During ESPN’s coverage of the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday, Andrews asked Silver about his previous conversation with Morant stemming from a separate gun video in March.
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Morant has been suspended from all team activities by the Grizzlies in the wake of this weekend’s incident. It came less than three months after he was seen with a gun in an Instagram Live while in a Denver-area strip club.Grizzlies guard Ja Morant #12 of looks on during Round 1 Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 26, 2023 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.“I know I’ve disappointed a lot of people who have supported me,” Morant said in a statement,“My words may not mean much right now, but I take full accountability for my actions.
“And my concern — and I thought he shared with me — that millions if not tens of millions of kids globally would see him as having done something that was celebrating in a way that act of using a firearm in that fashion.” Morant previously flew to New York to meet with Silver following the first gun incident, which resulted in an eight-game suspension without pay.He signed a five-year rookie maximum extension with the Grizzlies worth up to $231 million in 2022.
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