Ja Morant has been suspended for the first 25 games of the upcoming NBA season following a second incident where the Memphis Grizzlies star flashed a firearm on social media.
Silver continued, “For Ja, basketball needs to take a back seat at this time. Prior to his return to play, he will be required to formulate and fulfill a program with the league that directly addresses the circumstances that led him to repeat this destructive behavior.” Morant of both beating up a 17-year-old boy and threatening a mall security guard during separate incidents in July 2022.
Morant’s alleged fight with the teenager during a pickup basketball game was previously reported — the boy and his mother Morant in Jan. 2023, at which point the incident became widely known — but the report earlier this week revealed new details culled from police interviews, including a claim that Morant threatened the teenager with a gun following the physical altercation.
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