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Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant doesn't plan on using the NBA's snitch hotline.
While speaking to Grizzlies reporters on Thursday, Morant said he won't tell on other players even if he sees them breaking one of the rules at the Orlando bubble.
“I don't do none of that telling,” Ja Morant said, via Evan Barnes of the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
“I don't know the hotline number or none of that. Guys go about certain stuff the way they want to but me, I ain't see nothing, hear nothing and I ain't saying nothing.”
The NBA snitch hotline has already been used this week. Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard was ratted out for nothing wearing his mask.
Morant, though, doesn't have time to worry about what other players are doing, as his Grizzlies are trying to make the playoffs in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. Memphis has to compile a better seeding-games-record than the New Orleans Pelicans, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings and San Antonio Spurs to keep the eighth and final playoff spot out West.
Before games were suspended in March, Morant was averaging 17.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 6.9 assists for the Grizzlies. The explosive guard, who is expected to win the 2020 Rookie of the Year Award, was also shooting 49.1 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from beyond the arc, and 77.0 percent from the free-throw line.
The Grizzlies will face the Blazers, Spurs, Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks in the seeding games. Memphis' first game is on July 31 against Damian Lillard and the Blazers.
