A beef between Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant and Warriors star Steph Curry was not a feud many could have anticipated, oh, two days ago, but this is where we are.
Morant and Curry threw shade at each other on social media after Morant and Grizzlies teammate Dillon Brooks went public with their desire to see veteran forward Andre Iguodala traded from Memphis. Iguodala has refused to play for the Grizzlies and urged the front office to buy his contract out or trade him. The situation has since turned ugly, and, well, the fearless Morant doesn’t care about Iguodala’s accolades or NBA veteran status.
He also knows how to get ahead of NBA Twitter’s go-to burn: Uncovering old tweets.
As the beef between Curry and Morant got into full swing, the Grizzlies rookie brought attention to his 2015 tweet that praised Curry’s championship. He explained that he was a fan then, still is a fan now … but he’s not scared of Curry.
And just for good measure, Morant tweeted a screenshot of all his old Curry tweets before NBA Twitter could get its chance.
Seriously, just brilliant stuff from Morant. He preemptively called himself out, leaving NBA Twitter trolls to scrape for lackluster material like this.
Morant just put on a Twitter clinic for NBA players. Respect.
