On Jan. 20, his father, Tee Morant, got into a dispute with ex-NFLer and Fox Sports host Shannon Sharpe that spilled over onto the court during a game against the Lakers. In February, a member of Morant’s entourage was banned from Memphis’ FedExForum after the NBA investigated claims someone pointed a laser, potentially attached to a gun, at members of the Indiana Pacers traveling party.
The boy is suing Morant over injuries sustained in the incident according to TMZ, in which Morant claimed self-defense. Morant’s behavior, coupled with the Grizzlies’ struggles, has drawn stern rebukes from the likes of Sharpe and others.
“Ja, you’re going to have to move differently,” Sharpe said on Fox Sports’ “Undisputed” on Thursday. “You’re in a different stratosphere now. I just think he needs to conduct himself as a person that’s in that same stratosphere.
He portrays that he is like something that he is not … He’s hustling backwards … Ja, just move differently, bruh… I would never give you any advice on how to play basketball, but I would try to give you some advice on how to move. Let somebody else’s lesson be your lesson.
Ja, there are a lot of lessons out there for you to learn without having to learn that same lesson through your hardship, that’s all I would say to him.”
Despite the accusations and criticisms, Morant netted 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in the 113-99 win over Houston on Thursday.
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