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Shannon Sharpe sparked an altercation with Dillon Brooks at Crypto.com Arena on Friday night. (Harry How/Getty Images) Pro Football Hall of Famer and Fox personality Shannon Sharpe appeared to spark an altercation with the entire Memphis Grizzlies team and Tee Morant on Friday night during their game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena. Sharpe was sitting courtside at the game when the altercation started just before halftime. Both Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks were seen talking… Source link

The Memphis Grizzlies are a confident bunch. Just ask the Golden State Warriors. The NBA champions arguably got their toughest playoff test from a Grizzlies team that showed zero backdown or deference during their second-round series in May. None, of course, is more confident than Ja Morant. Take, for instance, his comments to Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks on Sunday. When asked about what he would say in a hypothetical conversation with Michael Jordan, Morant said that he would thank the NBA… Source link

What Ja shockingly told Steph, Klay, Dray after Dubs beat Grizzlies originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Players from both sides have made it clear that there’s no beef or rivalry between the Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies. Still, that intense Western Conference semifinals matchup between the two teams, and all the drama that came with it, is still being talked about into the offseason. In an interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, Grizzlies star Ja Morant revealed a… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO — Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant likely will miss Game 4 on Monday with a knee injury, head coach Taylor Jenkins said Sunday. Jenkins said Morant is undergoing further evaluation on his right knee. The Grizzlies officially listed Morant as “doubtful” with right knee soreness. Jenkins said Sunday that Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman and the league office have been in contact regarding the play. Jenkins reiterated Sunday Morant was injured on a play involving… Source link

The Minnesota Timberwolves had no answer for Ja Morant on Tuesday night. The Memphis star, with a ridiculous poster that could go down as the dunk of the postseason and a last-second layup, led the Grizzlies to a 111-109 win in Game 5 of their series with the Timberwolves on Tuesday. He nearly had a triple-double in the win, too, with 30 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists on the night. “He was huge, he just kept staying the course,” Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said, via Bally Sports…. Source link

It seems safe to say Ja Morant is having a moment. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard is having a breakout season in his third year in the NBA. He’s picking up steam in the MVP race, not to mention an endorsement from Allen Iverson. And he’s lighting the NBA’s social media channels on fire with highlight after highlight. Morant’s exploits reached a new high on Monday, when he dropped a career-high 52 points in a win over the San Antonio Spurs, including this absurd buzzer-beater at the end of… Source link

Each week during the 2021-22 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. [ Last week’s Fact or Fiction: Klay Thompson is the coolest basketball player alive ] No need to panic about Zion Williamson just yet The New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies finished the 2018-19 NBA season with identical 33-49 records. Both hit on 12.3% lottery odds of landing a… Source link

Steven Adams went all out to protect his point guard on Monday afternoon. Adams, late in the Memphis Grizzlies’ 119-106 win over the Chicago Bulls at FedExForum, actually picked up Bulls center Tony Bradley and carried him away from Ja Morant after the two got into an altercation. Though Adams is a large man himself, he seemed to have zero issue whatsoever carrying the 6-foot-10, 248-pound Bradley. Bradley was given a flagrant foul on the play, as he appeared to trip up Morant as he drove… Source link

PORTLAND — Memphis Grizzlies third-year guard Ja Morant is now widely viewed as an All-Star player. Though he has yet to officially be voted as such, he carries an annoyance with those who are just now becoming believers. “I feel like it took me averaging 35 points a game to finally get some All-Star recognition,” Morant told Yahoo Sports. “But, I really can’t speak too much on that. I feel like my chip will never leave.” The Grizzlies’ franchise guard erupted to start the… Source link

Ja Morant didn’t get the win on Wednesday. But he delivered a message. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard savant is ready to build on his spectacular Rookie of the Year campaign. Morant poured in a career-high 44 points as he set a Grizzlies scoring record in a season opener. He did it on 18-of-27 shooting from the field while adding a team-high nine assists. Morant also became one of six players in NBA history to score at least 40 points in the first game of his second season. The others:… Source link