Shannon Sharpe on Ja Morant: "For some reason he wants to surround himself with these type of people. Bruh, you're not hard. This is not your life. You got a $200 million contract and you want people in the NBA to think you hood, to think you gangster."

[u/urfaselol]

https://streamable.com/aihzwk

[u/AleroRatking]

I did not expect the biggest Grizzlies rival to become Shannon Sharpe this year.

[u/Any_Ingenuity_4390 → u/AleroRatking]

I don’t think he’s being a rival here. He’s giving him genuine and correct advice. It’s not a good thing to “be about that life”. Ja doesn’t need to do this shit or pretend to be someone he’s not. He will probably get another 250-300m after his current contract ends too. It would be stupid to surround himself with people that would be detrimental to that goal.

[u/KptKrondog → u/Any_Ingenuity_4390]

Yeah. Ja is being an idiot. Shannon just letting him know it.

[u/sparknostalgia → u/KptKrondog]

Shannon is doing what Ja’s Daddy should be doing

[u/testbug0 → u/sparknostalgia]

Ja's dad is too busy living vicariously through his son's achievements to care.

[u/TOMdMAK → u/testbug0]

Busy wearing sunglasses indoor thinking he’s usher

[u/BridgesOnB1kes → u/TOMdMAK]

I saw Usher in person once and it did not disappoint. 2009ish in the depths of the Moda center(Rose Garden at the time) and dude rode past me shirtless on a Segway wearing shades.

[u/LiveLifeLikeCre → u/TOMdMAK]

He just don't want anyone to see how much weed he smoked before the game

[u/Yergason → u/sparknostalgia]

Dude is too focused on being the cool dad who is just like one of the boys, he forgot he still has to be the responsible dad that should guide his son in such a crucial phase of his life.

One in a billion opportunity to earn hundreds of million to play basketball and being pushed as one of the faces of the NBA but he's just letting his idiotic son roleplay a gangsta

[u/MotherLoveBone27 → u/AleroRatking]

Pretty one sided rivalry so far lol

[u/EShy → u/MotherLoveBone27]

All of their rivalries are one sided

[u/MrGrieves- → u/EShy]

Common Grizzlies L.

[u/Wasabi_Guacamole → u/[deleted]]

He's 8-1 since the Dillon encounter lol. Every win against Grizzlies since then should count as win for him hahaha

[u/dr-freddy-112]

He's not Ja Crittenton and shouldn't want to be lol

You're a multimillion-dollar athlete. Why the fuck would you care what anyone thinks about how "tough" or "gangster" you are? Move on with your life.

People only adapt that style of living when they feel they have little choice in the matter. You're a grown man with access to all of the resources in the world and more. You don't have to be like that.

[u/richb83 → u/dr-freddy-112]

Immaturity

[u/toadtruck]

Ja needs to have a talk with Z-Bo

[u/Dsarg_92 → u/toadtruck]

I was gonna say Z-Bo is about that actual life.

[u/Ouchyhurthurt → u/Dsarg_92]

Dude played in the NBA to support his weed business.

[u/Kind-Masterpiece-310 → u/Ouchyhurthurt]

Everybody needs a side hustle.

[u/Im-here-for-help → u/Kind-Masterpiece-310]

Smart business decision

[u/343GuiltyySpark → u/Dsarg_92]

The photo of him on that burner flip phone after a game needs to be put in the HOF

[u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart → u/343GuiltyySpark]

Can somebody pull that one up for us homies here who haven't seen it yet

[u/Scarment → u/OuchYouPokedMyHeart]

https://twitter.com/NBA_Skits/status/662781435149971456?s=20&t=Yj5vn9Xd5J80W4LxsNu2Fw

[u/cfaatwork → u/Scarment]

"He just likes playing snake" 🤣

[u/awesomobeardo → u/Dsarg_92]

Everyone that's actually about that life and made it out will tell others how shit it actually is

[u/RichardIraVos → u/toadtruck]

In Zbos hood, bullies get bullied

[u/shellfish87 → u/toadtruck]

Zbo was a GD his whole life 🤣

[u/breaditbans → u/shellfish87]

I heard Z-Bo was lying in silk sheets with two women when the police showed up, started pointing all their guns in his face screaming for him to show his hands and he wouldn’t do it cuz he was holding onto two booties.

