{"id":319766,"date":"2025-04-04T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/spencer-haywood-upset-with-ja-morant-hes-ruining-his-career"},"modified":"2025-04-04T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:41:26","slug":"spencer-haywood-upset-with-ja-morant-hes-ruining-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/spencer-haywood-upset-with-ja-morant-hes-ruining-his-career","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Haywood Upset With Ja Morant, &#039;He&#039;s Ruining His Profession&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Spencer Haywood<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Ja Morant&#8217;s Ruining His Career<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; I Want To Talk To Him!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-04T15:06:14-07:00\">April 4, 2025 3:06 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"42.3020833333\">\n<section id=\"cb-79ea784157c0210c712cf33c9fd17f68\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-916c9080-1b92-4f07-a2e3-ee7a4ac63167-1780737034-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-916c9080-1b92-4f07-a2e3-ee7a4ac63167-1780737034-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Adam Silver\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/16by9\/2025\/04\/04\/8a8cbad15e5146959aedcbf0a8384e1e_md.jpg\" alt=\"spencer-haywood-kal-040425\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-79ea784157c0210c712cf33c9fd17f68--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9d320c0ca2721c297dd6012b48b2c351\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.9433198381\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ja-morant\/\"><strong>Ja Morant<\/strong><\/a> might not care if he gets punished for his gun-themed celebrations &#8230; but one former NBA great is pleading with the Memphis Grizzlies star to leave the safety on his controversial gesture &#8212; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he&#8217;s &#8220;ruining his career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9d320c0ca2721c297dd6012b48b2c351--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1195dd8257210d82d150be21fe11a6d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.6577540107\">\n<p>We spoke with <strong>Spencer Haywood<\/strong> out at LAX shortly after 25-year-old Morant was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/04\/ja-morant-finger-gun-gesture-nba-warning\/\"><strong>fined for his on-court antics<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; and he had a strong message for the two-time All-Star and his inner circle.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1195dd8257210d82d150be21fe11a6d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-83062e4c958df5dc8484e21d95222e5d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-83062e4c958df5dc8484e21d95222e5d-817615854-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\" readability=\"22.1538461538\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.84615384615\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adam Silver: \u201cIt\u2019s ok Ja just don\u2019t do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ja Morant 9 hours later: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s2elYgmGUC\">pic.twitter.com\/s2elYgmGUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog (@Underdog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Underdog\/status\/1907957159184183790?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">April 4, 2025<\/a><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Underdog\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Underdog<\/a>\n     <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-83062e4c958df5dc8484e21d95222e5d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-45b210f0e1b2a4f2558a164e019b8c84\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"34\">\n<p>&#8220;The people that are around him are not advising him right,&#8221; Haywood said. &#8220;He&#8217;s ruining his career, he&#8217;s ruining his family&#8217;s life, and his team most importantly, he&#8217;s letting them all down. So, I&#8217;m just disappointed in Ja.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-45b210f0e1b2a4f2558a164e019b8c84--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-023ac7259ef45b5a819b691fd95aa369\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Haywood knows a thing or two about being among the NBA&#8217;s best &#8212; he was a four-time All-Star during his 12-year career and won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-023ac7259ef45b5a819b691fd95aa369--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b6dd6a86e30ccebc55a7b8a226644349\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250404_b6a977a2f5bd44cc967e49bbbdf83815\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:b6629d0e-c9c4-42d5-a38a-dce427e3aef6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b6\/4by3\/2025\/04\/04\/b6a977a2f5bd44cc967e49bbbdf83815_md.jpg\" alt=\"ja morant hand guns signal memphis grizzlies sub getty swipe 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b6dd6a86e30ccebc55a7b8a226644349--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7224fb4a6c559f5a0310bd9b14f32529\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"21.1228070175\">\n<p>He added there\u2019s &#8220;no excuse&#8221; for using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/02\/nba-investigating-ja-morant-finger-gun-gesture\/\"><strong>gun celebration<\/strong><\/a> when Morant has a history of being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/05\/14\/ja-morant-filmed-hold-gun-again-memphis-grizzlies-nba\/\"><strong>suspended for real firearms<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; especially &#8217;cause young kids look up to him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7224fb4a6c559f5a0310bd9b14f32529--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f8606d98ae23d2fcd401ef11e1dea049\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Haywood &#8212; who said he knows Morant personally &#8212; is so passionate about it, he wants to address Ja directly about it all &#8230; and mentioned he might be going to Memphis on behalf of the league to talk some sense into him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f8606d98ae23d2fcd401ef11e1dea049--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd7ac3b699de2a2c95e35e22602be441\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fd7ac3b699de2a2c95e35e22602be441--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-328e2fc72cfbd267617dc424dd35c4ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Despite his strong stance, Haywood believes Morant can turn it around and put the drama behind him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-328e2fc72cfbd267617dc424dd35c4ad--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d22dab47a1aacc56770bdf1cc42008dc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>The Grizzlies play the Detroit Pistons on Saturday afternoon &#8230; and all eyes will likely be on Morant once again &#8212; especially Haywood&#8217;s &#8212; to see if he triples down on his celly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d22dab47a1aacc56770bdf1cc42008dc--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/04\/spencer-haywood-ja-morant-gun-celebration\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Haywood Ja Morant&#8217;s Ruining His Career &#8230; I Want To Talk To Him!!! 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