulling guns out so him being on IG live at the Shotgun Willie’s strip club in Denver holding a pistol up was really just the straw that broke the camels back

CurrentRoster | WAS

4 | 2 hours ago

then he did it again after the initial punishment in his friend’s car

Jonesbro | Gran Destino

4 | 4 hours ago

It’s more that he was trying to glorify being hard and hood. The nba has been trying to push back against this type of image for decades.

Any-Question-3759

-1 | 4 hours ago

That was the Sterling era. The Silver era don’t give a shit if it makes money.

KhonMan

2 | 4 hours ago

Idk but it is super cringe either way. Why does he want to be gangsta so bad? He already has over a hundred million in earnings. At least just try to be a rapper like other sane NBA stars.

koopa00 | POR

1 | 3 hours ago

It was a big deal because it wasn’t the first time. Just showed incredible immaturity. Seems like he’s grown since then but we’ll see.

1850ChoochGator | POR

0 | 4 hours ago

Are you not American? Idk how you don’t understand that there’s lots of nuances with that situation lol. It is absolutely a big deal for someone of Ja’s status to flex a handgun on instagram live inside of a strip club.

Few_Alternative_6372

-6 | 4 hours ago

He was in a car and yea bro everyone here has a gun I don’t get the hoopla

BurnieTheBrony | MEM

7 | 4 hours ago

The second time was in a car, and the league basically said “there’s not going to be a strike three.”

The first gun incident he was drunk and flashing it in a club. Much worse.

Diciestaking | DAL

3 | 4 hours ago

Can you point me to any other players doing this that dont also get dumpstered for it?

s_m_t_x

-3 | 3 hours ago

How long do you still need to bring it up though? Cause nothing has happened since. Maybe he’s grown more than you have since then?

AbbreviationsHour410

4 | 5 hours ago

I really hope Ja keeps his act together. He’s an amazing talent

I_Set_3_Alarms | BOS

4 | 4 hours ago

Rob my GOAT Timelord, above David Tennant’s & Matt Smith’s

jay_catch

3 | 4 hours ago

A+ Teammate Grade Answer

TheRealestGayle | ORL

3 | 4 hours ago

Has there even been a teammate that hated Ja? Seems like he just needed to mature as an adult. Hoping he gets back in form this season.

beatrailblazer | POR

5 | 4 hours ago

I’m so mad that Dundon is gonna get to hide behind great players/people (and coach) and claim our success as his

s_m_t_x

0 | 3 hours ago

As a Blazer fan…relax bro

jumpijehosaphat | SAS

2 | 4 hours ago

new city and a fresh start maybe what Ja needs. Portland could surprise this season

brickvanexel | BOS

2 | 4 hours ago

Love this guy, may his knees and back find stability they never have before this year

Standard-Turn6208

1 | 4 hours ago

Classic Timelord

Delabroo

1 | 4 hours ago

Off court stuff aside, Ja was so much fun to watch when he was at his peak.

QuickRundown | Australia

1 | 2 hours ago

That headband is fighting for its life.

guacamoleandtomato

7 | 5 hours ago

When he gets benched middle of the season and starts throwing his tantrums and flashing his guns I wanna see how much they fuck with him

Firm_Mode_5868

5 | 5 hours ago

Why would he get benched mid season on the blazers.

guacamoleandtomato

0 | 5 hours ago

There is 40 guards. If he don’t play good he gonna be benched for sure

Jonthegoat_09

1 | 5 hours ago

That’s just a weird thing to say just leave it alone

AceMcStace | POR

1 | 4 hours ago

Idk who he’d get benched for but ok

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0 | 4 hours ago

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Robert Williams III on what he thinks about Ja Morant:“Man, I fuck with Ja. Look, I tried not to curse, but I got to say it. You know, since he came in, day one, bro, from communication, work ethic, to just relying on teammates and us relying on him, he accepted everything…”