I don’t know if it’s true, it’s just what I heard.

[u/Red_it_dawg → u/breaditbans]

That’s who I want to be when I grow up 😞

[u/wiseraccoon → u/toadtruck]

So he can show him how to conceal drug trafficking better?

[u/Irafurose → u/wiseraccoon]

Zbo: buy all da burner phones!!

[u/gnusm]

Ja thinks he O-Dog from Menace II Society when he actually Loc Dog from Don’t Be a Menace.

[u/Trailblazin15 → u/gnusm]

“I SAIIID.. DO. WE. HAVE. A. PROBLEM” while doing the robot dance 😂

[u/choff22 → u/Trailblazin15]

Bro that shit is so goddamn funny. That whole movie is a banger.

[u/Trailblazin15 → u/choff22]

Whenever there’s a birthday the “for me??” Will always be in my head lol. “Happy birthday homie!”

[u/Axbris → u/Trailblazin15]

While having his finger on the trigger for a USSR warhead...

If that ain't gangsta, idk what is.

[u/CrumBum_sr → u/gnusm]

Tech-9 with the high-tops, or uzi with the low-tops?

[u/Calm-Signature-916 → u/CrumBum_sr]

I'll just wear these then

[u/illsteyria777 → u/Calm-Signature-916]

Lmaoo then pulls out big ass bunny slippers 😭

[u/PIX3LY → u/gnusm]

MESSAGE!

[u/MSY2HSV → u/gnusm]

He’s actually Dennis from Dennis the Menace

[u/higgy615 → u/MSY2HSV]

He's actually Ja Ja from the Phantom Menace

[u/Hingl_McCringleberry → u/higgy615]

"Meesa hood"

[u/iamhaddy → u/gnusm]

More like OG Loc from Grove Street

[u/fueelin → u/iamhaddy]

Dude thinks he's hard like the remote control helicopter mission but really he's easy like Millie with a gimp suit and some hot coffee.

[u/iksnet]

1-8 since LeShannon gave em the business btw

[u/Tashre → u/iksnet]

Despite the fact that they didn't want those problems, they got them anyways.

[u/TenaciousDeer → u/Tashre]

They obviously definitely don't want these problems

[u/king_lloyd11 → u/iksnet]

The man casually may have ended an entire team’s championship hopes in a Randy Macho Man Savage sweater jacket.

Unk ftw.

[u/Quality_Ass_Rep → u/king_lloyd11]

They have embodied "how will I ever recover from this" energy ever since.

Crazy lol

[u/lundej16 → u/Quality_Ass_Rep]

Well that and the entire league has kinda stopped pulling any punches about Dillon Brooks. Who has also definitely stopped pulling any punches.

[u/redredrocks → u/lundej16]

Man I feel vindicated. Not that I necessarily thought he was dirty from the get-go or anything, but I took one look at dude’s facial hair and decided “this guy sucks” based on no additional intel.

I’m glad my baseless accusation ended up being right.

[u/ltrob → u/redredrocks]

Bro’s got the Amish preset

[u/redredrocks → u/ltrob]

Buddy’s goatee walked into the Harley dealership and they made it the store manager on sight

[u/DoctorMansteel → u/ltrob]

Sliders set to luddite.

[u/thegoodbadandsmoggy → u/king_lloyd11]

The cream always rises to the top

[u/cjcfman → u/king_lloyd11]

We really calling cardigans sweater jackets lmao

[u/king_lloyd11 → u/cjcfman]

Lmao look at this guy still using the word “cardigan”.

Probably calls legless slacks “shorts” too.

[u/Spida-D-Mitchell → u/king_lloyd11]

Ooh, a garage! Well la-di-da, Mr. French Man.

[u/Wyden_long → u/Spida-D-Mitchell]

I call it a car hole.

