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Grizzlies Star Guard Ja Morant
Buys His Parents A Home, Makes
Them His New Neighbors
Buying a home for parents is a life goal for many, but Ja Morant took it a step further. The All-Star Memphis Grizzlies point guard bought his parents a home - and made them his neighbors.
Morant posted a video on In- stagram where he walked outside his home and yelled down the street, where his father, Tee Morant, was standing outside his new home.
"Aye Pops, we neighbors now!" Ja Morant yelled in the video.
"Go back to your house! Go back to your house. I don't need you over here," his father jokingly responded.
Morant posted on Twitter that his parents and his younger sister are his neighbors. He has stated many times throughout his three- year career how important his parents and sister have been in his life.
During International Women's Day in March, Morant took time in his postgame news conference to honor his mother, sister and daughter.
JA MORANT AND DAD
home games and gained a new level of popularity during the first- round of the NBA playoffs because of a playful feud with Karl An- thony-Towns Sr.
This is the latest showing of ap- preciation from Morant to those in his inner circle. On July 1, a day after it was reported that Morant agreed to a record-breaking con- tract extension to stay with the Grizzlies, he tweeted, "roleys for da whole gang," giving the indica- tion he was buying Rolex watches for his close friends.
His father Tee sits courtside at
MTV’s Nessa Diab Welcomes 1st Child
With Boyfriend Colin Kaepernick
A wonderful surprise! Nessa Diab revealed the birth of her first child with boyfriend Colin Kaepernick hours before she appeared on the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards’ black car- pet.
“I thought long and hard about sharing our life changing news today. I decided to do so because today is the first day in a few weeks where I stepped out for work with a new life title – MOM!” the TV host, 41, wrote on Sunday, August 28, alongside an Instagram photo of her and Kaepernick, 34, holding their little one.
Diab added: “Colin and I welcomed our amazing baby to
NESSA, COLIN AND THEIR LITTLE ONE.
the world a few weeks ago and we are over the moon with our growing family.”
RJ Barrett Finalizing Extension
With New York Knicks For $120M
The New York Knicks and ris- ing star forward RJ Barrett are in the process of finalizing a four-year contract extension worth up to $120 million, Bar- rett's agent Billy Duffy told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday night.
When signed, the deal will not only complicate the Knicks' pursuit of Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell but also end one of the NBA's most em- barrassing streaks with Barrett becoming the first New York draft pick to sign a multi-year
R.J. BARRETT
contract extension since Char- lie Ward in 1999.
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