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Ja Morant Blocking The Camera refers to a reaction meme and GIF showing Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant holding up his hand to block a TNT camera from recording him, only for the stream to switch to a different overhead camera and show him from a different angle. The clip originates from an April 26th, 2025, NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City. Morant, a basketball player for the Grizzlies, was sitting behind the bench after being sidelined due to a hip injury. The clip was turned into a GIF in May and June 2025 and came to be used in memes to joke about people getting exposed or being unable to hide something from the public in subsequent weeks.

Origin

Memphis Grizzlies player Ja Morant was sidelined with a hip injury during the April 26, 2025, match between the Grizzlies and Oklahoma City. Morant was captured on TNT footage trying to hide his face from the camera by raising his hand, only for the stream to switch angles and continue to show him from an overhead view.

Redditor /u/NokCha_ reposted the TNT clip to the /r/NBA^[1] subreddit on April 26th, 2025, gathering over 26,000 upvotes in a month.

X^[2] user @big_business_ also reposted the clip on April 26th, gathering over 16 million views and 270,000 likes in a month.

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On April 27th, 2025, X^[3] user @tenstrife reposted a video of Ja Morant trying to block the camera, writing, "this what avoiding sinners spoilers feel like," and gathering over 100,000 likes in a month on a tweet referencing the 2025 film Sinners.

On April 28th, X^[4] user @franksdior reposted the clip of Ja Morant blocking the camera, writing, "me trying not to look at cowboy carter tour vids and wait for my show," and gathering over 15,000 likes in a month.

On June 6th, TikToker^[5] @bray3ditzz incorporated the clip of Ja Morant blocking the camera in a fan edit of the basketball player, gathering over 900,000 plays and 160,000 likes in five days.

On June 9th, 2025, X^[6] user @miugren tweeted a GIF of Ja Morant blocking the camera, writing, "'Let the man earn you' you took a shower with jeremiah 6 days in," gathering over 37,000 likes in two days.

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