Ja Morant just can’t seem to help himself. The Memphis Grizzlies star, who was already facing some horrific allegations, including being accused of punching and flashing a gun at a 17-year-old and threatening a mall security guard in two separate incidents, is under fire again.
Morant went viral in the early hours of Saturday morning as an Instagram Live video surfaced in which he appears to be displaying a gun at a nightclub.
Ja Morant was allegedly seen showing off a gun in his IG Live this morning. 😳 pic.twitter.com/zOuopMbpCb
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) March 4, 2023
The NBA put out a short statement on this on Saturday afternoon:
Statement from NBA spokesman Mike Bass: “We are aware of a social media post involving Ja Morant and are investigating.”
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 4, 2023
This is the second time in a week that the controversial NBA star has been in the news for the use of guns. On Wednesday, The Washington Post’s Molly Hensley-Clancy obtained police records that show Morant was accused of punching the 17-year-old teenager mentioned above, “12-13” times during a pickup game at the NBA star’s house last summer. Following the incident, the teenager told Shelby County Sheriff’s Office detectives that Morant went into his house after hitting him and “re-emerged with a gun visible in the waistband of his pants and his hand on the weapon.”
Clearly, Morant has an affinity for guns. We’ll have to see if the NBA takes action now that there seems to be one off-the-court issue after another for Morant.
[Legion Hoops on Twitter]
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Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.