NBA legend Shaq weighs in on controversy surrounding Ja Morant: 'You're not a rapper'

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Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal sent a strong message to Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant amid the fallout from a social media video in which he displayed what appeared to be a gun while at a nightclub.

During Tuesday's edition of the "NBA on TNT," O'Neal weighed in on the controversy and reminded Morant, "You're not a rapper, you're an NBA player."

O'Neal added that the two-time All-Star guard only has himself to blame for his current situation: "You don't go live, nobody knows he has a weapon, [then] we're not talking about this, but he did that."

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Former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal attends the unveiling of the Shaq Courts at the Doolittle Complex donated by Icy Hot and the Shaquille O'Neal Foundation in partnership with the city of Las Vegas on October 23, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Icy Hot)

Morant has become one of the most popular players in the league over the past couple of years. He was the Rookie of the Year in 2020 and has been named to two All-Star teams.

O'Neal questioned Morant's thought process during the situation but acknowledged the amount of hard work it took for Morant to rise to stardom. O'Neal does not want to see everything that Morant built slip away from him.

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"Why are you in the strip club with no shirt? Why are you walking around with a weapon? And why’d you hit the live button? So, we have to stop putting ourselves in positions where they can take away the things that we work hard for."

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