[u/ChaosAndCreation → u/king_lloyd11]

I think you mean Macho Savage Randy Man

[u/king_lloyd11 → u/ChaosAndCreation]

Fuck I always mix him and Ho Hulkgan up.

[u/Davethisisntcool → u/king_lloyd11]

funnily enough…that’s how The Ultimate Warrior said his name😅

[u/tvchase → u/iksnet]

Can't convince me that promo he cut to Dave McMenamin in the tunnel didn't destroy them.

This is like Rock burying Billy Gunn's singles push.

[u/Foreign_Salary_1789 → u/tvchase]

The Rock's famous Billy Gunn promo, for those unfamiliar.

I'm a Flair guy myself when it comes to promos, but certainly one of the best promos in wrestling history as he had the crowd in the palm of his hand.

"Oh dear God. You see, my name's Billy, and I just won King of the Ring. But there's one problem... everyone still thinks that I absolutely suck"

Oh my God. So good. The Rock can just bury you with one promo.

The South Park signs, the old WWF logo, it all brings me back to when I was 12 and the world was simpler.

[u/ChrisRhodes789 → u/tvchase]

What was worse?

What Rock did to Billy Gunn or what Cena did to Nexus?

What Shannon did to the Grizzlies is coming closer & closer to Cena vs Nexus territory.. lolol..

[u/VirtuousFool → u/tvchase]

But my name’s Billy!

IT DOESNT MATTER, WHAT YOUR NAME IS!

[u/Class_Act7 → u/iksnet]

9 games already since then?? Lol why does this feel like it was last week?

[u/climaxingwalrus → u/Class_Act7]

Cuz they play like 5 games a week lol

[u/ClaymoresRevenge → u/iksnet]

He gave them the business so button up their shirt straight

[u/BlackWhiteCoke → u/iksnet]

And that 1 win was against the pacers which is where this alleged altercation took place. So really it’s just L’s all the way down

[u/boobs14]

This dude's a gangster? His real name is Jarence

[u/DrewfromtheOffice → u/boobs14]

And jarence parents have a real good marriage

[u/Kontinued → u/DrewfromtheOffice]

He don’t wanna play ball, he shook

[u/WarCuntSkyFuck → u/Kontinued]

Ain't no such thing as winning with Dillon Brooks

[u/CaptainChocolates → u/WarCuntSkyFuck]

Bruh 🤣

[u/ratcranberries → u/CaptainChocolates]

Fucking banger eh.

[u/ItsKeithAskins → u/Kontinued]

Ain’t no such thing as halfway crooks

[u/Mister_Poopy_Buthole → u/ItsKeithAskins]

He’s scared to death, he’s scared to look, at a skyhook

[u/iDankkk → u/Mister_Poopy_Buthole]

Fuck Dillon Brooks!

[u/dookoo → u/iDankkk]

fuck a beat, I'm Clint Capela

[u/MC_JACKSON → u/dookoo]

Fuck Thabeet, I'm Clint Capela

[u/Nfrtny → u/dookoo]

Fuck the shot clock, Coach Doc, and fuck the Trailblazers. Fuck everybody. Fuck y'all if you doubt me.

[u/DeadDay → u/Nfrtny]

I'm a fake gangster and I say it proudly!

[u/Nfrtny → u/DeadDay]

Fuck the title. I don't wanna win I'm outie. Here tell The Athletic something they don't know about me.

[u/SettoKaisa → u/dookoo]

Fuck a Pop, fuck a Doc, fuck a trailor

[u/AnastasiaMoon → u/SettoKaisa]

Fuck Shannon Sharpe if he doubt me, i’m a 6’2, 170 pound piece of Memphis trash I say it proudly.

[u/WiktorVembanyama → u/iDankkk]

Amino, Al-Farouq

[u/LeBronsWineGlass → u/ItsKeithAskins]

313!

[u/Iron_Chic → u/DrewfromtheOffice]

JJJ, Brooks and Bane are Eddie Haskel, Wally and Mrs. Cleaver.

