“Those are utter strangers.”
Miller Moss, the former USC quarterback who recently transferred to Louisville, is among the thousands of people to lose a family home in the wildfires currently raging around Los Angeles. That alone is reason to be upset.
However, Moss found another problem on social media in the aftermath of the worst of the fire, when the Hollywood Reporter posted a video of two people playing basketball next to the wreckage. The post claimed the video showed “life in the Palisades” at Palisades Charter High School.
Moss corrected them, identifying the site of the basketball game as his family’s house, and the basketball players as strangers.
This is not life, and this is not Pali High. This is my family’s home, and those are utter strangers. These people are playing on the hoop I grew up with in front of what remains of our home. This is a community trying to rebuild; and this type of behavior does the opposite. https://t.co/38cnJKLlWy
— Miller Moss (@millermoss7) January 10, 2025
It’s unclear what exactly the basketball players were doing at the house, but there has been an issue with certain opportunists taking advantage of the surreal sights for their social media feeds.
Moss, a Rivals four-star recruit in the Class of 2021, started at quarterback for USC for much of this season after three years as a backup. He was replaced by Jayden Maiava in November, after an up-and-down campaign with 2,555 passing yards, 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions in nine games. The Trojans finished the year 7-6.
Moss entered the transfer portal soon after the regular season ended and landed with Louisville. He was among the most attractive players in the transfer portal and opted to play under head coach Jeff Brohm, who holds a 19-8 record through two seasons with the Cardinals.
The Palisades fire is still burning, covering more than 20,000 acres, with 8% containment as of Friday afternoon, as many other fires also burn throughout Southern California. Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick and his family are among those to lose their homes, and Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr also lost his childhood home.
