Stephen A.’s DISAPPOINTMENT in Ja Morant 🗣️ ‘He WAS ascending to superstar status’ | First Take
Iman Shumpert, Stephen A. Smith and Brian Windhorst join Shae Cornette on First Take to discuss which team is the biggest disappointment of the first half of the NBA season and react to James Harden’s comments on loyalty.
0:00 Milwaukee Bucks
0:45 LA Clippers
2:27 Memphis Grizzlies
5:05 Ja Morant’s downfall
7:26 Harden calls loyalty “overrated”
8:24 Iman & Stephen A. agree
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That dude is in phx now 😂
Moron morant is a scrub who wants to be a gangsta instead of being grateful for being on an NBA floor
Glad I never hopped on that train, never liked his attitude
I feel like Ja just stopped practicing and trying after the media got him
Keep Iman on lst take and I’m watching it everyday
Wait there are clipper fans? Who?
Besides the three pt shooting Ja is absolutely still playing good. League just tryna Isiah Thomas him
Cavaliers promised Harden a BAG lol…
10:06 he can say what he want to say SA he grown
Facts
Windy thought it was gamble with how old the clippers were yet can’t explain it. You just did bro
Ja too caught up in the hood & social media like 90% of so called blacks male people
Injuries has eaten up his confidence SA.
Ja just focused on his drill mixtape 🔥🔥🔥🔥
When you hear Harden talk, it should be no surprise that man has 0 rings. The saddest part though is that his type is the faces of the league.
Why everyone seem so depressed lol
Ja cares more about a lifestyle than he does about basketball. It’s really that simple
Sad but who raised him cause they fucked up he's a roll player at best no respect for the game or the players period but I knew it
Yep harden business no chip period he had no loyalty period except my Spurs no ego just loyalty and we winning period lol thanks labrick kd clowns y'all the worst players in the league now lol
Shouldn't SAS take that same advice?
As an NBA Fan, the Ja decline is one of the saddest story of implosion I have witnessed. Such an electrifying player, destroying generational wealth.
Teanna is a superstar I know Iman be punching the air! A movie with Leo is global status!
The problem with Ja is he takes over games sometimes and it has a Kobe effect where his teammates are taken out of games. Playing as a team at all times is better. Ja aint Kobe.
Ja NEEDS a 3 point shot, I’ve been saying this foreverrrrrrr. I don’t agree with SAS hot takes but he’s on point with this one
Seems to me when it comes to everyone but LeBron it’s “leave his family and friends alone”
He was one of the most exciting players I've seen. And now he's a scrub.
A suburban kid thinking he hood
Here we go, Stephen A. want JA traded to New York. Smh
I agree with you completely Stephen A
Ja Morant should be studied. He was certainly on the way to being a star. He will wash out of the league
I have to agree with Stephen A. One of my worst takes as a basketball fan was saying JA would be the next D Rose. I saw so much potential. I owe Derrick Rose an apology. I’m not saying he isn’t a great player but I don’t see the kinda drive that makes someone wanna be an MVP. Or the humbleness to look at himself and say I gotta be better for my team. They traded all of his running mates. Thats not normal. We just want the old JA Morant back minus the off the court stuff.
Ja fall of really , he doesnt improved his skillset
Hes working on his TikTok
Take Wendy off man he cut my boy off and him hot for A min 😂😂😂 he could have waited to say that
How about espn stop putting these players on a pedestal so early into their career.