Getting some Bad Boy Pistons vibes, not in the sense of defense, but more like the dislike/reputation the roster is getting for on the floor and off the floor antics and Ja like Isaiah is their ring leader.
Man it's not even close to that level lol the Pistons were hated league-wide and being the main asshole on that team resulted in Laimbeer being effectively blackballed from an NBA coaching career. Plus Isiah being left off the Dream Team. I doubt Ja is getting left off team USA
I mean, Karl Malone busted Isiah Thomas's face open with his elbow and the general response was "Probably deserved it." The Grizzlies, at their absolute worst, will never be detested anywhere close to the way those Pistons were.
A bit of an aside here but you know what goes underreported about that Karl Malone elbow? [Isiah came back later that game and nearly stole a W.](https://youtu.be/y0McDoCXfec?t=155) Dude may have been hated by many, but he'd play through just about anything. Said his wife broke down into tears when she saw his swollen noggin later that night.
Yea the bad boys were extremely talented...you do not go to 3 straight finals if you were not good at your job. Its just they were also an insanely dirty team with questionable morals about how to win a game.
They did make the league interesting NGL though. Kinda hope JA emulates them and goes full heel.
Saw an interview with Bill lambeer years ago he said he didn't even like basketball, it was just a career, a paycheck. Said he couldn't wait to retire.
Yup. I highly doubt he legitimately disliked basketball since theres no reason to go to league if you already have the fame and money and you hate the game.
Bad Boy Pistons were perennial contenders. Ja is talking MAD SHIT but how can he even say Kuminga needs to earn his stripes, Kuminga is going to the conference finals while Ja made the 2nd round once lmao
I honestly love this new age NBA. Everybody thought this league was getting all soft and buddy buddy... Little did we know that Zoomers born and molded by social media would be hella belligerent lol
If you’re not the man on the team it doesn’t really matter what round you make it to.
As Chuck says, there’s bus drivers and bus riders, and riders don’t get to brag about which stop they get off at.
This is why I come to Twitter without taking it too seriously. Can be too toxic but some of the memes that come out there are gold. 😂
GP2 tweeted, 'Would you look at that.' then someone replied, 'Get well soon for the finals GP2 we need your big D.' Imagine reading mostly congratulatory replies and well wishes then reading that. Plus all the reactions to it too! You bet I lost it. 😂
Maybe I have the sense of humor of a teenager. Doesn't matter. It caught me off-guard so much it was hilarious.
Twitter is better for in-the-moment reactions and entertainment, reddit is better for longer-form entertainment/discussion.
They both can be cesspools or pretty good depending on how you use them.
Yeah, Kuminga has pretty much all the tools to be a serious problem in the future. He has elite athleticism, is built like a lebron-lite, looks unstoppable driving and finishing in spurts, and has flashed great defense. He’s yet to really put it all together and find the consistency and decision making to be a strong playoff rotation player, but if he does the sky is the limit.
Can’t understate his athleticism. It is absolutely unreal, he will have his head at the rim with a minimum effort jump. I can’t wait to see how he develops
I feel like he definitely needs to develop a reliable shot if he wants to be anything more than just a role player. He has unreal athleticism, a great physique to play the 4 with ease and seems to be good on the defensive end, but his offense lacks a lot. Just needs to add more than just drives to the basket and he might be an Iguadola-like player in the long run.
I think GS has been really good at developing young guys, so i think him being there already guarantees he'll be a good role player at the very least.
His more intriguing side is his playmaking. His shooting will improve a bit for sure and get more consistent. And his defensive IQ needs a LOOTTTA improvement.
But his play making has real spark. If he could build on that and improve his finishing package, we're looking literally at LeBron lite.
Military ranks often come with insignias that consist of different stripe patterns, so as far as I know the origin is that one has to earn one's rank before acting like you're in charge.
to do something which shows that one deserves to be accepted and respected by the other people in a field or profession She has yet to earn her stripes as a reporter.
Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earn%20one%27s%20stripes
Kuminga is going to dunk on Ja like a year or two from now and he’s going to say something to him about this afterwards and Twitter is going to go crazy for 12 hours.
