“My son didn’t get in trouble cause of people around him. He got in trouble because of his decisions.” -Tee Morant speaks to the attendees at the Up Next Elite Camp in New Orleans.
One of the topics the kids asked about today was how to handle when people are talking about you.
Really love this. He didn’t try to defend what Ja did and give the ol’ “He’s a good person tho” shtick. Told it like it was, and said some good stuff afterwards too.
Just hope Ja can finally get his head straight.
brook_lyn_lopez
Why is his dad speaking at a camp?
Uni-Loud
lol yea your opinion is not that reliable when you’re one of the “people around him”, of course you’re gonna fucking deny any liability
JamesHardenFMVP2018
Sliver let Ja off the hook
NbaAllDAYger
Ja wont like this, Tee M. just lost his front row seats.
jusbolo2
It was obvious, these other guys aint risking the money.
jeewantha
This is pleasantly surprising. But he should also take some responsibility in the whole thing.
AddisonsContracture
This leprechaun is spitting knowledge right now
JaysonTatumsTie
Good dad
TurnItAroundBy30
Man.. I’m really rooting for Ja. I want him to turn things around so badly
Misterxsnrub
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the people around him he’s referring to happens to include him, presumably, so in essence he is just deflecting blame from himself, all the while, he’s at a basketball camp because he’s the father of said player and would otherwise have zero business being near a basketball camp saying anything at all?
TrashAssRedditAdmins
Ja’s dad doing Ja’s community outreach requirements for him
grapedinosour
Love that he’s rocking a Vancouver jersey
tisdue
my ears need binoculars to hear this
Latest-greatest
it can definitely be both. it’s a bad decision to hang around bad influences
Tyronetyroned
He need to be talking to Grand theft Alvarado for stealing all them balls.
thefortitude
The NBA is just a soap opera for men
fartlapse
appreciate the honesty but he didn’t raise himself.
Helton73
Remember when JJ Reddick said it was society’s fault for being racist
JOTIRAN
Tee Morant is Ja Morant father
SaltedThighs
As someone that has thrown shade at Pa Morant in the past, it’s good to see him out here with the right message for the kids. (And hopefully his own kid.)
pinhead-l
Really hoping Ja turns it around. I know this sub loves to dogpile on him but you gotta remember he’s 23 and has been handed millions of dollars. Hell I’d be making stupid decisions too. Same thing with Zion. Being given life changing money at an age where you’re figuring things out especially when you’re constantly in the limelight is a heavy responsibility and they’re learning that.
LordSoze36
The beard without the mustache combo will always be wild to me.
hotpocketthrowaway
Great statement, but you wish Ja would say something like this too lol
killerk13
It would kill me in here when people in here would just assume JA dad wasn’t reprimanding his behavior and just enabling it. At the end of the day JA is in control of and responsible for the shit he does. I just know at 20-23 I thought I knew everything and my parents couldn’t tell me shit lmao.
MusicianExtension536
Yeah let’s have the dude who raised Ja Morant give advice to children, that’s a good one
RichardIraVos
Tee morant built like a skinny fat 12 year old
AthKaElGal
ofc he’ll say this. he one of the ppl surrounding Ja, lol!
TheOneYardLine
I’m a simple man, I see Vancouver jersey, I like
garynevilleisared
Jas dad doing the community service lmao
relspels
This was my tweet and I took that video on my phone. Could’ve at least put my name in your copy/paste!
jayrnaby
Love the message, simple but true. Btw, am I tripping or is that Grand Theft Alvarado in the back?
im_ok_
He a funny lookin fella ain’t he lol
Kittens4Brunch
“So don’t blame his mama and me.”
