Ja Morant calling Klay Thompson 'a bum' shows his lack of self-awareness
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz react to Klay Thompson’s postgame response to Ja Morant’s trash talk after the Memphis Grizzlies’ win over the Dallas Mavericks. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
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John Morant up in Klay Thompson's face with the quote, "You will palm down."
And obviously, it created some conversation on the court.
To put it lightly, Clay was asked about it afterwards, and that was his response.
A very measured, calm response from Clay regarding John.
But let's not get it twisted, Caroline.
In the process of that calm, Measured response; he eviscerated him.
He absolutely ripped him to shreds there.
Klay Thompson very accurately pointed out.
Jaw is at this point.
Like, if you are Ja Morant, You can't be up in people's faces, especially Klay Thompson.
Look, Klay Thompson's not the best player by any stretch of the imagination this season.
But Klay Thompson's won championships.
Klay Thompson's been at the pinnacle.
Sport.
Klay Thompson is highly regarded in the League, very well respected and well-liked in the league by coaches.
By players, by fan bases.
Like, I don't know who really has a bad thing to say about Klay Thompson that's legit Merit and legs.
So, Jaws out here just continuing to run his Mouth, when Jaw can't get out of his own way, Jack can't stay on the court.
That Jaw doesn't have any basis for starting beef with Klay Thompson.
I mean, that's the part of this trash-talking that's lost on me.
Like Klay Thompson is 35, John Moran is 26, right?
There's almost a decade between these two.
And I think the important part of the quote is You're a bum now, which acknowledges that even if you think Klay is a shell of what he once was Be as a player, he's accomplished more in his career than Jack could ever imagine.
Jack can't even get on the court.
Jack can't stay on the court.
And when he is on the court, he hasn't won anything near the level that that Klay Thompson has won.
So, like, the conversation about you.
Bum now implies that Jaws achieved something.
Near where Clay was, when he wasn't a bum in John Morant's eyes.
Like, look, at this point, if we're honest about Ja Morant, He's a more relevant character in 2K than an actual basketball player.
Like he's great at a video game and on an actual court, He's meaningless because he can't stay healthy enough.
And when he is healthy, the team doesn't win enough, and when they do, win, They're answering questions about everything.
That Johns doing, which has nothing to do.
Basketball.
Tom Haberstroh tweeted games played over The last three seasons.
Uh, Klay Thompson, 6'6."
John Morant, 71.
Like, I dont really know how you can call anybody a bum when you make no tangible Difference to the team that you play for anymore.
