Ja Morant Had Heated Confrontation With Nets Coach On Friday
The Memphis Grizzlies easily sailed past the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, but things got very heated during a courtside confrontation. A video shared by Erik Slater and others on X shows Ja Morant having a vocal spat with Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez. Dennis Schroder and Memphis head coach Taylor Jenkins also got […] The post Ja Morant Had Heated Confrontation With Nets Coach On Friday appeared first on The Cold Wire.
The Memphis Grizzlies easily sailed past the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, but things got very heated during a courtside confrontation.
A video shared by Erik Slater and others on X shows Ja Morant having a vocal spat with Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez.
Dennis Schroder and Memphis head coach Taylor Jenkins also got involved in the altercation before refs blew whistles and separated both sides.
Things didn’t go beyond words, but it certainly looked like things were escalating during this late-game showdown.
Dennis Schroder and Jordi Fernandez were involved in an altercation with Ja Morant and Taylor Jenkins.
Morant had something to say to Fernandez (again) and Schroder took expectation. Jenkins then chimed in.
Schroder, Morant, and Jenkins hit with techs. pic.twitter.com/dFBeHkC9Fn
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As he sauntered back to the bench with his team up by 20 points, Morant was saying something to Fernandez and it didn’t sit well with the Nets head coach.
It’s not obvious what he said or why it bothered Fernandez, but he responded to Morant and then Jenkins stood between them.
That should have been the end of it, but things continued when Schroder seemingly said something to Jenkins, who then got heated and spoke back.
Finally, game officials walked up and put an end to the confrontation.
After the game, Fernandez briefly talked about the moment, saying he would never speak to players on other teams and wished Jenkins held his stars to the same standard.
He called it disrespectful and not part of the game.
It looks like there is some bad blood brewing between these two teams as the Nets fight to figure out their future and the Grizzlies continue to rise in the West.
The Nets hold a 10-15 record and are the subject of much trade speculation, but the Grizzlies are now second in the West and have won four games in a row.
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