ESPN really needs to start doing checks on quotes, because this is happening way too much.
The Worldwide Leader ran a fake quote by Ja Morant that was posted by the parody account, Ballsack Sports.
“If you put MJ in today’s game he’s just another superstar,” the fake quote reads. “We got me, Steph, Luka, Dame, Trae—and then guys like Bron, KD, Giannis, Kawhi—it’s not just one superstar and a bunch of you know, average dudes, you feel?”
Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks held that recent interview with Morant and called out ESPN for their mistake.
“he absolutely did not say this in the interview,” she said. “and I can’t believe it was broadcast that he did. there should be a correction issued for that. @espn”
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ESPN seemed to confuse the Ballsack Sports quote with Taylor Rooks’ interview with Morant in which he did claim he “would’ve cooked” Jordan. Ja explained that he’s “never going to go and say nobody going to beat me 1-on-1,” regardless of the sport.
David Jacoby, who filled in as host of today’s episode of This Just In, issued an apology for the mistake.
