Stephen A. Smith has despatched a robust message to Tee Morant, along with his son Ja Morant at the moment below police investigation for flashing a gun at a Colorado strip membership.
“Now within the case of pops, solely factor, I’m not throwing any shade on any individual’s mum or dad or something like that,” Smith mentioned. “I’m merely making an attempt to spotlight and illuminate to Tee Morant the significance of him being a dad.
“You raised him. You helped get him so far. Just remember to don’t let anyone get in the best way of what he’s on the verge of undertaking. Ensure you do your half to guard him as an alternative of becoming a member of in to have a great time such as you one in every of his boys. You’re not one in every of his boys. You’re his dad.”
Tee Morant raised his son get to the place he’s right this moment.
He should not let ANYONE else get in the best way of what Ja is on the verge of undertaking pic.twitter.com/3I1UTndY59
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) March 6, 2023
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon additionally known as out the elder Morant.
“Tee Morant must look himself within the mirror and I feel he must be trustworthy and say, ‘Is it extra essential for me to be a celeb or extra essential to be a supportive father?’ I feel making an attempt to do each is problematic.”
Morant’s father has embraced being within the highlight beforehand and famously received into it with former NFL star Shannon Sharpe on the sidelines when the Grizzlies visited the Lakers earlier this season. His public picture as an NBA dad has even drawn comparisons to LaVar Ball.
Whereas Stephen A. and Tim MacMahon aren’t essentially improper, they need to know that unsolicited parenting recommendation could be very hardly ever well-received.
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