[u/ThisAnswerIsLit → u/boobs14]

Ja had a 12 car garage growing up and they had cars for all of them

[u/pistoncivic → u/ThisAnswerIsLit]

Imagine how many laser pointers they had in every car

[u/Irish-Jokic-Stan → u/boobs14]

Thank you Shannon for combusting the Grizzlies and leaving the West wide open for Denver

[u/AmphibianThick7925 → u/Irish-Jokic-Stan]

Shannon definitely plays it up now like skip, now that he’s had a few years under his belt with him. But this feels more like a disappointed dad. Young successful black men trying to act hood is a legit thing and Ja ain’t the first or last to fall for it.

[u/Neversoft4long → u/AmphibianThick7925]

He’s called Unc for a reason. A lot of current nfl players listens to what he says. He’s the cool uncle at the family bbq that you joke around with a drink with but every so often he is gonna get serious and set you straight on shit in life

[u/[deleted] → u/boobs14]

Temetrius* lol

[u/sh1teposter → u/[deleted]]

He gangsta with the name Temetrius Jamel or TJ for short. Now we know why he beefin with TJ McConnell

[u/actuarally → u/[deleted]]

He 100% played in the East-West Senior Bowl game. I think was co-MVP with Javaris Jamar Javarison-Lamar.

[u/[deleted] → u/actuarally]

Temetrius "Construction Noise" Morant.

[u/JohnnyWinss → u/[deleted]]

I heard he shared a team with Hingle McCringleberry

[u/sorendiz → u/JohnnyWinss]

xmus jaxon flaxon-waxon >>>

[u/actuarally → u/JohnnyWinss]

Nah, Hingle went to Penn State. You're thinking of Eeeee Eeeeeeeee.

[u/ablackcloudupahead → u/actuarally]

LeCarpetron Dukemarriot was robbed

[u/ZJB03 → u/ablackcloudupahead]

Tbh I think Jackmerius Tacktheratrix deserved it

[u/paddachim → u/sh1teposter]

Temetrius Jamel McConnell

[u/solo118]

I rather be soft and sit on my 200 million

[u/Rudy_Ghouliani → u/solo118]

Gimme 20 million and I'll say fuck the hood to everyone's grandma in the hood. Hood ain't never done shit for me adios bitches

[u/HotelRwandaBeef → u/solo118]

Bruh come on, I gotta look good for the Twitter bots when they comment wild shit for no reason!!

[u/DynamixRo]

Give that man a chef's hat, because he cookin'.

[u/CIark → u/DynamixRo]

Ja gonna be camped outside Shannon’s house next time the Grizzlies play the Lakers 💀

[u/JioJio92 → u/CIark]

With his entire entourage maybe. Shannon might be 50 something but I'd still back him to snap Ja in half. That guy is shredded.

[u/sonQUAALUDE → u/JioJio92]

i saw shannon bench press 500lbs like it was nothing on tiktok, saying he was going to “get back to working out”

[u/Zeckzeckzeck → u/JioJio92]

Shannon grew up hard. Dude didn’t have indoor plumbing! You don’t want that coming for you because he don’t give a fuck.

[u/SureEntertainment676 → u/Zeckzeckzeck]

Not having indoor plumbing is a different level of poverty, Shannon got that old man struggle strength.

[u/MykeTyth0n → u/SureEntertainment676]

You don’t wanna mess with a man that could prosper in prison. Sharpe is that man.

[u/SureEntertainment676 → u/MykeTyth0n]

The baby grizzlies are nephews to the fullest extent lol they just don’t know

[u/brownbearks → u/SureEntertainment676]

My dad grew up with out indoor plumbing til he got to college. That man is hard as nails and still has insane old man strength. You don’t fuck with guys like that, oddly enough he’s a retired business owner with a PhD, but you would never guess he grew up dirt poor but he still has that dawg in him.

[u/Jakoobus91 → u/brownbearks]

I bet my dad could beat up your dad. Jk I don't know my dad and he'd probably be a shitty fighter anyways

[u/WaltJay]

He's trying to cosplay as D Rose and AI. He already plays like them on the court; last step is to pretend you grew up the same.

