India, Jan. 30 -- A claim has gone viral that Memphis Grizzlies guard, Ja Morant has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The claim has gone viral on social media, especially TikTok, with a screenshot of a purported tweet by Morant doing rounds on the platform. However, the claims are false.

The doctored screenshot of the tweet, purportedly posted on January 26, reads: "Just got the toughest news of my life, lung cancer. I won't be playing this season, but I am trusting God through it all," and then goes on to quote a verse from Psalm 28:7. But, as mentioned before, the X post in a doctored screenshot.

Ht. com can confirm that Ja Morant has not been diagnosed with cancer. No such tweet has been made from his account on January 26.

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