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Skip Bayless Says He Reached Out To Ja Morant Because Lil Wayne Wanted To Help Him, But Morant Never Replied

Skip Bayless revealed Lil Wayne wanted him to reach out to Ja Morant so he could talk to him about his situation, but Ja Morant never replied.

Divij Kulkarni
Jun 13, 2023
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The NBA Finals have dominated the discussion around the NBA for the last two weeks, but there are something fans have to talk about once they end, and that’s Ja Morant. 

Adam Silver said that Morant’s punishment would be announced after the season ended and it surely will be soon. In the meantime though, many people have tried to reach out to Ja to give him some good advice. As Skip Bayless recently revealed, Lil Wayne was one of those people, but Morant seemingly wasn’t interested. 

“Lil Wayne, I said this, texted me saying, ‘Hey could you connect me with Ja? Because I can help him. I’ve been there, I’ve done all this. I’ve wound up in prison on Rikers Island. I know what happens, I know where you can go wrong and I know what’s right.’

“So I tried, I reached out to Ja, ‘Would you sit with Lil Wayne? Would you talk to Lil Wayne?’ Wayne would fly to him, fly to Memphis in a heartbeat. Wayne would private plane it and go right to Memphis if he thought he could save a career and a soul. I got nothing back from Ja.” 

Skip explaining: pic.twitter.com/DxqUPWduFt

— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) June 13, 2023

This is an interesting development, and it seems a lot of people are willing to extend their hand to help Ja Morant. But he is in a weird place at the moment. Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies are waiting to find out what his punishment will be. But in the meantime, he has surely been speaking to people that can help him deal with the situation, even if that doesn’t include Lil Wayne. 


Lil Wayne Already Defended Ja Morant After His Second Gun Scandal

The rapper is quite involved in NBA discussions, he recently praise Nikola Jokic’s dominance on the court. And he has been following the Ja Morant situation closely, he even defended the Grizzlies superstar after the second scandal first occurred. 

“The best I could do is remember when I was younger and my homies, my squad, my n**gas around me, at the age where they don’t have money,” he said. “I’m the one with the money, and I don’t even know how much money I’ll end up with, but I’m the one with some money in my pocket. I know I got a bright future. My homies, they ain’t on a payroll. They my homies — they live good when they with me.”

“So if I was going through something at that point in time, something public like what slime going through, I could imagine the rebellious attitude I would have if my homies is egging that attitude on.”

There’s no doubt that Morant could learn a lot from the life experiences Lil Wayne has already had, and they might still connect through another medium that isn’t Skip Bayless. Whatever happens, it’s not a good time for Ja right now, but he can hopefully come back from it stronger than ever before. 

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ByDivij Kulkarni
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Divij Kulkarni is an NBA columnist for Fadeaway World. He has covered the NBA and the English Premier League, with 4 years of experience in creating sports content. Finding exciting and intriguing content about all things NBA is both his job and his passion. Divij loves the Dallas Mavericks and can be regularly observed getting emotional during games. Outside of basketball, he enjoys reading fantasy and sci-fi novels, consuming copious amounts of movies and TV, and spending time with his dog, Olivia. Expertise: NBA, Historical Sports ResearchFavorite Team: Dallas MavericksFeatured On HoopsHype, Sports Illustrated, Secret Base, MSNPrevious Work: Tribuna
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