Shannon Sharpe

Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe was involved in a fiery courtside exchange with Memphis Grizzlies players Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks during the ...

“They do all that talking and jockeying and I ain’t about that jockeying. I said he was too small to guard LeBron.” After the game, Brooks initially did not want to speak about the altercation saying, “I ain’t talking about that. But when asked about whether fans should behave like Sharpe he said, “A regular pedestrian like him? He should have never come back in the game. He later returned to his seat.

The NFL Hall of Famer and broadcaster nearly scuffled with players and exchanged words with Ja Morant's father before security intervened on Friday.

Another video from Cole showed Tee Morant and Sharpe making up after the game with a hug on the court. Prior to the argument, Sharpe shared a video of his outfit while he sat courtside on Instagram. Before returning to his seat for the third quarter, he told McMenamin the incident started with Brooks. Grizzlies reporter Damichael Cole described the incident as "Absolute madness" in a tweet about the fight. Then the dad came and he obviously didn't want no problems." The outlet reports Grizzlies players Dillon Brooks, Steven Adams, and Ja Morant were involved, as well as Morant's father, Tee Morant.

After the Fox analyst got into a courtside incident during Friday's Lakers game with the father of Ja Morant, James posted a message of support for Sharpe.

The courtside argument began when Sharpe was heckling Brooks and his ability to guard James. Before long, Sharpe was seen shouting at Adams and Tee Morant. [James said.](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/01/21/lebron-james-defends-shannon-sharpe-los-angeles-lakers-memphis-grizzlies) “I always got his back.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James supported NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, and he got into a courtside incident with members of the Memphis Grizzlies.

No," Brooks told reporters. "A regular pedestrian like him? Then the dad came, and he obviously didn't want no problems. He can talk with the best of them, for sure." "I ride with Shannon for 365 days, 366 on a leap year, 24/7," LeBron James said after the game. He definitely didn't want these problems.

A shocking scene broke out at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night between the former NFL star, the Grizzlies and Ja Morant's father.

Then the dad came and he obviously didn’t want no problems. He definitely didn’t want these problems. He started to come at me and I said, ‘You don’t want these problems.’ And then Ja came out of nowhere talking. Sharpe was escorted by security into the tunnel where he remained throughout halftime before eventually returning to his seat for the third quarter. It’s unclear exactly what led to the start of the altercation, but video showed Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks and center Stephen Adams yelling in Sharpe’s direction before being joined by Ja Morant and eventually, Ja’s father. I said he was too small to guard LeBron.

After Shannon Share and Tee Morant got into a heated courtside exchange on Friday night at the Lakers-Grizzlies game in Los Angeles, James threw his support ...

Then the dad came and he obviously didn’t want no problems. I don’t really care about all that.” “I ain’t talking about that,” Brooks told reporters when asked about the altercation. He said ‘F–k’ me I said, ‘F–k’ you back. Tee Morant then walked toward Sharpe and exchanged words with him as security tried to defuse the situation. [James told reporters after the game](https://twitter.com/jovanbuha/status/1616690164738449409).

Lakers superstar LeBron James just wants to remind everyone out there that Shannon Sharpe is not a 'Muthaf#k*' to be messed with.

The same was not the case for Ja himself as well as Grizzlies teammate Dillon Brooks, who both had some things to say about Sharpe after the game. Sharpe was in attendance to watch the high-profile game, and at one point, the outspoken broadcaster and former NFL star [got into it](https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-shannon-sharpe-ja-morants-dad-settle-beef-after-face-off) with Ja Morant and some other Grizzlies players over a LeBron James-fueled tirade. Ja Morant’s dad, Tee Morant, who himself was involved in the verbal altercation with Sharpe, went over to the FS1 broadcaster shortly after the incident.