Ja Morant fires back at Steph Curry over Andre Iguodala defense

This escalated quickly.

There is one thing we’ve learned about Memphis Grizzlies rookie sensation Ja Morant: he has no fear. None whatsoever.

The point guard’s confidence is overflowing — remember when he yelled at James Harden last month after hitting a shot in his face? — and he backs it up with his incredible play.

Now, he’s going toe-to-toe with Steph Curry over social media.

The background: on Monday, Morant’s teammate Dillon Brooks said of the holding out Andre Iguodala that he “can’t wait til we find a way to trade (Iguodala) so we can play him and show him really what Memphis is about.”

Morant used an emoji to show he agreed:

Curry then took to Instagram to tell the young players to pipe down:

And Morant had no problem escalating this thing:

Wow. Let’s see where this goes next.

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