LOS ANGELES — Tempers flared simply after the second-quarter buzzer sounded in Friday night time’s sport between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers when a number of members of the Grizzlies engaged in a shouting match with NFL Corridor of Famer Shannon Sharpe, who was seated close to the court docket.
Referees and safety intervened to settle the confrontation as a number of Grizzlies gamers — together with Dillon Brooks, Steven Adams, Ja Morant and Morant’s father, Tee Morant — gathered on the sideline reverse their bench at Crypto.com Area to method Sharpe.
Sharpe, who at the moment works as a commentator for FOX Sports activities, was escorted by safety by the tunnel to a again hallway of the sector the place he stayed for halftime earlier than returning to his seat for the third quarter.
A part of Sharpe’s persona on his present, “Undisputed,” is celebrating his unabashed fandom of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James reverse his co-host, Skip Bayless, a infamous James critic. Sharpe has appeared on the present carrying a goat masks and James’ jersey, suggesting that James is the best participant of all time, or G.O.A.T., of the NBA.
Sharpe granted ESPN a short interview on his stroll again to his seat earlier than the second half began.
“They did not need this smoke, Dave,” Sharpe stated. “They do all that speaking and jockeying and I ain’t about that jockeying. It began with Dillon Brooks. I stated he was too small to protect LeBron. He stated, ‘F—‘ me. I stated, ‘F—‘ you again. He began to come back at me and I stated, ‘You don’t need these issues.’ After which Ja got here out of nowhere speaking. He undoubtedly did not need these issues. Then the dad got here and he clearly did not need no issues.
“However I wished something that they had. Do not let these fools idiot you now.”
The Grizzlies, who got here into the night time using an 11-game successful streak, led the Lakers 53-49 on the half.