[u/ClowdyRowdy → u/WaltJay]

Yeah that’s really it I think. But he’s fucking griddying during his new shoe presentation, he can’t have it both ways. Rose didn’t even dance during the ASG

[u/skrtskerskrt → u/ClowdyRowdy]

looking back, that was cold asf

[u/amenacingballsack → u/ClowdyRowdy]

Rose hit one of the better game-winners ever and didn't even fucking react lol.

Man has seen some stuff.

[u/ClowdyRowdy → u/amenacingballsack]

That’s what i’m saying real G’s move in silence

[u/humandignitybloc → u/ClowdyRowdy]

I just realized that between DRose and now Demar the Bulls have had two of the most legit cold street hoopers in league history in their back court.

[u/[deleted] → u/amenacingballsack]

D Rose done let the GDs in the do

[u/PaintByLetters → u/WaltJay]

Makes sense when you factor in his corny ass dad trying to look like Usher 90% of the time.

[u/Cold-Magazine6163 → u/PaintByLetters]

What is it with nba players and cringe dads lol

[u/Adventurous-Bee-5934 → u/Cold-Magazine6163]

The best part of being a dad is getting the cringe pass

[u/BDRParty]

Sounds like Ja needs to look at someone like Derozan if he wants to see how to handle being in the NBA. This sub has taught me Derozan is a guy who other players know has a real gangster past but doesn’t advertise it.

[u/IAMTHATGUY03 → u/BDRParty]

As someone in PR Derozan is the gold standard for this. Man has 20 years worth of gang ties but has a perfect image. Also, he must be a genuinely good dude for Pop to like him so much.

[u/golden_rhino → u/BDRParty]

I grew up around gangs, and worked with students in gangs. The one thing I learned is that the hardest dudes don’t flex.

[u/dac5505 → u/golden_rhino]

Real G's Move in Silence

[u/Sofialovesmonkeys → u/BDRParty]

Pop loves this about DeMar. They would let him throw up crip & everything 😂😂😂

[u/bigboi2115]

If you're actually from an environment like that Shannon is spitting.

You don't know how depressing it is to see kids that fall asleep dreaming to get a taste of what Ja has accomplished then wake up the next morning and do shit that makes that dream impossible or don't live to dream another night.

What he's doing ain't worth it, and it'll have the same consequences that it has for those kids too. It'll just result in a waste of his talent.

[u/elbenji → u/bigboi2115]

Like you see that shit first hand too. Most people live that life out of desperation, not glory

[u/marsexpresshydra]

But bro, the league definitely released (actually leaked!) their report late on Sunday to cover it up so it didn’t gain any traction!

[u/Alley-Oub → u/marsexpresshydra]

good thing Ja tweeted about it for visibility

[u/ipooplogs → u/Alley-Oub]

It’s free to see how tweets feel

[u/Briguy_fieri → u/marsexpresshydra]

Leaked in the middle of the Kyrie trade and Steph injury news

[u/SlightSupermarket533]

It's crazy how some athletes so eager to Aaron Hernandez themselves.

[u/Grand-Assistance-339 → u/SlightSupermarket533]

Aaron Hernandez WAS actually about that life though. Morant comes off like he cosplaying a gangster

[u/FkFkingFker → u/Grand-Assistance-339]

Aaron Hernandez was a rare case of a gangbanger who just so happened to be good at football.

[u/kiygjyrg]

Shannon is lucky he’s not 13 otherwise Ja and his boys might come for him

[u/WickedRuiner → u/kiygjyrg]

I'd still give the edge to 13 year-old Shannon lol

[u/VerTex_GaminG → u/WickedRuiner]

ay man we joke but Shannon came from the type of hood where poor people called him poor lol. He scratched and clawed his way to a HOF career and took care of his fam while doing it. 13 year old shannon probably tough as nails.

