Memphis guard has indulged in risky and erratic behavior. He could learn from someone who came from a tougher background
screwup Gilbert Arenas calling on Morant’s critics to remember when they were young and dumb, to super pundit Stephen A Smith playing George Orwell, warning the young star about the league’s deep law enforcement connections. “The NBA knows what you’re doing,” Smith said. “They know who you’re doing it with. They know where you are. They know how you’re conducting yourself at all times.
Still, the idea that Morant would need to be watched so closely is a twist no one saw coming. If anything, no player bucked the boy from the hood NBA stereotype harder than Morant. He’s from a relatively comfortable background: a country kid from the South Carolina Midlands, a graduate of an arts-based high school, the product of a two-parent household.
While Ja’s one-time AAU teammate Zion Williamson broke the internet with his high-flying savagery, the Morants went viral with backyard drills of Ja dribbling around chairs and pogoing on to tractor tires. Oftentimes, these workouts featured other local kids – an apparent sign of the family’s place at the heart of the community..
According to official legend, Tee’s tough love is what got Ja to the league in the first place. Overall, the Morants seemed like the kind of parents some kids might relate to better than their own. But, as it turns out, that shared understanding may well be because Jamie and Tee act like kids themselves.
The incident at the mall started with Jamie getting into a dispute with a sneaker store employee and calling on Ja for backup; police say he arrived on the scene with an entourage of at least nine people. Ja was already under NBA investigation
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