Shannon Sharpe Blasts Paul Pierce For Defending Ja Morant: 'You Absolutely Should've Kept That To Yourself'
By Liam McKeone
There are not many willing to publicly defend the actions of Ja Morant after all that's happened, but Paul Pierce decided those were the waters he wanted to wade into earlier this week. The former Boston Celtics superstar tweeted out that we should not be quick to judge Morant for carrying a gun because he's a target and we do not know what Morant is going through.
I don’t care what y’all say about Ja I carried a gun after I was stabbed y’all don’t know what he going thru everyone got something to say until u really know what’s really going on in someone life when u black and rich u a target period
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) March 5, 2023
It's certainly a take to have on the situation. Pierce doubled down two days later and wondered why rappers are glorified for waving weapons around in music videos but Morant gets criticized for what he did.
But we glorify and normalize all the rappers who do it and get paid from waiving Guns in rap videos making millions . I’m trying to understand make this make since , what crime did he commit 🤔
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) March 7, 2023
One day after this tweet Colorado police announced that they concluded their investigation of the Morant situation and found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, so on that point, at least, Pierce is correct.
Eventually the tweets made their way in front of the Undisputed producers and they included it in today's show. Shannon Sharpe was not at all a fan of what Pierce had to say and admonished him for the tweets, saying Pierce absolutely should've kept those thoughts to himself.
Unc Shannon sharpe sounds off on Paul pierce for defending Ja Morant pic.twitter.com/DtWHLhS2Xs
— Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) (@shannonsharpeee) March 9, 2023
Solid arguments here by Sharpe. But it will undoubtedly be the last time that a controversial opinion on Morant will be the subject of studio debate.