Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Is There Something Deeper Going On With Memphis Grizzlies And Ja Morant?

3 Nov 2025 · 2 min

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Draymond Green sees Ja Morant's recent on-court behavior, passing to role players and standing in the corner, as a silent protest against the Grizzlies. The team fired coach Taylor Jenkins and suspended Morant, moves Green reads as management ignoring their star players' concerns and potentially fracturing the relationship.

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When I saw his comments, I found those interesting, but all they did was confirm to me what I was watching. When we got on that plane, I was telling Steph like, "Man, Ja ain't in it at all." Like, it looked like something happened. Like, Ja, it ain't Ja. Like, he was giving the ball to Cam Spencer and kind of going to stand in the corner. You know, so you could tell, and Steph was like, "Huh, quiet protest going on, huh?" And I was like, "That's what it looked like." And then obviously after the game, we saw the comments. I was like, yep. And rightfully so, there was something going on. And so when you see this, this leaves you in a space of, is this the beginning of the end? And it takes you back to Taylor Jenkins getting fired and them hiring assist, just moving, bumping the assistant coach up. When you looked at their team, Jaren, Ja, and those guys, I think they rocked with Taylor Jenkins. I truly in my heart believe that they rocked with Taylor Jenkins. So if that's the case and you just up and fire him, you're almost signaling to Ja and possibly Jaren that you really don't give a damn what they think about who's coaching them. And so when I look at this suspension, I say, okay, they didn't hire an assistant coach who, I'm almost certain that Ja didn't really sign off on. But they're showing you they don't care what you think. And usually when they show stars that they don't care what you think, the next move is usually you.
Yeah.