The player was suspended for two games after appearing on an Instagram live with a gun in a nightclub. But the NBA and the Police are investigating the source of the weapon and may extend the punishment to a larger number of games.
Yes Morantthe super figure of Memphis Grizzlies23, received a two-match ban afterwards came out with a gun on an Instagram live. But after learning of the franchise’s sanction, the NBA and the police took action on the matter and the player’s situation could have gotten much worse.
Yes Morant alreadyfulfilled‘ in the two game sanctions imposed by the franchise, against the Clippers and against the Lakers in Los Angelesboth with defeat for grizzlies. But he is far from returning to the field according to the opinion of experts in nba. Because the league and the police have started their investigation and what they are trying to clarify is how the weapon got to the years of Morant at the party that he broadcast live on his Instagram account.
If the weapon is brought to the party by the player themselves, the penalty may be aggravated, but the worst possible scenario is that they discover that he himself brought it from the state of Memphis to the state of Colorado, where the game against the Nuggets was played, on the franchise plane. Because, according to journalist Marc Stein, The league’s collective bargaining agreement states that if a player carries a firearm on franchise property (and that includes a team plane), that’s an automatic suspension and the length is imposed by commissioner Adam Silver.
The penalty could be up to 50 games, more than half of a regular season.
What did Ja Morant do?
After the game in which his team lost to the Nuggets, 113-97 at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Friday, March 3, the player started an Instagram live, from his personal account, where he can be seen. surrounded by people at a party and holding a gun.
The franchise cleared him and the player published a letter apologizing and accepting responsibility and the gravity of the facts.
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Source: Tycsports
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