{"id":255411,"date":"2025-11-01T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255411\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:05:09","slug":"nba-analyst-blake-griffin-sends-strong-message-to-ja-morant-after-lack-of-effort-in-latest-grizzlies-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255411\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA analyst Blake Griffin sends strong message to Ja Morant after lack of effort in latest Grizzlies game"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA analyst Blake Griffin sends strong message to Ja Morant after lack of effort in latest Grizzlies game<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> have been experiencing some in-house issues recently, culminating in a one-game suspension<\/a> for their superstar, Ja Morant. But even before the suspension, critics were concerned about Morant\u2019s level of play this season.<\/p>\n

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One of those critics was NBA analyst and former All-Star Blake Griffin<\/a>, who saw Morant\u2019s lack of effort in a loss against the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> yesterday as a \u201cvery bad sign\u201d.<\/p>\n

“This is a guy who is insanely talented…Speed is his No. 1 weapon, and coming off a ball screen, passing the ball like this, kind of lazily cutting to the corner, that’s just not what’s gonna get it done for Memphis… Not really engaged at all\u2026For a guy that’s making $40 million and needs to be the leader of this team, I just don’t love it. I don’t know if he was not feeling well, if he’s hurt, but that to me is a very bad sign and something that has to change,\u201d Griffin stated on the Amazon Prime postgame show.<\/p>\n

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When asked about what went wrong for him in the game, Morant told reporters to \u201cask his coaching staff, and when asked how the team could be better, he said, \u201caccording to them, probably don\u2019t play me\u201d (via Chris Herrington<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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And after all that, Morant got a suspension from the team. Hopefully, his attitude changes; otherwise, Morant may be sent elsewhere to play.<\/p>\n

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