He told The Game something similar

Jay is a different type of cat. A blunt reality type. In his mind he helping her keep her options open. And 99% of the time he’d be right. But being the bearer of blunt reality can come across as a dream killer
Im short gang and to this day I remember killin it at open runs as a freshman. Called up to JV, varsity coach pulled me to the side ‘you’re really , really good….but you’re short

.’ And just slowly walked off.

Basically gave me the ‘you’re not making the nba ngga hit the books’ speech early. Jay is THAT type ngga