Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant, appeared at the Up Next Elite Camp in New Orleans alongside Pelicans players to give some advice to the young basketball players in attendance.
Morant referenced Ja in his speech, which was posted to Twitter by Pelicans content manager Rel Myers. The audio is a little hard to hear, so the transcription might not be exact, but Morant emphasized being careful of the decisions being made:
“Make sure anytime y’all anywhere, know the capabilities of everybody around you,” he said. “My son didn’t get in trouble for the people around him. He got in trouble for his decisions.”
He advised to assume everybody “is looking at you” and that “everything is magnified.”
“My son didn’t get in trouble cause of people around him. He got in trouble because of his decisions.”
Tee Morant speaks to the attendees at the Up Next Elite Camp in New Orleans. One of the topics the kids asked about today was how to handle when people are talking about you. pic.twitter.com/DNtfLfmzBy
— REL (@relmyers) August 19, 2023
Myers also tweeted videos of players, including Elfrid Payton, an NBA veteran currently on a team in Puerto Rico, and Pelicans player CJ McCollum. McCollum said that work ethic is the key to separating yourself from the competition.
“You can control how hard you train and how hard you defend. You can also control how you prepare,” he said.
CJ with a few nuggets of knowledge. pic.twitter.com/BnyifNiVPI
— REL (@relmyers) August 19, 2023
Visit Myer’s page for a variety of videos from the youth basketball event, including a clip of a camper trying, with no avail, to get past the defensive pest of Jose Alvardo.
You know some of the campers wanted a shot at scoring on Jose 😆 pic.twitter.com/LIY5vAZ2pQ
— REL (@relmyers) August 19, 2023
