I just saw the news about Ja Morant. Big contract, big endorsements, rising NBA career and he ends up doing silly things like this. I think he needs a good mentor before anything else.
After all, he is just a kid yet to be a man who got a huge contract worth $200 Million. So it's somehow expected that he will end up doing foolishness and buying some expensive things in just a whim or if he feels like it but I didn't expect that he would end up doing this. What he lack is a mentor that will guide him professionally and as an individual to avoid doing such thing again in the future.
For sure there are too many kids, especially in Memphis, his home state, and other parts of the US that idolized him and might also do the kinds of stuff he showed in the public. Let's expect he will get one as his team and the NBA itself are probably giving him the advice to live rightfully. I like his confidence because it drives him to become greater than the greats but he should also listen to the advice given to him and avoid unnecessary scandals that can ruin his reputation and affect the lives of his young die-hard fans.
We can't just accept his immaturity and saying he is young and needs a mentor. I mean, that is right, of course, but Lebron and Kobe was also young and immature. They didn't do such things. His bad behaviour is just inexcusable. We should talk about his basketball first and then some aspects of his private life, but what the hell guns should be mentioned about a player. I think that is unacceptable and NBA management should be hard on these issues.
That Dallas Mavericks vs Phoenix Suns game might have been the best game of the year. Entertaining down to the wire and Im glad the Suns got the win. Booker talking smack to Luka with 3 seconds left when they secured the sun was pretty weak, but still a great game.
Funny that Giannis gave himself a rebound at the end of the Bucks game for a triple double.
In any case though, still a good game between the two, superstars in both side carry their team, but in the end it was Durant and Booker for the Suns, 37 and 36 respectively. And then that Luka missed, as they could tie the score that time.
As for the trashtalk, Booker has been trashtalking everyone I guess. And maybe he can forget what Luka did to them last year in the playoffs that he took it personally. And when he see that they are taking the W, then he has to make Luka pay for it.
Yes, he has been trash talking everyone and it is too much. But his game backs it up, at least. What he did to Luka was quite bad though. Luka was right saying that he should talk early in the game, not at the end when they win.