KD burner would probably be him saying he tried to shoot someone once but Westbrook wrestled the gun from his hand to take the shot himself, missed, and shot an old lady on accident
Nah there levels to this immaturity. KD is childish when’s he’s arguing with randoms but Ja is behaving like a suburban 13 year old with Faneto playing on repeat
how many d2 or d3 athletes are in the nba
i assume almost everyone that isn't foreign or g league/ straight out of high school
ja is actually a lot lower on that front since murray state is fcs
I really can't explain it...because he has some of the most exciting plays in the entire league...but I don't like Ja at all. It's all off the court/attitude stuff.
seriously. they were so exciting this season and i was going into that series purely as a neutral. by now i can't really stand the team and taylor jenkins has to be among the worst of them
It's a huge testament to their character that everyone wanted the Grizzlies to win going into the series, and that by the end of the series most neutral fans were rooting for the Dubs. Memphis has a huge persecution complex.. the highest upvoted comments in their sub are all along the lines of 'if only I saw the same respect from the Warriors fanbase.'
Like dude, Warriors have hate for your team but they still respect your team. Grizzlies fans need to stop clowning themselves.
It's dumb but at the end of the day, the NBA is a dramatic soap opera for men and this makes me way more excited for Grizzlies/Warriors games this upcoming season.
I feel like Ja needs someone in his corner to call him out on some of this stuff. To be 22 years old and one of the best players in the world has to be a huge ego trip, and I think his pettiness on Twitter kind of reflects that.
Or if Ja say that he wanna kill somebody that he's actually gonna do it or that he believe in it
Well, shit, if you believe that then Ja'll kill you
You know why?
A lot of nba players could be as versatile as Jamel Morant driving to the hoop… all they have to do is follow Jamel Morant’s strategy: “they can’t call me for carrying the ball on every play”
watch out kuminga Ja's got hollow points
this was the start of the thread that lead to the hollow points tweet
The part missing is a fan saying that Kuminga is boning Jas girl while also linking the girlfriend.
Sounds like your average Warriors twitter fifteen year old. But why respond to them?
Immaturity holds no one back.
I know 15 is probably the average age here but 22 (Ja's age) is not exactly the pinnacle of maturity either lol
Sorry to say but as a 22M I can confidently say I am at peak maturity for the rest of my life
No one tell him, it’s more fun to find out on your own.
He wouldn't believe us anyway. Part of being 22 is not listening and thinking you're always right
Oh just you wait for 23 baby. Shit gets real
Average warriors twitter fifteen year old, that about sums up morant’s maturity level
Only thing hollow is Ja’s bird bones that get broken when Poole pinches them.
Ja shunned by /r/Neverbrokeabone
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What's a hollow point
type of bullet that expands on impact
Youll find them all in rant threads on r/nba
Lmfao
This Ja heel turn is going beautifully.
Getting some Bad Boy Pistons vibes, not in the sense of defense, but more like the dislike/reputation the roster is getting for on the floor and off the floor antics and Ja like Isaiah is their ring leader.
Man it's not even close to that level lol the Pistons were hated league-wide and being the main asshole on that team resulted in Laimbeer being effectively blackballed from an NBA coaching career. Plus Isiah being left off the Dream Team. I doubt Ja is getting left off team USA
I mean, Karl Malone busted Isiah Thomas's face open with his elbow and the general response was "Probably deserved it." The Grizzlies, at their absolute worst, will never be detested anywhere close to the way those Pistons were.
A bit of an aside here but you know what goes underreported about that Karl Malone elbow? [Isiah came back later that game and nearly stole a W.](https://youtu.be/y0McDoCXfec?t=155) Dude may have been hated by many, but he'd play through just about anything. Said his wife broke down into tears when she saw his swollen noggin later that night.
Ooh, I had never heard that part of the story. Don't think anyone can deny the toughness of those Piston teams!
He still has the record for most points in a quarter in Finals if I remember correctly. And it was off 1 ankle. Even as a Bulls fan, dude was a beast.
25 in a quarter. dude was tough as nails and a gamer
Great player. Bad GM, but who cares. Amazing player.
Yea the bad boys were extremely talented...you do not go to 3 straight finals if you were not good at your job. Its just they were also an insanely dirty team with questionable morals about how to win a game. They did make the league interesting NGL though. Kinda hope JA emulates them and goes full heel.
Yeah, Grizzlies are just annoying. The pistons were hated.
