Ja Morant has defended his dad, Tee Morant, over claims that he’s a ‘major driving force’ within the Grizzlies stars’ troubling conduct during the last 18 months.
Someone from contained in the Memphis group has blamed a few of Morant’s downfall on his dad, in a prolonged article featured on ESPN.
“Tee has been a major driving force in all of this,” one Grizzlies supply instructed the outlet. “He never made the NBA, but this was his chance to live like he’s an NBA superstar. That’s been a problem from the beginning.”
24-year-old Morant seemingly responded to the claims on social media.
“Keep LIVIN the dream OG,” Morant captioned a photograph of himself and his father on his Instagram story. “This hoopin shii started with you, i just continued it.”
He additionally took to X to jot down a unique response, “storm dont phase us. too much umbrellas TM x MBNO x [Grizzly bear emoji],”
storm dont section us . an excessive amount of umbrellas ☔️
TM x MBNO x 🐻— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) October 18, 2023
TM is the preliminary’s of his father’s title and MBNO means “My Brothers No Others,” which is the title Morant has for his inside circle and pal Davonte Pack’s clothes model.
The ESPN story went into element about how Tee has loved being sort of well-known since Ja was drafted because the second general choose in 2019.
He loves internet hosting VIP events at nightclubs and getting on digicam at NBA video games.
And doesn’t thoughts inflicting a scene, like he did when he acquired into it with TV host Shannon Sharpe at a Lakers recreation, and a seperate argument at a Pacers recreation.
Morant will begin the season with a 25-game suspension as a consequence of his gun wielding on two seperate events.
