Ja Morant shows how a ‘good guy with a gun’ can never be Black
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 21, 2023
“Man enough to pull a gun, be man enough to squeeze it,” rapped NBA superstar Allen Iverson on his song “40 Bars.”
This was two weeks prior to the 2000-01 NBA season, one in which Iverson would be named league MVP. Ja Morant, the 23-year-old star point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, was barely 1 year old.
Today, Morant’s game conjures that of the electrifying Iverson. With colorfully dyed dreadlocks, an . . .
