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[Haberstroh] Last year, Ja Morant called an NBA referee “a ho” on the record in an interview after a game in OKC. It never got out. I obtained the audio, and reflected on the important role of in-person media as a guardrail for the NBA superstar.



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> Last year, Ja Morant called an NBA referee “a ho” on the record in an interview after a game in OKC. It never got out. I obtained the audio, and reflected on the important role of in-person media as a guardrail for the NBA superstar.

by lopea182

31 Comments

  1. nervousaboutschool17

    Calling a referee a hoe is objectively hilarious and makes me like ja more

    Unless it was a lady ref bc that’s different

    Edit : for the record the referee was Ray Acosta

  2. leredditmaymays

    A true hero for putting this scoop behind a paywall

  3. MF_Doomed

    Haberstroh went where no man dared to go. Pulitzer winning journalism right here.

  4. Several_Repeat_5447

    I feel like refs have been called way worse.

  5. AccomplishedFront563

    Journalists are just self important gossips

  6. cvelz

    this is only a story because it’s Ja.

    Grizzlies fans may have a point

  7. captain_ahabb

    Ja is a dumbass but some of the media coverage of him is pretty ridiculous

  8. sleepy416

    This is what 90% of the complaints about Ja sound like on this sub lmao

  10. theglicky

    I cant be the only one seeing what’s going on here

  11. Low_Beyond8134

    I’m pretty sure a lot of other nba players have said much worse

  13. dizzymidget44

    So. Devin Booker called a ref a bitch. Kobe called one an f bomb

  14. butidktho_

    jesus christ man the Ja witch hunt is tiring. He already served his suspension for being stupid. Dude has came back putting on a show and it seems like people want to talk about everything but what he’s doing to help his team.

  16. burnerbabyburns

    This is the most Redditor ass shit a journalist could possibly do

  17. HustleWilson

    This man wrote a 1000 word thinkpiece about Ja calling a ref a “ho” lol

  19. cyb3ryung

    dropping this a year after it happened, dude was waiting for the perfect time

  20. Baby_Yod4

    Even if got out who cares. Theres plenty of in game audio clips of players saying way worse shit to the refs to their face. Ja is probably right tho, that ref is a ho

  22. cubs223425

    There seems to be a dumb irony in calling journalists a “guardrail” while a journalist is leaking the stuff that’s allegedly being guarded. Does he not see that’s he’s creating the exact “problem,” his peers are supposedly trying to prevent?

  24. tapk69

    I might become a Grizz fan. Ja knows. Lakers, Celtics and Knicks are favoured by the Refs every game. In the playoffs its even worse, they are allowed to maul players yet the defenders can’t breathe on them.

  26. Shade_Raven

    Didnt Jokic imply a ref was lucky he’s in america and not serbia?

    Like on some mob shit lol

  27. kingfosa13

    lmao since Ja Made the Grizzlies clearly better they need to find another angle to hate

  28. JohnnyHotcakes44

    “ the important role of in-person media as a guardrail for the NBA superstar” Sports media: Get over yourself and your self-righteous bullshit. Your job is to report on basketball.

  29. FirstTimeLongThyme

    I simply do not have a fuck to give about this.

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