Ja Morant Upset With Grizzlies’ Coaching Staff After Loss To Lakers: ‘go Ask Him’

Ja Morant didn’t look excessively happy pinch nan Grizzlies’ coaching unit aft Memphis mislaid 117-112 to nan Lakers Friday successful their first NBA Cup group game.

The prima defender had a unsmooth nighttime from nan field, scoring conscionable 8 points connected 3-for-14 shooting and 0-for-6 connected three-pointers while adding 7 assists. As a media scrum surrounded his locker pursuing nan loss, he had a elemental reply to each mobility he heard: “Go inquire nan coaching staff.”

When asked if location was thing he could person done otherwise successful nan game, Morant looked toward nan coaches yet again, telling reporters to “go inquire him” directing them toward Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo who took complete aft nan team parted ways pinch Taylor Jenkins late past season. Since Morant had a default reply for immoderate question, a newsman asked him what could person been done to get a different result different than asking nan coaching staff, to which he provided an absorbing response.

“According to them, astir apt don’t play maine honestly,” he responded. “That’s fundamentally what nan connection was aft so, it’s cool.”

Morant seemed to allude to a connection received from his coaches aft nan crippled that didn’t beryllium correct pinch him. Blake Griffin, an expert for NBA connected Prime Video, wasn’t thrilled pinch nan effort he saw from Morant during nan reliable nonaccomplishment to nan Lakers.

Luka Dončić dropped 44 points pinch 12 rebounds and six assists for nan Lakers Friday. He won nan conflict betwixt nan prima guards by a landslide and whitethorn person caused immoderate clash successful nan Grizzlies’ locker room successful nan process.

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