Ja Morant suspended by Grizzlies after another gun video on social media

Memphis, Tennessee – The Memphis Grizzlies suspended Ja Morant from all team activities on Sunday after the All-Star point guard appeared to again be holding a gun during a social media video.

Ja Morant has been suspended from all team activities with the Memphis Grizzlies after another video of him holding a gun appeared on Instagram live.
Ja Morant has been suspended from all team activities with the Memphis Grizzlies after another video of him holding a gun appeared on Instagram live.  © USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect

Morant previously served an eight-game suspension that was handed down by the NBA for being seen holding a gun live on Instagram while at a club when Memphis was playing in Denver in early March.

In the latest video, Morant is in a vehicle and appears to have a gun in his hands while someone else filmed him and broadcast it live on Instagram.

"We are aware of the social media post involving Ja Morant and are in the process of gathering more information," NBA spokesman Mike Bass said.

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The Grizzlies said Morant is suspended "pending league review."

The NBA suspended Morant earlier this season for "conduct detrimental to the league."

"Ja's conduct was irresponsible, reckless and potentially very dangerous," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement in March. "It also has serious consequences given his enormous following and influence, particularly among young fans who look up to him."

Ja Morant slammed for another video on social media of him with a gun

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (r.) seen with LeBron James (l.) during game five of the 2023 NBA playoffs.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (r.) seen with LeBron James (l.) during game five of the 2023 NBA playoffs.  © USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect

This spring, Morant announced that he was stepping away to seek help after the first video went viral, and he later did an interview with ESPN during his suspension.

"I don't condone any type of violence," Morant told ESPN. "But I take full responsibility for my actions. I made a bad mistake and I can see the image that I painted over myself with my recent mistakes.

"But in the future, I'm going to show everybody who Ja really is, what I'm about and change this narrative."

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In separate incidents, police investigated the athlete in separate cases of threatening a mall cop and assaulting a teenager last July, but did not charge the Memphis Grizzlies player in either case.

Morant was named to the All-Star team for the second straight season in 2022-23 and averaged 26.2 points while setting career highs with 8.1 assists and 5.9 rebounds per game.

Memphis went 51-31 to win the Southwest Division and earn the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but the Grizzlies were ousted in six games in the first round by the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Lakers.

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