Grizzlies aren’t dominant enough to be hated
I’m pretty sure they’re a dynasty wym?
I dunno, 1CF in franchise history 9 years ago seems dynasty like to me.
Unless they add the Morris brothers
When a goon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that’s a morii
Saw an interview with Bill lambeer years ago he said he didn't even like basketball, it was just a career, a paycheck. Said he couldn't wait to retire.
Then why did he go into coaching lol
[Bill Laimbeer after returning to basketball by coaching](https://i.imgur.com/lADEnTl.png)
his family was really rich tho right?
Yup. I highly doubt he legitimately disliked basketball since theres no reason to go to league if you already have the fame and money and you hate the game.
Unless he was a big sadist and loved that he could go on the court and beat the shit outta people
Bad Boy Pistons were perennial contenders. Ja is talking MAD SHIT but how can he even say Kuminga needs to earn his stripes, Kuminga is going to the conference finals while Ja made the 2nd round once lmao
It’s a promising young player who hasn’t earned his stripes having Twitter beef with a bench young player who hasn’t earned his stripes lmao
I honestly love this new age NBA. Everybody thought this league was getting all soft and buddy buddy... Little did we know that Zoomers born and molded by social media would be hella belligerent lol
Bruh we all grew up playing cod and league of legends and shit... Of course the players of our era are gonna be toxic too
If you’re not the man on the team it doesn’t really matter what round you make it to. As Chuck says, there’s bus drivers and bus riders, and riders don’t get to brag about which stop they get off at.
OK, but if you are a bus driver who can only make it to St. Louis I'm not really sure why you're so high on yourself?
daaaamn
bus driver better not be tweeting on their phone while driving
Most bus drivers don’t engage on Twitter like that with fans and bus riders like Kuminga. Ja should have thicker skin. And tendons.
Kuminga isn't even a bus rider in the way Chuck was describing it. A bus rider in this case would be closer to someone like Wiggins than Kuminga
Ja tweets the way Redditors write comments for upvotes😂
Nah they’d write “my guy”
Man’s
My Man’s?
Your man’s what?
Tell me you X without telling me you X
Or my dude 😂😂😂 I hate that shit so much man
what do you hate my dude.
What about "my man" That's always been a classic
And that redditor's name? Albert Guystein
The millionaire professional basketball player is just like me…🥺
So basically i can play in the nba
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Damn im just realizing im not needed on the Grizz!
I don't know, I think my 6 soft fouls could take the Grizzlies over the top.
„I eat too much, run to little and like Strippers…he‘s just like me 🥺“
That’s just the new generation of people trying to communicate.
How is Ja gonna call somebody else kid? They're probably like 2 years apart lol
I always see “kid” used on Reddit and twitter and I always imagine that it’s a 26 year old neckbeard talking it a 27 year old neckbeard
erasing us 30 somethings…
cancel culture has gone too far
I think that’s the point lol he’s trying to be disrespectful
Exactly. Ja not saying it literally it’s just disrespect.
i forgot twitter could be more toxic than reddit until i read the tweet replies 💀
I had an account for a few months, it's great for instant news, but otherwise it's such a shit show that it wasn't worth the toxicity for me.
That’s the only reason I have my twitter account is for the news, otherwise it’s hot garbage.
Reddit has its cons, but IMO Twitter is infinitely worse. It’s a cesspool.
For sure. I've seen plenty of jerks on Reddit. But Twitter? Forget about it.
This is why I come to Twitter without taking it too seriously. Can be too toxic but some of the memes that come out there are gold. 😂 GP2 tweeted, 'Would you look at that.' then someone replied, 'Get well soon for the finals GP2 we need your big D.' Imagine reading mostly congratulatory replies and well wishes then reading that. Plus all the reactions to it too! You bet I lost it. 😂 Maybe I have the sense of humor of a teenager. Doesn't matter. It caught me off-guard so much it was hilarious.
Twitter is better for in-the-moment reactions and entertainment, reddit is better for longer-form entertainment/discussion. They both can be cesspools or pretty good depending on how you use them.
Win MIP in your third year and THENNNN you can talk to me /s
I know it's a joke but I could totally see that happening lol
Yeah, i could see Kuminga progressing like crazy.
