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

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Thats a step up from 'Ig Norant'.

Shout out, LongTimeFan.

[GSWFan1994]

I think people are overreacting to it much like the Kyrie thing. I'm not concerned with what people post on social media. I don't check Twitter. The NBA (that is Adam Silver) needs to get over itself. We can't have everyone walking on eggshells

You are wrong if you think the potential that Ja traveled on a team flight and to games and then to a club with a firearm getting Ja suspended for the rest of the year is an over reaction or even remotely similar to Kyrie - and this is coming from a 2a loving guy.

Ja now has a public record of risky reckless behaviors associated with violence and a firearm.

Please tell me what is the appropriate response to this if Ja isn’t worth a billion plus dollars to the nba, Nike and other advertisers?

I can tell you percisely how guys that cosplay as thugs end up… I can also tell you exactly how real gangster that are about “that life” end up.:.

Here is the surprising fact…

Both cosplayers like Ja and Real thugs like KingVon end up the same way… money just makes the outcome public….

Ja’s dad has a bigger problem than the grizzlies - cause the grizzlies will get a new point guard

You don't know anything about the story. All you have is snippets of media reports. "Laser dot" and "picture with gun". That's all you're going off of. And now you're jumping on a moral high horse over something that doesn't concern you, as if you are the safeguard of Nike's PR while reinforcing the faux groupthink outrage and upvoting each other like a bunch of redditors.

Jesus Christ... what kind of logic is that?

[GSWFan1994]

I don’t like Ja really and think he’s extremely immature, but unless he’s threatened people with the gun (which he may have after the pacers game), I’d be against any long suspension. Personally the IG live video is idiotic but I don’t see that as suspension worthy. And personally even the rule of “don’t bring a gun onto teams plane” seems kinda stupid too. I mean why can’t you bring it in packed luggage like every other American?

Ask Gilbert Arenas, I'm quite sure he knows the answer.

Also, Sebastian Telfair...

[GSWFan1994]

I don’t like Ja really and think he’s extremely immature, but unless he’s threatened people with the gun (which he may have after the pacers game), I’d be against any long suspension. Personally the IG live video is idiotic but I don’t see that as suspension worthy. And personally even the rule of “don’t bring a gun onto teams plane” seems kinda stupid too. I mean why can’t you bring it in packed luggage like every other American?

It's less about the specific IG incident and more that he's had a string of bad news back to back. 1st the laser incident, then the children beating and showing gun allegations and now the gun flash on IG.

Just having them all in succession is like 3 strikes.

There's also the episode where he, along with 8 more people, went to a shopping center store (Foot Locker? I can't recall right now) to "help" his mother who was supposedly badly treated by an employee.

[BrianInPhilly]

I don’t like Ja really and think he’s extremely immature, but unless he’s threatened people with the gun (which he may have after the pacers game), I’d be against any long suspension. Personally the IG live video is idiotic but I don’t see that as suspension worthy. And personally even the rule of “don’t bring a gun onto teams plane” seems kinda stupid too. I mean why can’t you bring it in packed luggage like every other American?

For the same reason that businesses can prohibit guns on their premises, even though guns are allowed without restriction in that state. It's a private plane, flying for a private company, so they can make their own rules. It's really not that hard to understand.

I understand they CAN make their own rules. I’m just saying it’s a stupid rule … if a nba player responsibly wanted to bring a gun on the road to carry, I think it’s stupid to say they can’t.

[RoyceDa59]

I’m sure I’m late to this thread but apparently JA had the gun with him in Denver meaning he brought it with him on the team plane. This is against team & league policy and warrants a heavy handed suspension.

JA is likely out for the rest of the season, 50+ games etc.

[BrianInPhilly]

Side note I find it a bit hypocritical most in the nba seem to be so against Ja’s behavior - as they should … but many fail to use their influence to discourage teens from following Ja’s path. Meaning many nba players actually promote or take part in the same “culture” they’re all condemning. They just don’t showcase their silliness on social media. Heck even look in the celebration ja had pointing a “gun” ata rockets player, several of his teammates were there laughing with him as if shooting someone is funny … it’s a negative culture many youth are falling victim to and with all their influence, most athletes sweep it under the rug.

Like bruh you know how many DEAD KIDS there are in inner cities from minor disagreements turning into shootouts? And his teammates abs him think a celebration of shooting a player is funny. Idiots.

[chuck_wagon44]

If the nba suspends him for 50 games minimum, I'll actually gain a lot of respect for Adam Silver.

This might be his chance to show that he's not a soft commissioner.

[D.Brasco]

Is he the first NBA player with CTE wtf is going on with this guy?

