The NBA explained its thinking on the Ja Morant suspension Friday.
Grizzlies guard’s 25-game suspension“The league office found that, on May 13, Morant intentionally and prominently displayed a gun while in a car with several other individuals as they were leaving a social gathering in Memphis,” the NBA“Morant wielded the firearm while knowing that he was being recorded and that the recording was being live streamed on Instagram Live, despite having made commitments to the NBA and public statements that he would not repeat the conduct for which he was...
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in the statement that Morant’s decision to wield a firearm again was “alarming” and “disconcerting,” saying the idea that other young people could emulate Morant’s conduct was “particularly concerning.
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