Ja Morant - report

American basketball player (born 1999)

Temetrius Jamel "Ja" Morant is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Murray State Racers, where he was a consensus first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2019.

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Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended for the first 25 games of the upcoming season. NBA found he "intentionally and prominently" displayed a firearm in a live-streamed video. It is the second known incident of displaying what appeared to be a firearm on social media.
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Memphis Grizzlies suspend guard Ja Morant from all team activities. Social media video emerged showing the two-time All-Star holding what appeared to be a gun. In March, the NBA suspended him for eight games without pay.
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Memphis Grizzlies suspend guard Ja Morant from all team activities. Video emerged showing the two-time All-Star holding what appeared to be a gun. Announcement comes roughly two months after a similar incident.
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Ja Morant received a standing ovation from Grizzlies fans when he returned to the court Wednesday. Morant hadn’t played since March 3, the game before he appeared to flash a gun while at a strip club. The Grizzlies have a two game lead over Sacramento for the two seed in the West.
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been suspended by the team for at least the next two games. He was seen displaying what appeared to be a gun at a nightclub on his Instagram live account. NBA legend Gilbert Arenas has controversially claimed he would have pretended he didn't see the video if he was owner of the Grizzlies.
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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is under fire again after he livestreamed a video of himself on Instagram brandishing an apparent gun at a club in Denver, Colorado on Friday night. NBA insiders say the league is investigating the star point guard and the video. In the clip, posted early Saturday morning and shared widely on social media, Morant briefly flashes what appears to be a gun.
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The NBA said the investigation “could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon” Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant responded to the report on Twitter saying, “did a investigation seen they were cappin.”
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Memphis Grizzlies extend winning streak to nine games with 130-112 win over Indiana Pacers. Ja Morant had 23 points, 10 assists and another ferocious dunk. Memphis tied Denver for the Western Conference’s best record at 29-13.