Ep. 764 - Hoping that Ja Morant averts real tragedy moving forward

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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I'm a huge sports fan. And follow the NBA closely as a hobby. Ja Morant, the young Memphis Grizzlies star, is definitely one of my favorite players to watch. My whole family loves him. But sadly, over the past year, he has had at least 3 incidents with guns, that have made it clear, to say the least, that Ja is not quite on the right path. Truthfully, a full fledged intervention needed to happen after the first incident. And it never happened. It definitely needed to happen after the second incident. And it never happened. In fact, nothing substantive happened either time. Then, this weekend, Ja could be seen flashing a gun on his Instagram live, and it seemed to be the straw that broke the camels back. While he's now suspended from the team for what might've been the least dangerous of the 3 incidents we know of, this is bigger than basketball. We need to be thinking about this young man's life. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us.Love and appreciate you all.Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.3	I'm a huge, huge sports fan and I've been a huge sports fan since I was a little boy and I'm getting
1:12.0	old. So that means I've been a huge sports fan for like 40 years.
1:17.0	And you know, we're a sports house. We play sports. We watch sports.
1:22.0	And in particular, I'm a huge NBA fan.
1:24.8	And in our house, one of our favorite players,
1:28.4	easily, is John Morant, the star of the Memphis Grizzlies.
1:32.5	Just to me, a special once in a lifetime talent.
1:36.7	And one of the most electrifying players to watch in the NBA.
1:42.0	Well, he's been suspended by his team.
1:45.8	And there have been at least three incidents in the past year now with guns and jaw.
1:54.1	And it's got to the point where I'm concerned.
1:57.3	The league is obviously concerned.
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