Many have drawn comparisons between Tee Morant, father of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, and R&B singer Usher Raymond IV. After a protracted dispute involving Memphis Grizzlies player Tee Morant and NFL great Shannon Sharpe, the subject came up again.

During Friday night’s Lakers–Grizzlies game, Sharpe, a rabid supporter of the Los Angeles Lakers, got into an altercation with numerous Memphis Grizzlies players. Ja Morant’s involvement prompted his father, Tee, to join in, and eventually security at Crypto.com Arena had to separate Morant Sr. and Shannon Sharpe.

In April 2022, when the Memphis Grizzlies were playing the Minnesota Timberwolves, spectators noticed that Usher and Tee Morant were sitting together in the stands.

This sparked the first round of comparisons between the two players’ resemblance. When the game was taking a timeout, the jumbotron showed a section called “Lookalike Cam,” which featured Morant Sr. and Usher because of the striking resemblance between their outfits.

Jokes about the two being doppelgangers have been widespread on Twitter and other social media platforms even before that.
A good many of admirers appear to think the two are the same person, however the truth is that they are unrelated and two very different people.

After Shannon Sharpe’s needless altercation with the Memphis Grizzlies players, similar reactions surfaced on Twitter.
A deeper dive into Tee Morant’s role in the fight between Shannon Sharpe and the Memphis Grizzlies

Sharpe told ESPN that the Grizzlies players “didn’t want this smoke” and that he was prepared for a battle. Apparently, the NFL Hall of Famer was fine with the fact that neither the Memphis Grizzlies nor Tee Morant were interested in starting a fight with him. He went on to say that fighting was something he really wanted to do and that he “wanted anything they had.”

After the game, Ja Morant said that he and Shannon Sharpe were “okay” and that their disagreement was nothing more than “two guys from the south supporting their teams.” Morant continued by saying that he loved Shannon Sharpe very much and that he had nothing but good feelings for her.

Given the intensity of the incident and Sharpe’s comments after the game, many will be relieved to see that it was settled so quickly. After the contest was over, Tee Morant and Sharpe appeared to be chatting it up pretty amicably. The following video appears to show that the two had made up and that the entire incident was the result of harmless trash talking.

Despite a strong showing from Russell Westbrook off the bench, the Los Angeles Lakers were able to pull away in the final minutes of the game and win 122-121. Whilst Westbrook scored 29 points, dished out six assists, and grabbed five boards, LeBron James finished with 23 points, six dimes, and nine boards.