Update: Ja Morant Suspended 8 Games by NBA (Could return to court Wed 3/22)

[sjballer03]

His dad behaves like he still in high school so not surprised.

Yea who can forget about Great Value Usher.

[GSWFan1994]

It's a reference to movie 8 Mile with Eminem. He's in a rap battle with a guy who's been acting like he came up tough. Eminem calls him out for his privaleged upbringing and acting gangsta

"But I know something about you
You went to Cranbrook, that's a private school
What's the matter, dawg? You embarrassed?
This guy's a gangster? His real name's Clarence
And Clarence lives at home with both parents
And Clarence' parents have a real good marriage"

It's from the movie 8 mile. Eminem has a rap battle with a dude who acts hard but is from the suburbs and calls him Clarence.

Ok, I understand it now. I have never seen this movie. Thank you both for taking the time to reply... cheers.

[sjballer03]

What's the deal with this Clarence story? Please explain to me, I don't get the joke.

It's from the movie 8 mile. Eminem has a rap battle with a dude who acts hard but is from the suburbs and calls him Clarence.

Watch on YouTube

That video is brilliant

[SpreeChokeJob]

His dad behaves like he still in high school so not surprised.

Yea who can forget about Great Value Usher.

Nothing better than middle age man 50 year old acting like he still 16. You cool Pops!

[spanishninja]

I am waiting for that to be a chant in the playoffs. It has to happen.

What's the deal with this Clarence story? Please explain to me, I don't get the joke.

It's from the movie 8 mile. Eminem has a rap battle with a dude who acts hard but is from the suburbs and calls him Clarence.

no need to call him clarence. just use his real first name, Temetrius

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[Dubnation]

This fake gangster thing is hilarious. Can we start calling him Clarence? I’m sure players are having a field day with how dumb he makes himself look

I am waiting for that to be a chant in the playoffs. It has to happen.

What's the deal with this Clarence story? Please explain to me, I don't get the joke.

Watch on YouTube

[Ballerhogger]

I don’t understand why he thinks that’s cool ? Nobody thinks he’s a gangster , or thinks he’s tough guy even .

[Mickey8]

Instead of being proud of good upbringing he's trying to be the rap gangster, an idiot.

[SpreeChokeJob]

What's the deal with this Clarence story? Please explain to me, I don't get the joke.

It's from the movie 8 mile. Eminem has a rap battle with a dude who acts hard but is from the suburbs and calls him Clarence.

no need to call him clarence. just use his real first name, Temetrius

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Not going to sell any rap albums with Temetrius.

[Mickey8]

NBA can't market a player globally that is trying to be a fake tough guy holding a gun on Instagram.

You can with this dumb tik tok generation, they will buy anything they think is cool.

[JayMKE]

Hopefully this is a wake up call for Ja, no reason for dude to be like this. Grow up!

[Dubnation]

It's from the movie 8 mile. Eminem has a rap battle with a dude who acts hard but is from the suburbs and calls him Clarence.

Watch on YouTube

That video is brilliant

"ain't no such thing as halfway crooks". Truer words have never been spoken.

[Dubnation]

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[Marvin Martian]

MEM should really consider trading Morant. The team actually plays well without him. He has proven that he is not a franchise player so what reason is there to keep him around? Sell while his value is high

[The Rebel]

Was Jordan publicly brandishing weapons? Bringing his "gangsters" to the arena or to the mall to intimidate employees? You think all famous young people are living like this?

The excuses and normalizing of this behavior you do in every thread about this is ridiculous

Excuses?

Lol, half the league was drug addicts in the 70s and 80s.

Magic Johnson was a sex addict and was having sex before games, after games and throwing entire sex parties for the team.

Michael Jordan, the best player in the league was a gambling addict.

Athletes were always like this, just nobody got to see it, but only hear about it.

We don't know what Jordan was doing late in the night, drinking and gambling because nobody had a camera 24/7.

Ja Morant is living the lifestyle that others did before him and he isn't smart enough to do it and get away with it in this age of fame and clout with cameras 24/7.

It was always like this, nothing Ja Morant is doing is extraordinary or new.

Reading this entire thread I have to say that you are partially right. Growing up poor and hanging with drug dealers and then being forced to associate and deal with some upper middle class and wealthy people due to work it does not take long to realize that people are all the same.

We all have our vices, and some love to throw their weight around and some like to party.

The difference is that the poor are honest about who and what they are, the middle and upper class are very good at hiding it. Someone gets caught as a poor person his friends and family accept it upper and middle class everybody turns on them and acts like they had no idea the guy had issues.

It isn't social media and it wasn't lack of cameras, even today a lot of the media covers up **** for athletes. Most of them also have the sense to stay in high class and upper class bars, deal with higher level drug dealers, and not post stupid **** online. You don't go to the store you send your boys or your lawyers, you don't walk around with a gun on your waist, you get a concealed carry and only bring it out when you have no choice.


We found out Magic was a sex addict after it came out that he had HIV, the gambling was rumored late in Jordan's career but he wasn't going to the book maker/liquor store on the corner. High level dealers are acting like idiots at the club, high level bookies don't advertise or talk about their business. The stories about the "Thuggets" during the Melo years were known around Denver but the bars and stores were not going to out them, it hurts their business. People in the nice neighborhood don't want the media to know **** about what happens in their neighborhood as it hurts their image.

Ja's biggest problem is he is posting **** online and he has no one in his ear telling him how he should be handling ****. When I was in my early 20s I probably would have went to the store and confronted the guy who insulated my mother, by late 20s I sent people they couldn't connect to me, today I call and talk to his boss's boss. I often carried guns and still do, but I have never been dumb enough to tell anybody or show it. He needs someone to teach him how to cover his **** up. Teach him that the true bad asses don't advertise it, which is one reason most young teams keep a couple of old veterans on the roster, but he also has to listen.

[tripa]

If youre gonna get suspended for a gun, it should be a cooler gun than that

[G_K_F]

MEM should really consider trading Morant. The team actually plays well without him. He has proven that he is not a franchise player so what reason is there to keep him around? Sell while his value is high

You've gone a little overboard.

[CptCrunch]

This is the CBA clause justifying the suspension. NBA can act and punish harder.

6.9.a Firearms and Other Weapons.
Whenever a player is physically present at a facility or venue owned, operated, or being used by a Team, the NBA, or any League-related entity, and whenever a player is traveling on any NBA-related business, whether on behalf of the player’s Team, the NBA, or any League-related entity, such player shall not possess a firearm of any kind or any other deadly weapon. For purposes of the foregoing, “a facility or venue” includes, but is not limited to: an arena; a practice facility; a Team or League office or facility; an All-Star or NBA Playoff venue; and the site of a promotional or charitable appearance.

Morant was in a Denver strip club last night. Can't possess a gun on company work trips basically.

[clyde21]

Clarence is def Ja's new nickname it's perfect lmao

[Mavrelous]

Silver did whoop that trick on his ass