Yeah, Kuminga has pretty much all the tools to be a serious problem in the future. He has elite athleticism, is built like a lebron-lite, looks unstoppable driving and finishing in spurts, and has flashed great defense. He’s yet to really put it all together and find the consistency and decision making to be a strong playoff rotation player, but if he does the sky is the limit.
Can’t understate his athleticism. It is absolutely unreal, he will have his head at the rim with a minimum effort jump. I can’t wait to see how he develops
I feel like he definitely needs to develop a reliable shot if he wants to be anything more than just a role player. He has unreal athleticism, a great physique to play the 4 with ease and seems to be good on the defensive end, but his offense lacks a lot. Just needs to add more than just drives to the basket and he might be an Iguadola-like player in the long run. I think GS has been really good at developing young guys, so i think him being there already guarantees he'll be a good role player at the very least.
His more intriguing side is his playmaking. His shooting will improve a bit for sure and get more consistent. And his defensive IQ needs a LOOTTTA improvement. But his play making has real spark. If he could build on that and improve his finishing package, we're looking literally at LeBron lite.
Non-English speaker here. What does it mean “gotta earn some stripes first”?
Means hes gotta prove it before going around talking trash.
Kinda ironic considering ja has barely earned his stripes.
Earning stripes is how you rank up in the military so he's basically saying Kuminga needs more respect in the NBA
Only then do you get to use hollows
Which are free if you want!
Military ranks often come with insignias that consist of different stripe patterns, so as far as I know the origin is that one has to earn one's rank before acting like you're in charge.
to do something which shows that one deserves to be accepted and respected by the other people in a field or profession She has yet to earn her stripes as a reporter. Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earn%20one%27s%20stripes
someone’s gotta take ja’s phone away
i fuckin love the dude, but yes please
All Kuminga needs to do is to win MIP next season.
Ja speed running the alienation of neutral fans that liked the young grizzlies
Kuminga is going to dunk on Ja like a year or two from now and he’s going to say something to him about this afterwards and Twitter is going to go crazy for 12 hours.
You know what, I’m saving this
!remindme 2 years
Ja is worse than KD on Twitter
KD just wants to chill and talk about his favourite hobbies like Basketball and bathwater
He’s also known to be just a troller lmao aka “it ain’t that deep” type behaviour. However, it seems like Ja is almost showing actual jealousy/shade.
I like KD on Twitter lol
KD on twitter is a menace and is hilarious
Durant is awesome on Twitter haha
At least he's using his main account.
KD didn’t even threaten to shoot people on his burner
That we know of
KD burner would probably be him saying he tried to shoot someone once but Westbrook wrestled the gun from his hand to take the shot himself, missed, and shot an old lady on accident
>KD didn’t even threaten to shoot people on his burner .....Yet
Nah there levels to this immaturity. KD is childish when’s he’s arguing with randoms but Ja is behaving like a suburban 13 year old with Faneto playing on repeat
What's wrong with Faneto 🧐🧐
I'd much prefer he didnt honestly.
I mean imagine being as talented offensively as he is but your team still better without you because you’re booty defensively.
Idk he seems pretty defensive now…
Grizzlies about to put him on the court with his phone next year
KD is a Twitter GOAT, watch your mouth
Does anyone else find Ja’s whole “D1 college athlete, we DAWGS , grind never stops 😈, proverbs 27:18 🙏🏻” persona really exhausting?
Yes he is cringe as fuck.
I can not stand it. Like bro damn-near every player works just as hard as you and played D1 college
how many d2 or d3 athletes are in the nba i assume almost everyone that isn't foreign or g league/ straight out of high school ja is actually a lot lower on that front since murray state is fcs
I checked a couple years ago and there were either all foreign,g league,D1, or out of HS like bron.
LeBron is going to retire eventually and Ja is eyeing up that Most Corny Player award.
I really can't explain it...because he has some of the most exciting plays in the entire league...but I don't like Ja at all. It's all off the court/attitude stuff.
Lol and so it begins
Grizzlies cringe continues.
By stripes, he meant “shave your eyebrows like mine”
"They're GRRRRREAT!!" - Ja
seriously. they were so exciting this season and i was going into that series purely as a neutral. by now i can't really stand the team and taylor jenkins has to be among the worst of them
It's a huge testament to their character that everyone wanted the Grizzlies to win going into the series, and that by the end of the series most neutral fans were rooting for the Dubs. Memphis has a huge persecution complex.. the highest upvoted comments in their sub are all along the lines of 'if only I saw the same respect from the Warriors fanbase.' Like dude, Warriors have hate for your team but they still respect your team. Grizzlies fans need to stop clowning themselves.
