Desmond Bane Reacts to Stephen A.’s Comments About Ja Morant, Tyrese Haliburton and Memphis

Desmond Bane Reacts to Stephen A.’s Comments About Ja Morant, Tyrese Haliburton and Memphis

can you tell me why players don’t want to play in the city of Memphis i I think all that is just just false you know i I think once you get to Memphis and you learn Memphis and you know Memphis like there’s a lot of love in that city Yeah It’s it’s got it rough parts but that’s how every city is You know what I’m saying like not everybody grew up with with everything under the sun Um I think that uh Memphis is a beautiful place They got a great organization Um anybody that goes there will will be happy with what they got going on for sure with our boy Stephen A cuz we were talking about this earlier today You know we he’s been on the show before is what it is Like the some of the he’s done in the last couple days to me makes no sense Like he’s now pick he picked fights with Tyrese after game three Yeah Uh he was playing solitire during the game after game four and now he’s now he’s picking a fight with Jaw and he’s doing all this stuff about the city of Memphis What’s your thought process just seeing all of this uh I mean I I really try not to get into too much of that just because I know how how it can get you know what I’m saying and how it can turn out But um John’s obviously a close friend of mine Tyrese close friend of mine Both great people Um and it’s it’s I think it’s unfortunate You know I think that there’s great things going on in the NBA finals um with the Pacers Oklahoma City two good basketball teams Um and there’s a whole lot there to talk about So I just there’s times when I don’t um always understand the motive but um you know it is what it is and I try not to pay attention to it But uh like I said both great friends and um people I care for So one other thing D to your point about Memphis you know obviously the team is bummed the players are bummed but I wanted to get some of your experiences in the city itself because you had such a close relationship with the city overall and some of your favorite memories just from being in the community I love that place bro It uh people who live there like have a certain pride about Memphis like it may not have all the bells and whistles that other cities have but they have like a a real pride about the way that they live and um care for their city and care for one another for real Um but I mean getting in the community like community service I was super close with this boxer out there Um his name Mike Cook like we was just at his fight before downtown Tom Lee Park Um my teammates came through So like we was we was just like well connected like you would be if you lived anywhere You know what I’m saying like it’s it’s a great place to to call home Like Mike Miller goes back and lives there You see Zebo there all the time Tony Allen there Like if it was such a bad place as people are talking about people wouldn’t be coming back to to live there and plant their roots there Like J obviously loves it there I think Jiren’s a big fan of it Like it’s it’s a if you live there you understand But like it’s easy to look from the outside looking in and hear about all the stories I mean I was like that too Like I came from a small town like it had it crime and it had it different things But when you go to Memphis like you think oh my god like it’s it’s going to be treacherous And yeah there’s parts like there’s parts of Richmond that’s treacherous too Like it’s just that’s life Like it’s it’s never going to be peaches and cream everywhere you go But it uh it’s a great place to live How early did you realize that when you got there it didn’t take long Like I met with this guy named Kevin Helms It was like our team security He was showing me around He worked on the police force Like he was telling me stories about things that he done been through like in Memphis And he seen the the most real of the real Like he been through some real deal stuff You know what I’m saying so I was just like if he says this about the city and has been through such and such and he loves it here and raised his kids here and still lives here like it it says something about the place Like it’s it’s uh like I said it’s got it’s got a lot of pride to it Don’t you think some of this it’s been well documented but your background you know you’re an underdog Like you got this chip on your shoulder You’re somebody who people did not expect to be here And I feel like Memphis is an underdog city 10,00% Blue collar Like they they working for everything they get Like ain’t nothing handed to them And and they know if you’re if you’re if you’re faking them You know what I’m saying like this you know you you don’t got to fake it Like just be yourself and and they’ll accept you Uh do you think you think you’ll still go back definitely I mean I at least I got to get my stuff out of there and I mean I got a lot of friends there Um so so we’ll be back for sure Um but um I mean Orlando’s a great place so I’m I’mma be in that sunshine You know what I’m saying you’re going to be tipsy on the beach Yeah I’m gonna be down there living life Living life

Desmond Bane (Orlando Magic, former of the Memphis Grizzlies) shares his thoughts on ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith’s comments about the city of Memphis, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, and Grizzlies guard Ja Morant.

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