Do Tee Morant and Usher look alike: Understanding the hilarious doppelganger angle

Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies ace Ja Morant, has often been likened to popular music artist Usher Raymond IV. The topic came up again after Tee Morant was involved in a lengthy altercation between the Memphis Grizzlies and NFL legend Shannon Sharpe.

Sharpe, an avid LA Lakers fan, was entangled in a confrontation with several Memphis Grizzlies players during Friday night's game between the Lakers and Grizzlies. After Ja Morant got involved, his father Tee did as well, forcing Crypto.com Arena's security to separate Morant Sr. and Shannon Sharpe.

Tee Morant and Usher's lookalike comparisons began in April 2022 when fans found the two sitting side-by-side during a match between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The two personalities were even wearing similar clothes, and during a timeout in the game, Morant Sr. and Usher were featured on the jumbotron in the "Lookalike Cam" segment.

However, even before that, jokes about the two being doppelgangers have been common on various social media platforms, especially Twitter.

If people are genuinely confused, the fact is that the two are not related to each other and are two separate, different individuals, even though quite a few fans seem convinced that the two are the same person.

Similar reactions broke out on Twitter after Shannon Sharpe’s unnecessary altercation with the Memphis Grizzlies players.

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More about Tee Morant's involvement in the altercation between Shannon Sharpe and Memphis Grizzlies

In an interview with ESPN, Sharpe claimed that the Grizzlies players "didn't want this smoke" and that he was ready for a fight. The NFL Hall of Famer seemed to accept that none of the Memphis Grizzlies players or Tee Morant wanted to fight him. He also claimed that he had every intention of fighting and “wanted anything they had.”

Ja Morant asserted after the game that he was “good” with Shannon Sharpe and that the altercation was merely a result of “two guys from the south supporting their teams.” Morant also explained that he had nothing but love for Shannon Sharpe.

Fans will be happy with how the altercation was resolved so quickly, considering the nature of the fight and Sharpe’s post-game comments. Tee Morant and Sharpe also seemed engaged in a very friendly interaction after the match ended. As the video below suggests, the two have moved past the fight and the overall situation genuinely seems to have resulted from mere trash-talking.

The LA Lakers won the game 122-121 after setting up an entertaining final few minutes of the fourth quarter off the back of a big Russell Westbrook performance off the bench. LeBron James had 23 points, six assists and nine rebounds, while Westbrook claimed 29 points, six assists and five rebounds.