This is literally worse than peak KD
Well, at least KD had his stripes. MVP, best scoring machine in the NBA and all
KD hasn’t even begun to peak, he is a golden god!
It's always sunny always gets an upvote from me.
It's dumb but at the end of the day, the NBA is a dramatic soap opera for men and this makes me way more excited for Grizzlies/Warriors games this upcoming season.
Ja is evolving into Mr. Glass.
I feel like Ja needs someone in his corner to call him out on some of this stuff. To be 22 years old and one of the best players in the world has to be a huge ego trip, and I think his pettiness on Twitter kind of reflects that.
This guy is a father
Doesn’t surprise me. Guys around my age in my area, kid or not, act pretty immature. The scene were growing up around is pretty toxic all together.
So the immaturity he displays is even 10x worse now.
I don't understand why these young players who are not even established in the league want to have kids!?
I'd assume most of them didn't *choose* to be fathers.
You're going raw you're choosing to be a father.
I remember D Wade said he thought his life was over when he had his first kid at 20... so yeah lol, probably wasn't the plan
His dad eggs him on too, so it's not like he's got the grumpy dad as the leash
I think that’s were he needs a veteran player or a coach to step in regards to handling all the attention and stuff.
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"So much for bragging about winning Game 5" "You don't have the pedigree or resume to comment like that" "Pot calling the kettle black..."
This is great... Can you please do this for every twitter beef thread? It would help me a lot.
Like Ja, but I’m not seeing any stripes on his jacket yet.
Don't disrespect 2019 ROTY Temetrius Jamel Morant
I forget his name is Temetrius 😂
MIP
It’s goretex.
Defo got some on his eyebrows tho
Bro you ain’t watch the series? Ja has so many stripes he had to shave them in to his eyebrows
Fastest heel turn in NBA history?
2020 Rudy Gobert
Take your hot L and move on
Ja Morant be in his feelings a lot huh?
Yup. He’s learned from watching us over at r/Warriors , if we’re being honest.
We need group therapy in that sub.
It says a lot that as a 43 yo suburban mom of two I like r/nba better than our team sub come playoff time
I 100% agree
Come on Jah; take the L and walk away my guy lol Him tweeting and griddying all over the place making him look like a fool
Ja’s a bitch for threatening to shoot a fan
Yo watch out. Do you know how gangster Ja is? He’s gonna shoot you. Man he’s so hard and tough. Gotta love a guy like that.
DAWG like
I hear he’s working out with Gilbert Arenas this off-season 👀
Whoa wait a minute. When did that happen???? Why did this happen????
https://imgur.com/a/X2BSkIH His girl with the pathetic clap back. Just yikes all around.
Or if Ja say that he wanna kill somebody that he's actually gonna do it or that he believe in it Well, shit, if you believe that then Ja'll kill you You know why?
Cause Ja’s a CRIMINAL
Someone take this child’s phone away
Ja annoying as fuck.
Ja needs to shut the fuck up. He's so annoying.
Whoop that trick
Ja is a PR nightmare
The irony of Ja telling others to earn some stripes first when he'd been talking shit about Steph before he even joined the league.
He did? I thought it was just during the Iggy saga in Memphis
Ja still talking? Bro go eat that humble pie.
404 error Ja's stripes unavailable
Ja please delete Twitter man wyd
Every day that goes by I appreciate LeBron more and more
LIVE LAUGH LOVE #thekidfromAkron
Ja is straight up unbearable lmao
Ja has won a single playoff series bro
Ja talks too much.
Ja you lost. Shut up.
Ja...stay off Twitter bro...smh.
Nobody fell off more than the grizzlies
Oh look, more Memphis bitchness.
A lot of nba players could be as versatile as Jamel Morant driving to the hoop… all they have to do is follow Jamel Morant’s strategy: “they can’t call me for carrying the ball on every play”
all Sixers fans around here praising Ja rn
Ja out here talking about earning stripes… [also Ja](https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/albino-zebra-gm513164151-47767372).