[City of Trees]

FWIW, Ja wasn't suspended (yet) the team sent him home. Big difference, Ja is still getting paid vs a suspension means loss in pay.

[xdrta+]

I don’t like Ja really and think he’s extremely immature, but unless he’s threatened people with the gun (which he may have after the pacers game), I’d be against any long suspension. Personally the IG live video is idiotic but I don’t see that as suspension worthy. And personally even the rule of “don’t bring a gun onto teams plane” seems kinda stupid too. I mean why can’t you bring it in packed luggage like every other American?

For the same reason that businesses can prohibit guns on their premises, even though guns are allowed without restriction in that state. It's a private plane, flying for a private company, so they can make their own rules. It's really not that hard to understand.

I understand they CAN make their own rules. I’m just saying it’s a stupid rule … if a nba player responsibly wanted to bring a gun on the road to carry, I think it’s stupid to say they can’t.

A stupid rule? If he followed the rules he might not find himself in the situation he's in now.

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[Potential_64]

I think people are overreacting to it much like the Kyrie thing. I'm not concerned with what people post on social media. I don't check Twitter. The NBA (that is Adam Silver) needs to get over itself. We can't have everyone walking on eggshells

This is an age of activism among players in the NBA, which is supported by the NBA owners, league, and team management. I think Silver and the Nets were drawing a red line about what sort of activism is tolerated. If Kyrie wants to promote black groups, black culture and black history then it's supported by the NBA. But Kyrie cannot promote a pro-black group that also happens to be anti-semitic.

Kyrie deserved to be punished because he pushed back on this. He thinks he should be able to use the NBA platform to promote a pro-black, anti-semitic group.

The activism is a huge turn off. It's the reason no one watched the 2020 Finals. And it's funny watching all the posters in this thread behave like armchair moral arbiters. I'm done here

[Kobe187]

People dream of leaving the hood to play in the NBA and live the good life, Ja dreaming of leaving the NBA and the good life to be in the hood.

[zeebneeb]

I think people are overreacting to it much like the Kyrie thing. I'm not concerned with what people post on social media. I don't check Twitter. The NBA (that is Adam Silver) needs to get over itself. We can't have everyone walking on eggshells

This is an age of activism among players in the NBA, which is supported by the NBA owners, league, and team management. I think Silver and the Nets were drawing a red line about what sort of activism is tolerated. If Kyrie wants to promote black groups, black culture and black history then it's supported by the NBA. But Kyrie cannot promote a pro-black group that also happens to be anti-semitic.

Kyrie deserved to be punished because he pushed back on this. He thinks he should be able to use the NBA platform to promote a pro-black, anti-semitic group.

The activism is a huge turn off. It's the reason no one watched the 2020 Finals. And it's funny watching all the posters in this thread behave like armchair moral arbiters. I'm done here

This is completely different then that, and if you can't understand the difference, then yes, you are indeed done here.

Pattern of behavior

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Ja flashing his gun at the trashy ass strip club about a mile from my apartment just makes this better and better.

[bballfan1three3]

I don’t like Ja really and think he’s extremely immature, but unless he’s threatened people with the gun (which he may have after the pacers game), I’d be against any long suspension. Personally the IG live video is idiotic but I don’t see that as suspension worthy. And personally even the rule of “don’t bring a gun onto teams plane” seems kinda stupid too. I mean why can’t you bring it in packed luggage like every other American?

It's less about the specific IG incident and more that he's had a string of bad news back to back. 1st the laser incident, then the children beating and showing gun allegations and now the gun flash on IG.

Just having them all in succession is like 3 strikes.

There's also the episode where he, along with 8 more people, went to a shopping center store (Foot Locker? I can't recall right now) to "help" his mother who was supposedly badly treated by an employee.

Nah man that guy had it coming. Ever seen that dude throw ashoe at George bush? Yeah. Imagine if that happened in. A SHOE STORE (Hint. More than one shoe)

[D.Brasco]

People dream of leaving the hood to play in the NBA and live the good life, Ja dreaming of leaving the NBA and the good life to be in the hood.

What's worse is he's never been in the hood in the first place!



This is a guy who grew up in a middle class 2 parent home, became a millionaire and now wants to cosplay as a gangsta.

[Johnny Tomala]

At least Morant didn't pull a gun at his teammate. So it will be less than Arenas suspension. I am predicting from 15 to 30 games. I would slap him with 25 games suspension (RS and PO) personally.

[Cavsfansince84]

At this point he's likely done for this season and then has to worry about additional legal trouble over the summer. He prob gets off with some kind of fine and community service or something like that. He needs to learn from all of this though. Plenty of dudes(more so in the nfl) just can't do that and end up out of their league. Ja for w/e reason seems to think he can get away with whatever he wants to.