NBA suspends Ja Morant for 25 games after he appeared armed in several videos
The controversial Memphis Grizzlies basketball player will miss nearly a third of the regular season.
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The NBA has suspended Ja Morant for 25 games after several videos were posted on social media of the Memphis Grizzlies point guard carrying a firearm. In other words, Morant will miss approximately one-third of the upcoming regular season.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed the basketball player's suspension:
The Grizzlies player apologized to the NBA, the Grizzlies, his teammates and fans:
In March, a video of him carrying a gun in a nightclub went viral. Two months later, he made the same mistake again and another video was released in which he was seen armed inside a car.