NBA commissioner Adam Silver described himself as „shocked“ when he saw a social media video of Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant holding a firearm less than two months after they met to discuss a similar incident that resulted in an eight-game suspension.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver described himself as „shocked“ when he saw a social media video of Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant holding a firearm less than two months after they met to discuss a similar incident that resulted in an eight-game suspension.
The Grizzlies on Sunday suspended Morant from all offseason team activities, pending the league office’s review of the video that surfaced over the weekend.
„Honestly, I was shocked when I saw this weekend that video,“ Silver told ESPN’s Malika Andrews from the NBA’s draft lottery Tuesday in Chicago. „Now, we’re in the process of investigating it, and we’ll figure out exactly what happened to the best we can. The video is a bit grainy and all that, but I’m assuming the worst.“
Morant was previously suspended in March after he could be seen during an Instagram Live session holding up a handgun while intoxicated at a Denver area club when the Grizzlies were in town to play the Nuggets.
Morant enrolled in a Florida counseling facility — to learn how to manage stress better, he later said — before traveling to New York City to meet with Silver at the commissioner’s office 11 days after the incident.
