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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant opened up once again about their highly intense and physical fight with the Golden State Warriors in the 2022 playoffs, including his controversial “broke the code” tweet that was seemingly directed at Jordan Poole.
To recall, Morant was forced to exit Game 3 of the second round showdown due to a knee injury. Following his departure, videos of Poole grabbing Morant's knee earlier in the game surfaced and the Warriors guard had since been largely blamed for causing the issue.
Upon seeing the clips and hearing from the Grizzlies' medical staff, Morant couldn't help but blame Poole. He then used the “broke the code” tweet, referencing Steve Kerr's statement when his Grizzlies teammate Dillon Brooks caused the injury of Gary Payton II in Game 2 of the same series.
However, Morant quickly deleted his tweet and has since moved on from the issue. Now in an interview with Taylor Rooks of Bleacher Report, the 22-yera-old guard shared why he deleted the tweet and what was his though process at the time.
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“Obviously, I was frustrated how I got hurt. I sent the tweet,” Morant said, via NBC Sports. “I actually — once again, my mom came into play like, ‘No, delete it.’ Then I seen people start trying to talk trash like, ‘Oh, you delete it.' You saw at that time, I probably would have got fined for stuff I said, but I had to take that into consideration. But it's all good. I ain't tripping on that no more.”
For what it's worth, Ja Morant also said that he soon realized the foul that caused his injury was not intentional at all. He also showed appreciation how Jordan Poole took responsibility and apologized, which certainly made things easier.
“Even when we were back at Golden State when I was walking on the court, [Poole] asked me was I good? Dapped me up. Even some of their other players asked me on the side as well … That's what it's all about. We all at the end of the day, care for each other, all want everybody to succeed. So I don't think there’s too much dirty players in this league to go and do anything,” Morant explained.
“But after that, frustrated, in pain, not knowing what the results was going to be at the time. My mind pretty much was all over the place. So there's a lot of frustration that went into that and then after the first incident where everybody was trying to bash my teammate not even knowing that he apologized and stuff like he didn't mean to do it, that went into play, too.”
The Warriors and Grizzlies will forever be linked after their playoff meeting in 2022, and by the looks of it, the rivalry between the two sides will be exciting in the years to come. While it's clear they do have mutual respect, all the trash talking just goes to show that they are still competitors at the end of the day.
