Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant was suspended from all team activities Sunday after showing what appeared to be a gun in a social media live stream.
without pay for the incident and enrolled in a counseling program but was not charged with a crime after a police investigation. Conducting its own investigation, the NBA could not determine that the gun belonged to Morant or whether he brought it into the club. He told police that the gun was not his, but has acknowledges owning at least one firearm in court filings.
Morant added that stress management was an “ongoing process” and that less than two weeks of counseling “doesn’t mean I’m completely better.” The suspension cost Morant financially, as well. He missed out on around $39 million because of his failure to be named to an all-NBA team. Last summer, he signed a designated rookie max extension worth $192.2 million over five years, a number that could have increased to $231.4 million — taking up 30 percent of the Grizzlies’ salary cap — over the life of the deal had Morant made all-NBA for a second consecutive season.
“I’ve just got to be better with my decision-making,” he said after the Grizzlies were eliminated by the Lakers. “That’s pretty much it. Off-the-court issues affected us as an organization pretty much. Just [need] more discipline.”
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