Update: Ja Morant Suspended 8 Games by NBA (Could return to court Wed 3/22)

[kenwood3333]

I m waiting for Jaylen Brown to come out and put the blame on the Grizz owner or organization.

[iggymcfrack]

Ja might’ve been better off if he played in another generation, one without social media. Someone needs to get in his ear and help him before he goes too far.

He’s a stupid MF. He was gonna end up getting himself in trouble one way or another regardless of the generation.

[nikster]

Was Jordan publicly brandishing weapons? Bringing his "gangsters" to the arena or to the mall to intimidate employees? You think all famous young people are living like this?

The excuses and normalizing of this behavior you do in every thread about this is ridiculous

Excuses?

Lol, half the league was drug addicts in the 70s and 80s.

Magic Johnson was a sex addict and was having sex before games, after games and throwing entire sex parties for the team.

Michael Jordan, the best player in the league was a gambling addict.

Athletes were always like this, just nobody got to see it, but only hear about it.

We don't know what Jordan was doing late in the night, drinking and gambling because nobody had a camera 24/7.

Ja Morant is living the lifestyle that others did before him and he isn't smart enough to do it and get away with it in this age of fame and clout with cameras 24/7.

It was always like this, nothing Ja Morant is doing is extraordinary or new.

Why are you equating sex, drugs and gambling with threats of violence and brandishing firearms to intimidate people?

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

2 games seems completely justified and unusually harsh at the same time. Thought the team/league would go soft with a small fine or internal talking to.

I wonder if the Kamara situation where he is facing jail time/bad pr from the new videos played into taking a harsher stance.

[Lockdown504090]

everyones calling him immature and he actually got put in timeout like a child. what a saga this has become

[GSWFan1994]

I m waiting for Jaylen Brown to come out and put the blame on the Grizz owner or organization.

Don't say "owner"... that's a forbidden word!

It's governor!

[Ni Da Ye]

I used to be a fan of Ja, not anymore, he won't have a long nba career.

[JujitsuFlip]

So within a month, news came out he bought a gun out on a 17 year old, brandished another gun at a security guard in Mem, and then got into altercation with Shannon sharpe to back up brooks.

Dood has talent but is a head case. Head scratcher to show ur weapon on live. Sabotaging his own career is kinda funny lol

Been a lot of back to back incidents, Ja is a knucklehead.

[yoyoboy]

Really dumb take by Arenas. It’s crazy how much people are infantilizing dudes who have been legal adults for almost 6 years now. It shouldn’t take you until you’re 40 years old to realize maybe I shouldn’t be making these same dumb mistakes over and over that revolve around pretending to be a gangster. Either grow up or leave the league and go fulfill your fantasy of being NBA Youngboy all you want.

[threethehardway]

You just try too hard to be edgy...

No I am telling the truth.

The idea that bad environment leads to anti-social behavior or being "tough", when most people in bad environment just want to live their life and be left the hell alone, is false.

People are what they are and gonna do what they wanna regardless of their environment and circumstances.

Lol, like the whole, "Ja Morant is not from the ghetto, so why is he like this? This is fake."

Is freaking stupid and shows a certain bias lol.

Lol, most people from the ghetto are not wielding guns and at the strip club at 3 in the morning.

Ja Morant's lifestyle is something that he probably craved to do since he was a young boy and now he got means to live it. Lol, like people don't know what he was doing when he wasn't training for basketball. People don't know who he was around when he was away from his parents. Parents can't protect you forever.

Johnny Manziel came from a rich family and was on the same crap Ja Morant was doing lol.

[hoosierdaddy34]

Tee needs to get a hold of his kid. This is what happens when a parent acts more like a groupie than a parent to their kids. My son is 22 and on his own but I don’t care if he’s in the nba or not, he acts like a fool he is going to have to answer to me.

[RRFB]

Eh, Ja gonna learn the hard way.

He gonna be alright.

NBA fans having a melt down on the internet like he's a mix between Tupac and Aaron Hernandez.

Lol.

He's a young athlete and he's a little bit of a wild boy and he don't know how to be discreet.

If he wanna be outside, he need to have private parties with no cellphones and no guns.

He got the money, he can have all the fun he wants.

This isn’t learning the hard way. This is the Grizzlies stepping in and forcing him to self-reflect before he actually learns the hard way. Hopefully in addition to the suspension, they’re also providing resources and people to talk to that can help get him back on the right path.

