Shaquille O’Neal Admits Ja Morant’s Attitude Has All Makings of a Young Kobe Bryant: “This Kid Is Really Freaking Good. And He Knows It”

Shaquille O’Neal was one of the best of his generation and played alongside some of the greatest players the NBA has seen. Shaq played alongside Kobe Bryant at the Lakers, where he won three straight championships during the early 2000s. He won his 4th championship with the Heat in 2006.

Shaq is a big admirer of the 22-year-old Grizzlies star Ja Morant. The Grizzlies drafted Morant in 2019 and he became the Rookie of the Year in 2020. He has been in an insane form this season and has earned a lot of praises from several NBA greats, including Shaquille O’Neal. Morant has improved a lot since his arrival in the league and is touted to be the face of the NBA in the coming years.

In fact, Shaq went to an extent that he said that Ja Morant reminds him of his former teammate Kobe Bryant. In a recent podcast, Shaq has now admitted that indeed Morant has the attitude of a young Kobe Bryant.

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Shaquille O’Neal admits Ja Morant has the attitude of Kobe Bryant

Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal recently appeared in ‘The Big Wig‘ podcast. During the podcast, he was reminded of the Ja Morant-Kobe comparisons he made recently. To this, Shaq said that he wasn’t talking about the player and instead meant the attitude.

“I wasn’t talking about the player. I was talking about the attitude. When Kobe came in at 19, he knew he was the s**t, he just knew it. The coach will be like, ‘don’t do that play,’ Kobe would be like, ‘nope I’m doing it,” Shaq said.

“Like this kid is really freaking good, and he knows it. And there’s not a lot of people you can say that about in this league as a young player. That’s what I mean by that. He knows it, he wasn’t highly drafted, wasn’t highly talked about, made a name for himself late in the NCAA, but he knows he’s good. He knows that’s his team, and he’s playing really well. That’s what I meant by that.”

Ja Morant has been one of the most promising players in the league. He recently recorded his 11th 35-point game vs the Nuggets in an emphatic Grizzlies win. He scored 38 points and recorded 6 rebounds and 6 assists vs the Nuggets.

The 22-year-old 6’3″ guard was in fine form against the Nuggets and had a 57.75 shooting from the field. The Grizzlies are now 32-16 in the league and 3rd in the Western Conference table.

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