The NBA’s latest sanctions, if any, against Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja morant for his second instance of showing a pistol on social media will be disclosed shortly after the finals, according to Commissioner Adam Silver. Silver did not specify the nature of the penalties, nor did he explain whether morant would be available to begin the season next year. The Grizzlies penalized Morant last month after another video surfaced showing him displaying what appeared to be a gun. Morant had already received an eight-game NBA suspension in March for an incident in which he streamed himself on Instagram showing a gun in a suburban Denver bar. The league has discovered more material during its current investigation, according to Silver, but the decision was made not to let the next round of Morant news dominate the NBA Finals.
“We probably could have brought it to a head now, but we made the decision—and I believe the players’ association agrees with us—that it would be unfair to these players and these teams, in the middle of this series, to announce the results of that investigation,” Silver said in a statement. Morant’s first ban cost him approximately $669,000 in compensation. The second incident was livestreamed on Morant associate Davonte Pack’s Instagram account. Morant is seen in the passenger seat of a car, briefly displaying a firearm. The broadcast had 111 viewers during the brief instant—perhaps less than a second—when Morant is shown clutching what looks to be a firearm.
“In assessing what discipline is appropriate, if that’s the case, we look at both the history of prior acts, but then we look at the individual player’s history as well and the seriousness, of course, of the conduct,” Silver went on to say. “All of that is taken into account. It’s not a precise science. At the end of the day, everything comes down to my and my colleagues opinions in the league office’s opinion.” This will be at least the third known NBA inquiry into Morant and the suspected use of guns in 2023. Morant’s activities were reviewed following a Jan. 29 altercation in Memphis that he said resulted in Pack, whom Morant refers to as “my brother,” being barred from attending Grizzlies home games for a year. That incident occurred after a game against the Indiana Pacers; The Indianapolis Star and USA Today reported, citing unnamed sources, that multiple Pacers players saw a red dot pointed at them while they were near the loading dock where their bus was located; and The Athletic reported that a Pacers security guard believed the laser was attached to a gun.
The NBA’s latest sanctions, if any, against Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for his second instance of showing a pistol on social media will be disclosed shortly after the finals, according to Commissioner Adam Silver.
Silver did not specify the nature of the penalties, nor did he explain whether Morant would be available to begin the season next year. The Grizzlies penalized Morant last month after another video surfaced showing him displaying what appeared to be a gun. Morant had already received an eight-game NBA suspension in March for an incident in which he streamed himself on Instagram showing a gun in a suburban Denver bar.
The league has discovered more material during its current investigation, according to Silver, but the decision was made not to let the next round of Morant news dominate the NBA Finals.
“We probably could have brought it to a head now, but we made the decision—and I believe the players’ association agrees with us—that it would be unfair to these players and these teams, in the middle of this series, to announce the results of that investigation,” Silver said in a statement.
Morant’s first ban cost him approximately $669,000 in compensation. The second incident was livestreamed on Morant associate Davonte Pack’s Instagram account. Morant is seen in the passenger seat of a car, briefly displaying a firearm. The broadcast had 111 viewers during the brief instant—perhaps less than a second—when Morant is shown clutching what looks to be a firearm.
“In assessing what discipline is appropriate, if that’s the case, we look at both the history of prior acts, but then we look at the individual player’s history as well and the seriousness, of course, of the conduct,” Silver went on to say. “All of that is taken into account. It’s not a precise science. At the end of the day, everything comes down to my and my colleagues opinions in the league office.”
This will be at least the third known NBA inquiry into Morant and the suspected use of guns in 2023.
Morant’s activities were reviewed following a Jan. 29 altercation in Memphis that he said resulted in Pack, whom Morant refers to as “my brother,” being barred from attending Grizzlies home games for a year.
That incident occurred after a game against the Indiana Pacers; The Indianapolis Star and USA Today reported, citing unnamed sources, that multiple Pacers players saw a red dot pointed at them while they were near the loading dock where their bus was located; and The Athletic reported that a Pacers security guard believed the laser was attached to a gun.
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