[Haberstroh] Last year, Ja Morant called an NBA referee “a ho” on the record in an interview after a game in OKC. It never got out. I obtained the audio, and reflected on the important role of in-person media as a guardrail for the NBA superstar.

26 comments

1. Calling a referee a hoe is objectively hilarious and makes me like ja more

   Unless it was a lady ref bc that’s different

   Edit : for the record the referee was Ray Acosta

2. A true hero for putting this scoop behind a paywall

3. Haberstroh went where no man dared to go. Pulitzer winning journalism right here.

4. I feel like refs have been called way worse.

5. Journalists are just self important gossips

6. this is only a story because it’s Ja.

   Grizzlies fans may have a point

7. Ja is a dumbass but some of the media coverage of him is pretty ridiculous

8. This is what 90% of the complaints about Ja sound like on this sub lmao

9. Send da video

10. I cant be the only one seeing what’s going on here

11. I’m pretty sure a lot of other nba players have said much worse

12. ref was indeed “[a ho](https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1604300552753410048?s=20)”

13. So. Devin Booker called a ref a bitch. Kobe called one an f bomb

14. jesus christ man the Ja witch hunt is tiring. He already served his suspension for being stupid. Dude has came back putting on a show and it seems like people want to talk about everything but what he’s doing to help his team.

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16. This is the most Redditor ass shit a journalist could possibly do

17. This man wrote a 1000 word thinkpiece about Ja calling a ref a “ho” lol

18. Based Ja

19. dropping this a year after it happened, dude was waiting for the perfect time

20. Even if got out who cares. Theres plenty of in game audio clips of players saying way worse shit to the refs to their face. Ja is probably right tho, that ref is a ho

21. I’ve called NBA refs worse names.

22. Oh no!!!!

23. Literally who gives a shit

24. Didnt Jokic imply a ref was lucky he’s in america and not serbia?

    Like on some mob shit lol

25. lmao since Ja Made the Grizzlies clearly better they need to find another angle to hate

26. whoever wrote this tweet, your mom’s a ho