Shaquille O’Neal called by Ernie Johnson for embarrassing grizzlies’ yes morant blunder

Memphis Grizzlies hosted Houston Rockets on Thursday night. The game could have shown an exciting matchup between the Grizzlies guard yes Morant and Rockets Guard Jalen Green. Shaquille O’Neal was among them Excited for the potential matchup Before Ernie Johnson jumped his bubble.

“I look forward to YES MORANT-DJALE Green Matchup.” -Shaq, ahead of the TNT broadcast of Rockets-Grizzlies “Well, yes Morant is out tonight.” – Ernie Johnson. “Okay, so yes morant is out. So forget it … ” – Shaq,” Terrible Advertising Sent on Twitter/X.

Morant was declared Due to a shoulder injury that prevents the exciting matchup from taking place. Morant only appears in 28 games for Grizzlies so far this season, and is an average of 20.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists per year. Battle while shooting 44.5% off the field. He has been Grizzlies’ second highest goal scorer this season behind Power Forward Jaren Jackson Jr., an average of 22.8 points per day. Match.

Green that has appeared in 46 games for Rockets So far, this season is an average of 21.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per year. Match while shooting 43% off the field.

This is the last regular seasonal match between Grizzlies and Rockets in the 2024-25 campaign, which means the only way a morant-green matchup could happen would be in a playoff series. This would not be impossible as Rockets and Grizzlies occupy the No. 2 and 3 seeds respectively in the western conference.

How serious is yes morant’s injury?