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[Magic Giannison]

Reminds me, didn't Melo get like 15 games form Stern for a similar case?

i could be wrong.

Believe you are referring to the epic MSG brawl between nuggets and knicks in 2006, anthony was suspended 15 for that. I dont think Carmelo was suspended for his apperance in the stop snitching video (2004), but I also could be wrong

I recall a video by Melo talking about Stern knowing about the people he hang with and that Stern wanted to make an example out of him. Sorry im very vaguely remembering this.

[GSWFan1994]

You just try too hard to be edgy...

No I am telling the truth.

The idea that bad environment leads to anti-social behavior or being "tough", when most people in bad environment just want to live their life and be left the hell alone, is false.

People are what they are and gonna do what they wanna regardless of their environment and circumstances.

Lol, like the whole, "Ja Morant is not from the ghetto, so why is he like this? This is fake."

Is freaking stupid and shows a certain bias lol.

Lol, most people from the ghetto are not wielding guns and at the strip club at 3 in the morning.

Ja Morant's lifestyle is something that he probably craved to do since he was a young boy and now he got means to live it. Lol, like people don't know what he was doing when he wasn't training for basketball. People don't know who he was around when he was away from his parents. Parents can't protect you forever.

Johnny Manziel came from a rich family and was on the same crap Ja Morant was doing lol.

See the contradiction in the colored parts?

You do you, I guess.

Best of luck.

[Tha Cynic]

Ja might’ve been better off if he played in another generation, one without social media. Someone needs to get in his ear and help him before he goes too far.

Seriously. He's doing typical athlete hijinks and people acting like he's trying to be a criminal lol.

Err threatening people with guns, punching teenagers repeatedly, and brandishing guns.

This is your take? Would you still have a job if your workplace found you doing these things?

[CP War Hawks]

I think hanging around with the Memphis rappers has gotten to this dude. His father needs to get him back on track or is he part of the problem as well.

[ShazamDaShiznt]

Was Jordan publicly brandishing weapons? Bringing his "gangsters" to the arena or to the mall to intimidate employees? You think all famous young people are living like this?

The excuses and normalizing of this behavior you do in every thread about this is ridiculous

Excuses?

Lol, half the league was drug addicts in the 70s and 80s.

Magic Johnson was a sex addict and was having sex before games, after games and throwing entire sex parties for the team.

Michael Jordan, the best player in the league was a gambling addict.

Athletes were always like this, just nobody got to see it, but only hear about it.

We don't know what Jordan was doing late in the night, drinking and gambling because nobody had a camera 24/7.

Ja Morant is living the lifestyle that others did before him and he isn't smart enough to do it and get away with it in this age of fame and clout with cameras 24/7.

It was always like this, nothing Ja Morant is doing is extraordinary or new.

What does Magic being a sex addict or Mike being a gambling addict has anything to do with Ja pretending he's a member of the lowest part of society? Plenty of millionaires have sex/gambling or drugs addiction, now how many of those very rich people pretend they are some gang banging bums? Black neighborhoods have a gang violence problem, Ja is trying to promote that crap with his embarrassing behavior. And plenty of kids look up to him, because he's very entertaining with dunks and other flashy moves.

Strike: Racial-stereotyping/Race-baiting

[Wooderson]

He’s not a wild boy, he was never that dude. Now he’s pretending to be that wild boy and everyone sees through it . It’s a fake tough image and no one is falling for it

Lol, why do people think that if you grow up in a nice environment, you don't wanna live the fast life?

He's a young athlete with money and fame, lol, he wants to live that life that all young famous people live.

Michael Jordan grew up just like Ja Morant and was outside gambling and associating with actual gangsters and paying gambling debts.


There's more people in impoverished environments that live a regular boring nine to five than there's people in who grow up in a regular middle class environment that live fast.

It's not about where you from, it's about your personality. Ja Morant's love the fast life and he's gonna live it. Just like Jordan did.

Only difference is Jordan didn't have social media.

Jordan is the opposite of Morant. Jordan did everything he could to keep his public image spotless during his playing career while "living that fast life". MJ wore suits everywhere and didn't want anything that could be perceived as negative pub. Morant's was his own post, he's promoting the exact opposite image.

[CharityStripe34]

Some people take longer to grow up than others.