Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant handles the ball through the first half of Recreation 5 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff collection towards the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, April 26, in Memphis, Tenn.
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant handles the ball through the first half of Recreation 5 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff collection towards the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, April 26, in Memphis, Tenn.
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The Memphis Grizzlies introduced Sunday that the staff had suspended guard Ja Morant after a social media video appeared to indicate him holding a handgun.
“We’re conscious of the social media video involving Ja Morant,” the staff stated in a tweet.
“He’s suspended from all staff actions pending League assessment. We’ve got no additional remark right now.”
A video circulating on social media reveals Morant in a automobile with a number of different folks, and at one level the NBA star is seen holding what seems to be a gun.
It is not the primary time this yr the 23-year-old has run into hassle with the league.
The NBA suspended Morant in March for eight video games with out pay after officers determined that he engaged in “conduct detrimental to the league” when he livestreamed a video of himself “holding a firearm in an intoxicated state” at a membership close to Denver.
“Ja’s conduct was irresponsible, reckless and probably very harmful,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stated in a press release on the time. “It additionally has critical penalties given his huge following and affect, notably amongst younger followers who look as much as him.”