KungFuSlanda
umm.. that’s kind of the opposite of accountability. One of the few people who is (in part) responsible for their son’s decisions is their dad
FadeRedditMakeMoney
Really surprised that Tee Morant isn’t dying on “Ja did nothing wrong” hill.
drblocktagon
Doesn’t look as old as I anticipated
Score-Mobile
Loool
Dame2Miami
Bro looks nothing like Usher without his shades…
nervous-_juggernaut
His decisions include who is around him.
sweetthatscool
Wow. That’s way more self-awareness than I thought he would have. Respect.
rinuxus
**now** you’re saying something, in the middle of the off-season, where was this kind of talk six months ago Tee?
too busy knocking back old-fashioned’s with Usher?
fuck this guy, now that shit has turned , he’s turning
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Its probably a little bit of both
Really love this. He didn’t try to defend what Ja did and give the ol’ “He’s a good person tho” shtick. Told it like it was, and said some good stuff afterwards too.
Just hope Ja can finally get his head straight.
Why is his dad speaking at a camp?
lol yea your opinion is not that reliable when you’re one of the “people around him”, of course you’re gonna fucking deny any liability
Sliver let Ja off the hook
Ja wont like this, Tee M. just lost his front row seats.
It was obvious, these other guys aint risking the money.
This is pleasantly surprising. But he should also take some responsibility in the whole thing.
This leprechaun is spitting knowledge right now
Good dad
Man.. I’m really rooting for Ja. I want him to turn things around so badly
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the people around him he’s referring to happens to include him, presumably, so in essence he is just deflecting blame from himself, all the while, he’s at a basketball camp because he’s the father of said player and would otherwise have zero business being near a basketball camp saying anything at all?
Ja’s dad doing Ja’s community outreach requirements for him
Love that he’s rocking a Vancouver jersey
my ears need binoculars to hear this
it can definitely be both. it’s a bad decision to hang around bad influences
He need to be talking to Grand theft Alvarado for stealing all them balls.
The NBA is just a soap opera for men
appreciate the honesty but he didn’t raise himself.
Remember when JJ Reddick said it was society’s fault for being racist
Tee Morant is Ja Morant father
As someone that has thrown shade at Pa Morant in the past, it’s good to see him out here with the right message for the kids. (And hopefully his own kid.)
Really hoping Ja turns it around. I know this sub loves to dogpile on him but you gotta remember he’s 23 and has been handed millions of dollars. Hell I’d be making stupid decisions too. Same thing with Zion. Being given life changing money at an age where you’re figuring things out especially when you’re constantly in the limelight is a heavy responsibility and they’re learning that.
The beard without the mustache combo will always be wild to me.
Great statement, but you wish Ja would say something like this too lol
It would kill me in here when people in here would just assume JA dad wasn’t reprimanding his behavior
and just enabling it. At the end of the day JA is in control of and responsible for the shit he does. I just know at 20-23 I thought I knew everything and my parents couldn’t tell me shit lmao.
Yeah let’s have the dude who raised Ja Morant give advice to children, that’s a good one
Tee morant built like a skinny fat 12 year old
ofc he’ll say this. he one of the ppl surrounding Ja, lol!
I’m a simple man, I see Vancouver jersey, I like
Jas dad doing the community service lmao
This was my tweet and I took that video on my phone. Could’ve at least put my name in your copy/paste!
Love the message, simple but true. Btw, am I tripping or is that Grand Theft Alvarado in the back?
He a funny lookin fella ain’t he lol
“So don’t blame his mama and me.”
umm.. that’s kind of the opposite of accountability. One of the few people who is (in part) responsible for their son’s decisions is their dad
Really surprised that Tee Morant isn’t dying on “Ja did nothing wrong” hill.
Doesn’t look as old as I anticipated
Loool
Bro looks nothing like Usher without his shades…
His decisions include who is around him.
Wow. That’s way more self-awareness than I thought he would have. Respect.
**now** you’re saying something, in the middle of the off-season, where was this kind of talk six months ago Tee?
too busy knocking back old-fashioned’s with Usher?
fuck this guy, now that shit has turned , he’s turning
into a concerned dad?, fuck him.