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Shannon Sharpe and Ja Morant‘s dad, Tee, entered a heated altercation at the Laker game Friday night … with both sides requiring to be separated prior to ultimately apologizing.
It all decreased throughout the very first half of the Lakers’ house match versus the Memphis Grizzlies at Crypto.com Arena … when the focus moved from the court to the crowd.
Memphis guard Dillon Brooks and the FS1 analyst — who had actually courtside seats for the game — had been jawing backward and forward throughout the contest … when Dillon’s colleagues Steven Adams and Morant placed themselves into the image.
Adams can be seen barking at Sharpe … as everybody else attempts to bring back some form of order. As the mayhem takes place, Shannon and Tee entered a war of words, too.
In the video, Shannon appears to shout “I bet you won’t” at Tee several times as staffers, security and referees get in between them.
Shannon was then accompanied out of the seating location and into the tunnel.
Shannon Sharpe invested halftime in the tunnel with security prior to going back to his seat for the 3rd quarter. He approved ESPN a quick interview describing what occurred with the Grizzlies on his method to his seat: pic.twitter.com/XZNw6sQhEG
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 21, 2023
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After the turmoil, Shannon spoke with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin at halftime and stated everything began after he informed Brooks he could not secure LeBron James.
“I said he was too small to guard LeBron. He said, ‘F*** me,'” Sharpe informed Dave. “I said, ‘f*** you back.'”
Sharpe declares that’s when Brooks followed him … followed by Ja and his daddy, which caused him reacting the method he did.
“They didn’t want this smoke,” stated Shannon. “They do all this talking and jockeying, and I ain’t about that jockeying.”
“I wanted anything they had. Don’t let these fools fool you now.”
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The great news — it appears cooler heads dominated … as Shannon and Tee were spotted dapping up one another in the future in the night.
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