[u/yoloqueuesf → u/VerTex_GaminG]

No one is going to even remotely try to pick a fight with Shannon, dude has biceps as thick as most peoples thighs lmao

[u/fatflipflops]

even RDCWorld already have a vid similar to this

[u/addem67 → u/fatflipflops]

RDC always scoring 😂

[u/DaKingindaSouff]

Agreed. Ja Morant comes from a good home, with a good father but wants to act like he’s signed to Yo Gotti and CMG.

[u/franksthegreat → u/DaKingindaSouff]

Ja listens to too much youngboy and tries to imitate him too much

[u/WintertimeFriends → u/DaKingindaSouff]

Like a lot of rich kids I’ve known over the years.

[u/screwhead1 → u/WintertimeFriends]

Rich kids from Memphis that try to act gangster can sometimes be found 90 miles away at Ole Miss lol.

[u/Hail_The_Motherland → u/screwhead1]

Kids from Collierville and Germantown furiously looking for your location

[u/screwhead1 → u/Hail_The_Motherland]

They're probably doing keg stands at the Sig Ep house or running up bar tabs around the Square on daddy's credit card. Hotty Toddy.

[u/paradoxofchoice → u/WintertimeFriends]

r/hiphopheads

[u/conserveandcreate → u/WintertimeFriends]

100%

[u/kyleb402 → u/DaKingindaSouff]

It's about the people you surround yourself with.

Lebron didn't exactly grow up in an amazing environment but he seemed to surround himself with people and friends that wanted to be entrepreneurs and actually took it serious.

Ja seems to have surrounded himself with people who want to act like they're gangsters and he's going to get dragged down with them.

[u/lawnicus18]

Sharpe is probably my favourite talking head cause he a) generally doesn’t give a fuck and b) actually has decent takes

[u/fredlikefreddy → u/lawnicus18]

C) was actually elite at the highest level of his sport

[u/Duhawk96 → u/fredlikefreddy]

He was a tight end so he’s an honorary basketball player, like Jimmy Graham and Antonio Gates. Did you know they played basketball?

[u/Factsimus_verdad → u/Duhawk96]

Tony Gonzalez - Great TE and a heck of a player for California Bears.

[u/SomeRandom928Person → u/Duhawk96]

Ish Wainwright is a former TE (for the Bills) turned NBA player, does that count?

[u/Tabais123 → u/fredlikefreddy]

He wasn’t even the best football player in his family either

[u/Bovine_Joni_Himself → u/Tabais123]

Crazy that he's a HoFer, one of the best at his position at all time, and a multiple super bowl winner yet this is still a true statement that he would be the first to agree with.

[u/SJMASK → u/Bovine_Joni_Himself]

Favre to Sharpe was up there with Marvin and Peyton IMO

[u/TJeffersonsBlackKid → u/Bovine_Joni_Himself]

He says that in his HOF speech.

[u/ThrowAwayBBY46 → u/Bovine_Joni_Himself]

Yep he's very respectful of Sherling and always talks about how he never wouldn't have been as successful as he was without being able to lean on Sherling for advice as he'd already been through it. That family seems very close.

[u/BigFatModeraterFupa → u/lawnicus18]

he is like the king uncle of sports

[u/urfaselol → u/lawnicus18]

also entertaining af

[u/so-cal_kid → u/urfaselol]

And he actually played and was elite at his sport so you can't pull the do you even know sports card on him and he's still super jacked.

[u/heisenberg423 → u/so-cal_kid]

Not only that, but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants, and hangs out with the hottest dudes.

[u/MisticMistics]

What happened ? I haven’t read much news lately

[u/oobthesecond → u/MisticMistics]

Story about Ja and his friends from a few days ago

[u/Mdgt_Pope → u/MisticMistics]

Something about Morant's crew and a laser. We had a funeral for a bird.

[u/Tetraknox → u/Mdgt_Pope]

Ja: "I'm pretty sure none of that's real"

[u/mecon320 → u/Tetraknox]

YOU'RE NOT REAL!

[u/NoseBlind2 → u/MisticMistics]

Ja Morant had some of his people pointing lasers at Pacers staff through an SUV window.

Could be lasers from a gun, seen as a threat towards Pacers staff

[u/SennKazuki → u/NoseBlind2]

Ngl if I had a laser pointed towards me, even tho I'm an absolute nobody, I would absolutely dive to the floor. No shit that's a threat.

[u/Chitown2181 → u/SennKazuki]

I mean, you see some generally hard looking motherfuckers all riled up, then they hop in their blacked out SUV, then a laser points out from the window right at your chest.

There’s really not much else to think, I’d shit my pants as well.

[u/JeanVicquemare → u/SennKazuki]

from a legal standpoint, doing something deliberate, knowing that it will make another person fear imminent harm, is assault. And someone can try to be cute about whether it was a gun or a laser pointer or whatnot, but a judge isn't going to buy it- they're going to say, "You knew very well what you were doing."

[u/[deleted] → u/NoseBlind2]

whole time its just badger and skinny pete with laser pointers

[u/inshamblesx]

Common Shannon W

[u/p3ndu1um → u/inshamblesx]

Increasingly common grizzlies L

[u/LuckyWarrior → u/inshamblesx]

Hes been eating good lately

He was also on that Baltimore Ravens 2000 team documentary on ESPN last night

[u/QueAsc0]

Miss the Tony Allen, ZBO era of Grizzlies basketball. These kids act lame af

[u/WolfgangBB]

This is probably one of the rare instances of a player benefitting from being on a small market team. Because if he was on the Lakers or Knicks or something, this story would be wayyy bigger.

[u/MitchEatsYT → u/WolfgangBB]

If he was on the Lakers or Knicks this wouldn’t be happening

His small town boys wouldn’t be able to roll like this in a city like LA or NY and those teams absolutely wouldn’t allow it

[u/star_nerdy]

Seriously, street cred isn’t redeemable for shit.

You don’t get fast tracked into the club.

You don’t get an upgrade to business class at the airport.

You don’t even get extra fries at McDonald’s.

Street cred is for insecure idiots whose only contribution to society is a willingness to harm others.

I’m a nerd, I’m cool with that. My brother killed a man hanging out with idiots who were “all about that life.” It fucking ruined his life trying to be tough.

Meanwhile, I got a PhD and have a good life. He could have had a great life, instead, he got 14 years in prison and the highlight of his week was us showing up with plastic bags full of quarters and buying him frozen wings and chips during our visit.

Fuck that gangsta bullshit. Want to be tough, show up every day and put in the work and help others without an expectation of reward.

[u/shaboobalaboopy510 → u/star_nerdy]

👊🏾 I respect you for being true to yourself, I started as a nerd and got pushed wayward by my own brother, wish I would've let him be a dumbass by himself

[u/need2peeat218am]

Ja Moron

Saw somebody say this on my team's sub and I can't get it out of my head

[u/phlipout22]

LOL that's what we are all thinking

[u/KIMJONGUNderfed]

Grizzly Fans Right Now: “We’re fine, everything’s ok! Oh how about that Kyrie guy….” As we shuffle back to the shadows for 10 seconds until someone else does something stupid like this. This s*** is painful.

[u/SFWzasmith]

This guy is potentially the next face of the NBA and could be a billionaire. Instead he’s playing gangster for no reason.

[u/Prodigy195]

Far too many men, especially young men and especially young black men, often feel a need to perform masculinity and either don't know how, are unwilling to, or are unable to perform it in healthy ways

It's why guys who've made it out will still get caught up in that lifestyle (Pooh Sheisty, Young Thug and the pending RICO case with YSL). It's why we've seen legit dozens of NBA/NFL players get caught with guns or other nonsense charges after they've made it to the pros.

I went to an HBCU and remember freshman year seeing guys who were acting/claiming like they were living in or coming from the street light. In my mind I'm thinking "you filled out a FASFA, got financial aid taken care of and registered for classes, you can let the street life go".

[u/75153594521883]

Shannon Sharpe? Based.

[u/laemvan]

Shannon. Relax. You already did so much to this team.

[u/jhm131396]

This guy's a gangster? His real name's Temetrius

And Temetrius lives at home with both parents

And Temetrius' parents have a real good marriage